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.
Take a breath
Hold it in
Start a fight
You won't win
Had enough
Let's begin
Never mind
I don't care
All in all
You're no good
You don't cry
Like you should
Let it go
If you could
When love dies in the end
So I'll find what lies beneath
Your sick twisted smile
As I lay underneath
Your cold jaded eyes
Now you turn the tide on me
'Cause you're so unkind
I will always be here
For the rest of my life
Here we go
Does it hurt
Say goodbye
To this world
I will not
Be undone
Come to life
It gets worse
All in all
You're no good
You don't cry
Like you should
I'll be gone
When you fall
Your sad life
Says it all
So I'll find what lies beneath
Your sick twisted smile
As I lay underneath
Your cold jaded eyes
Now you turn the tide on me
'Cause you're so unkind
I will always be here
For the rest of my life
Don't carry me under
You're the Devil in disguise
God sing for the hopeless
I'm the one you left behind
So I'll find what lies beneath
Your sick twisted smile
As I lay underneath
Your cold jaded eyed
Now you turn the tide on me
'Cause you're so unkind
I will always be here
For the rest of my life
Hold it in
Start a fight
You won't win
Had enough
Let's begin
Never mind
I don't care
All in all
You're no good
You don't cry
Like you should
Let it go
If you could
When love dies in the end
So I'll find what lies beneath
Your sick twisted smile
As I lay underneath
Your cold jaded eyes
Now you turn the tide on me
'Cause you're so unkind
I will always be here
For the rest of my life
Here we go
Does it hurt
Say goodbye
To this world
I will not
Be undone
Come to life
It gets worse
All in all
You're no good
You don't cry
Like you should
I'll be gone
When you fall
Your sad life
Says it all
So I'll find what lies beneath
Your sick twisted smile
As I lay underneath
Your cold jaded eyes
Now you turn the tide on me
'Cause you're so unkind
I will always be here
For the rest of my life
Don't carry me under
You're the Devil in disguise
God sing for the hopeless
I'm the one you left behind
So I'll find what lies beneath
Your sick twisted smile
As I lay underneath
Your cold jaded eyed
Now you turn the tide on me
'Cause you're so unkind
I will always be here
For the rest of my life
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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This song is about fighting a demon (YOUR DEMON) your good side trying to fight away the evil side so you dont get consumed into evil. Or fighting the possession of a demon thats trying to control you, demons are described as having sick twisted smiles and jaded eyes.
In the song it appears that both sides the demon/angel(you) are talking to each other.
Put it this way. In some times when you're supposed to grieve, but you don't you may have just ignored it like it was nothing "you don't cry, like you should" Thats your demonic side. You've become soulless and hardened when you would cry from loss, but you dont.
That is when your demon is trying to "start a fight" that you(the angel) usually doesn't win and a majority of the time the demon forces you to do things that you dont want to do.
He's "no good" and refuses to "let it go" He wont let go of you until you've finally became him, "when love dies, in the end"
Thats your demon saying "When your love finally dies in the end. I win"
But you refuse to become him, you're going to look deep inside yourself and find the source to his "sick twisted smile" so you can finally win a fight against him.
At some points in your life he will "turn the tide" on your good thoughts and make them evil thoughts, why? Because he's "so unkind"
now this next part the demon is talking and taunting you. "here we go" we're going to do it again "does it hurt?" If not the demon is going to make it so much worse. "Say goodbye, to this world" Whatever happy world you have right now. He's going to take it all away, so you may as well say goodbye
"I will not be undone, come to life it gets worse" He's trying to break your will saying you cant defeat him come to me or it will get worse.
However you still refuse, when the demon falls you'll be long gone. His sad pathetic life trying to force people to become him.
At times your actions are the "devil in disguise" you dont want to be carried under to his level
As he asks god for help he realizes he was left behind from god
For the rest of your life you will always be here(like this) For the rest of your life. Fighting your inner demon.
The point of the song is to encourage people to never become evil, no matter how bad it becomes
Do not lose sight of who you really are. Do not let those inner demons change you.
Even when it feels like god has left you behind.
@Fyodorov Yes, I think you're right about the perspective - not necessarily directed at someone else, but looking at yourself, your own actions.