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.
There's a possibility,
There's a possibility,
All that I had, was all I'm gonn' get
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
There's a possibility,
There's a possibility,
All I'm gonn' get is gone with your stare
All I'm gonn' get is gone with your stare
So tell me when you hear my heart stop
You're the only one who knows
Tell me when you hear my silence
There's a possibility I wouldn't know
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Know that when you leave,
Know that when you leave,
By blood and by me, you walk like a thief,
By blood and by me, I fall when you leave
So tell me when you hear my heart stop
You're the only one who knows
Tell me when you hear my silence,
There's a possibility I wouldn't know
So tell me when my sorrows over
You're the reason why I'm closed
Tell me when you hear me falling
There's a possibility it wouldn't show
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
By blood and by me, I'll fall when you leave
By blood and by me, I'll follow your lead
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
There's a possibility,
All that I had, was all I'm gonn' get
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
There's a possibility,
There's a possibility,
All I'm gonn' get is gone with your stare
All I'm gonn' get is gone with your stare
So tell me when you hear my heart stop
You're the only one who knows
Tell me when you hear my silence
There's a possibility I wouldn't know
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Know that when you leave,
Know that when you leave,
By blood and by me, you walk like a thief,
By blood and by me, I fall when you leave
So tell me when you hear my heart stop
You're the only one who knows
Tell me when you hear my silence,
There's a possibility I wouldn't know
So tell me when my sorrows over
You're the reason why I'm closed
Tell me when you hear me falling
There's a possibility it wouldn't show
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
By blood and by me, I'll fall when you leave
By blood and by me, I'll follow your lead
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
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I hear different words than this has.
There's a possibility, There's a possibility, All that I had was all I gonn' get.
mmmm....
There's a possibility, There's a possibility, All I gonn' get is gone with your step All I gonn' get is gone with your step
So tell me when you hear my heart stop You're the only one that knows Tell me when you hear my silence There's a possibility I wouldn't know."
mmmm...
Know that when you leave, Know that when you leave, By blood and by me, you walk like a thief, by blood and by me, and I fall when you leave.
So tell me when you hear my heart stop, you're the only one that knows. Tell me when you hear my silence, there's a possibility I wouldn't know.
So tell me when my sorrow's over, you're the reason why I'm closed. Tell me when you hear me falling, there's a possibility it wouldn't show.
mmmmm....
By blood and by me, and I fall when you leave. By blood and by me, I follow your lead.
mmmmm....
Sometimes I hear : By blood and by mean, I fall when you leap... But alas, I can't really tell.
I like the "All I gonn' get is gone with your step" as if saying everything Bella had with Edward, and all the love she was going to have and the life she was going to have with him is gone with his step, as he is walking away from her.
The song shows the state of mind Bella was in after Edward left. "Tell me when you hear my heart stop, there's a possibility I wouldn't know" Bella was numb. She didn't notice the world around her. She was in a dreamworld. Life and death where the same thing to her because she had nothing left to live for. That's why she wouldn't know when her heart stopped, so to speak.