The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Here we go, another hideaway
Silently a way to get by
Shadows me
No more plays to play
Then suddenly they got a lead
So much better off for now, wanna finally hit the ground
Oh so much better off for now, wanna finally hit the ground
While you weep
Nothing personal but everyone wants a peak
Of the fracturing fallacy they believe
By the stage where our carets are wrong
They will see its you and me
We gotta move on the path dear
And through the door away from despise
The shadows move on missing pages here
When they were torn, its bothering me.
So much better off for now, wanna finally hit the ground
Oh so much better off for now, wanna finally hit the ground
While you weep
Nothing personal but everyone wants a peak
Of the fracturing fallacy they believe
By the stage where our carets are wrong
They will see its you and me
Your fingertips are heading for mine
Remarkable and deep
Your behavior jury's in
But they don't know that the beautiful is quite ordinary
They'll leave you wanting more.
Leave you wanting.
So much better up now, wanna finally hit the ground
So much better up now, wanna finally hit the ground
While you weep
Nothing personal but everyone wants a peak
Of the fracturing fallacy they believe
By the stage where our carets are wrong
They will see it's you and me
Silently a way to get by
Shadows me
No more plays to play
Then suddenly they got a lead
So much better off for now, wanna finally hit the ground
Oh so much better off for now, wanna finally hit the ground
While you weep
Nothing personal but everyone wants a peak
Of the fracturing fallacy they believe
By the stage where our carets are wrong
They will see its you and me
We gotta move on the path dear
And through the door away from despise
The shadows move on missing pages here
When they were torn, its bothering me.
So much better off for now, wanna finally hit the ground
Oh so much better off for now, wanna finally hit the ground
While you weep
Nothing personal but everyone wants a peak
Of the fracturing fallacy they believe
By the stage where our carets are wrong
They will see its you and me
Your fingertips are heading for mine
Remarkable and deep
Your behavior jury's in
But they don't know that the beautiful is quite ordinary
They'll leave you wanting more.
Leave you wanting.
So much better up now, wanna finally hit the ground
So much better up now, wanna finally hit the ground
While you weep
Nothing personal but everyone wants a peak
Of the fracturing fallacy they believe
By the stage where our carets are wrong
They will see it's you and me
Lyrics submitted by SweetSweet1979
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This is a very rare song from this band, but in my opinion it is one of their best! Heres a link to listen: youtube.com/watch
late to the game on this one. The youtube link is gone for copyright. Anyone have a clue where I can get this song?
i dont really get it. but i like the part where he says now here we go, another hideaway, its suddenly a way to get by" like being superficial and hiding behind stuff is suddenly exceptable, kinda sarcastic i guess
I think that the lyrics posted for this song are not quite right. I've heard it many times and I just don't hear the same words. They just don't make sense the way they were written in the first posting. This is what I hear:
Here we go, another hideaway Suddenly a way to get by The shadows meet, no other ways to play And suddenly they could lead
So much better off now, wanna finally hit the ground? So much better off now, wanna finally hit the ground?
While we weep, nothing personal But everyone wants a peek Of the fracturing, the fallacy they believe But stage where our carets go wrong They will see, it’s you and me
We gotta move on the path dear Through the door away from the spies The shadows move amid the pages here When they were torn is bothering me
So much better off now, wanna finally hit the ground? So much better off now, wanna finally hit the ground?
While we weep, nothing personal But everyone wants a peek Of the fracturing, the fallacy they believe But the stage where our carets go wrong They will see, it’s you and me
Your fingertips are heading for my… Remarkable, deep your behavior The jury’s in but they don’t know That the beautiful is quite ordinary
You’ll leave them wanting more We’ll leave them wanting
So much better off now, wanna finally hit the ground? So much better off now, wanna finally hit the ground?
While they leave, nothing personal But everyone wants a peek Of the fracturing, the fall and sting there will be But the stage where our carets go wrong They will see, if you leave
Myshadow1, you're probably right after closer inspection.
Its just I wanted to post this song really bad and I'm not really used to deciphering lyrics so I just gave it a whirl...
Thanks alot:)
<br /> <br /> This is a great song...it's too bad its so rare. Brian sings kinda fast in this song, but it's not too hard to figure out what he is saying once you understand what the song is really about and the metaphore he uses...like the shadows. Anyway, you're welcome :)
late to the game on this one. The youtube link is gone for copyright. Anyone have a clue where I can get this song?
just copy the url for a youtube video of the song with a decent quality, and then use youtube-mp3.org to convert it. then you save the file and download it. it's that simple