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.
I expand the universe, the elastic space
And dominate behind the cosmic screen
Every mark left from phase to phase
The only evidence of where I've been
I am the missing force of gravity
That holds each universe
I affect and distribute the galaxies
Defines as blessing or a as curse
Observe the sky and you will find
Within the sculptor void I lie
Now close your eyes and realize
Within the sculptor void I rise
I am a thoughtform inside the matrix
That your mind can never process
The infinite drug, the everlasting fix
Ending the pitch black progress
I am the missing force of gravity
That holds each universe
I affect and distribute the galaxies
Defines as blessing or a as curse
Observe the sky and you will find
Within the sculptor void I lie
Now close your eyes and realize
Within the sculptor void I rise
In every void my presence is known
And the stillness holds my unspoken name
Now realize that the sun never sets
The planets orbit on ellipses
Flow forth into the universe unbound
Outside the frames of earth-reality
I am the missing force of gravity
That holds each universe
I affect and distribute the galaxies
Defines as blessing or a as curse
Observe the sky and you will find
Within the sculptor void I lie
Now close your eyes and realize
Within the sculptor void I rise
And dominate behind the cosmic screen
Every mark left from phase to phase
The only evidence of where I've been
I am the missing force of gravity
That holds each universe
I affect and distribute the galaxies
Defines as blessing or a as curse
Observe the sky and you will find
Within the sculptor void I lie
Now close your eyes and realize
Within the sculptor void I rise
I am a thoughtform inside the matrix
That your mind can never process
The infinite drug, the everlasting fix
Ending the pitch black progress
I am the missing force of gravity
That holds each universe
I affect and distribute the galaxies
Defines as blessing or a as curse
Observe the sky and you will find
Within the sculptor void I lie
Now close your eyes and realize
Within the sculptor void I rise
In every void my presence is known
And the stillness holds my unspoken name
Now realize that the sun never sets
The planets orbit on ellipses
Flow forth into the universe unbound
Outside the frames of earth-reality
I am the missing force of gravity
That holds each universe
I affect and distribute the galaxies
Defines as blessing or a as curse
Observe the sky and you will find
Within the sculptor void I lie
Now close your eyes and realize
Within the sculptor void I rise
Lyrics submitted by Chrise
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