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.
Jeffree Star and Breathe Carolina, baby
The director yells cut but the cameras still rolling
This is my life and you cant fast forward it
You wouldnt stop, you wouldnt stop Ill trust
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Queen supreme, and barbie teen dreams
Everythings not always what it seems
Christian Dior, and hot couture
It doesnt look good when youre dead on the floor
When youre famous, youre hot
Always something youre not
So keep on fucking but youll never reach the top
If youre famous, youre hot
Thank god for Photoshop
So keep on fucking but youll never reach the top
The director yells cut but the cameras still rolling
This is my life and you cant fast forward it
You wouldnt stop, you wouldnt stop Ill trust
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Sew up your self-esteem, its fantastic
Your body cant move, paralyzed and plastic
Being real is so sarcastic
When youre dead youll be airbrushed in your casket
When youre famous, youre hot
Always something youre not
So keep on fucking but youll never reach the top
If youre famous, youre hot
Thank God for Photoshop
So keep on fucking but youll never reach the top
The director yells cut but the cameras still rolling
This is my life and you cant fast forward it
You wouldnt stop, you wouldnt stop Ill trust
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
To be a star, you gatta lick it, lick it
S-s-suck it, you gatta sell it
Live it, live it
Work it
Show show show show what-what youre made of
The director yells cut but the cameras still rolling
This is my life and you cant fast forward it
You wouldnt stop, you wouldnt stop Ill trust
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
The director yells cut but the cameras still rolling
This is my life and you cant fast forward it
You wouldnt stop, you wouldnt stop Ill trust
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
The director yells cut but the cameras still rolling
This is my life and you cant fast forward it
You wouldnt stop, you wouldnt stop Ill trust
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Queen supreme, and barbie teen dreams
Everythings not always what it seems
Christian Dior, and hot couture
It doesnt look good when youre dead on the floor
When youre famous, youre hot
Always something youre not
So keep on fucking but youll never reach the top
If youre famous, youre hot
Thank god for Photoshop
So keep on fucking but youll never reach the top
The director yells cut but the cameras still rolling
This is my life and you cant fast forward it
You wouldnt stop, you wouldnt stop Ill trust
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Sew up your self-esteem, its fantastic
Your body cant move, paralyzed and plastic
Being real is so sarcastic
When youre dead youll be airbrushed in your casket
When youre famous, youre hot
Always something youre not
So keep on fucking but youll never reach the top
If youre famous, youre hot
Thank God for Photoshop
So keep on fucking but youll never reach the top
The director yells cut but the cameras still rolling
This is my life and you cant fast forward it
You wouldnt stop, you wouldnt stop Ill trust
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
To be a star, you gatta lick it, lick it
S-s-suck it, you gatta sell it
Live it, live it
Work it
Show show show show what-what youre made of
The director yells cut but the cameras still rolling
This is my life and you cant fast forward it
You wouldnt stop, you wouldnt stop Ill trust
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
The director yells cut but the cameras still rolling
This is my life and you cant fast forward it
You wouldnt stop, you wouldnt stop Ill trust
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Its a wrap
Lyrics submitted by studiokill
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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I love this :)
This song actually touched me. Like, most of Miss Star's other songs are just sex, swearing and stuff like that, but his Beauty Killer Album actually has a lot of meaning to it. Prisioner for example is about being in love. (Jeffree Star in love? Never saw that coming) This song kind of contains the same meaning that "Crazy" by Simple Plan contains, how people are always trying to be what celebreties are, though celebreties have professional makeup artists, photographers and Photoshoppers doing their photos.
Frankly, I love this song.
To me it sounds like "you wouldn't stop, you wanna top all the charts"
yeah, sounds like that to me as well.<br /> <br /> either way, awesome song that i sorta stumbled upon when looking up breathe carolina. now one of my favorites
Maybe its just me, but this song reminds me of Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk.
@heyneverland
@heyneverland <br /> <br /> the beauty killer album actually has a lot of references to invisible monsters. i’m pretty sure this track is about brandy. one of the lyrics, "it doesn’t look good when you’re dead on the floor" sounds like it’s referring to how evie shoots brandy at the end (and, well, beginning) of the novel, and she’s on the floor bleeding to death. <br /> <br /> "everything not always what it seems" may be referring to who brandy really is. i’m trying not to spoil it for ya’ll who haven’t read the book, but let’s just say, towards the end of the novel it’s revealed that brandy is someone else. <br /> <br /> "your body can’t move, paralysed and plastic" is most likely referring to how brandy has had a lot of plastic surgery. <br /> <br /> as for the rest of the song, i’m not sure, but these ones seemed the most obvious to me.
uhm. no