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.
Climb in between the dissonance crouch down and cover your head
the impact is drawing near
the sacrifice u made
in absolute purity
slain in mercy and stained with regret
Will I ever become just who I am?
All these painful delusions I live with
And I dream more then I could ever live
so I crumble and I suffer
You won't forgive me
you won't forget this you'll always remember
I'll stick the blade in and twist and turn it
take it out and show you your reflection in the side of the blade
The last temptation
the final revelation starin into the mirror lookin back at myself as the resolution fades in and out of consciousness
my pupils enlarge
my spine is contorting
this sacrifice
this sacrifice is all I have
Will I ever become just who I am?
All these painful delusions
a dialogue drenched in vanity
inscinerated dilated marauded landscapes
tongues torn from their mouth
I can still hear them speaking
dig out with a needle
this lifeless reflection
I promise to always
be your perfect failure
redundant and blessed under shards of ice
get down on your knees
push your head down further
beg to be exalted
sacrificial malice look
straight up at the sky
I still can't fucking hear you..
Sacrificed in the name of God
Sacrificed...
I've got visions that make me twytch sow another stytch shovel one more ditch
someday I'll die in the name of it
oh but my skin is numb to the cut '
a conitinual sacrifice this shame that dwells this shame that dwells...
seperate the body from the mind
the impact is drawing near
the sacrifice u made
in absolute purity
slain in mercy and stained with regret
Will I ever become just who I am?
All these painful delusions I live with
And I dream more then I could ever live
so I crumble and I suffer
You won't forgive me
you won't forget this you'll always remember
I'll stick the blade in and twist and turn it
take it out and show you your reflection in the side of the blade
The last temptation
the final revelation starin into the mirror lookin back at myself as the resolution fades in and out of consciousness
my pupils enlarge
my spine is contorting
this sacrifice
this sacrifice is all I have
Will I ever become just who I am?
All these painful delusions
a dialogue drenched in vanity
inscinerated dilated marauded landscapes
tongues torn from their mouth
I can still hear them speaking
dig out with a needle
this lifeless reflection
I promise to always
be your perfect failure
redundant and blessed under shards of ice
get down on your knees
push your head down further
beg to be exalted
sacrificial malice look
straight up at the sky
I still can't fucking hear you..
Sacrificed in the name of God
Sacrificed...
I've got visions that make me twytch sow another stytch shovel one more ditch
someday I'll die in the name of it
oh but my skin is numb to the cut '
a conitinual sacrifice this shame that dwells this shame that dwells...
seperate the body from the mind
Lyrics submitted by Sebastian1985
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