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.
My cry for a fist-full of sand breathes silence
Hold me, if only I can see land,
The world just blinks
Lead me, I'm stupid from a lesson learned, you've learned nothing
You told me to get lost to find myself
First it bleeds then it stops, I feel like I've been filling up
Why change if you can't be bad, ah, ah ah, yes I would
Believe then, ah, ah, yes I would
And I can't sink now, ah ah, yes I would
But what if I never thrown that bone
And what if this tear in my side just pours and pours and pours
I wonder if they'd notice that I'm not around
The loss of a lonely man never makes much of a sound
First it bleeds then it stops, I feel like I've been filling up
Why change if you can't be back, ah, ah ah, yes I would
Believe then, ah, ah, yes I would
And I can't sink now, ah, yes I would
Believe then, ah, ah, yes I would
And I can't sink now, ah ah, yes I would
Believe then, ah, ah, yes I would
And I can't sink now, ah ah, yes I would
Believe then, ah, ah, yes I would
And I can't sink now, ah ah, yes I would
Hold me, if only I can see land,
The world just blinks
Lead me, I'm stupid from a lesson learned, you've learned nothing
You told me to get lost to find myself
First it bleeds then it stops, I feel like I've been filling up
Why change if you can't be bad, ah, ah ah, yes I would
Believe then, ah, ah, yes I would
And I can't sink now, ah ah, yes I would
But what if I never thrown that bone
And what if this tear in my side just pours and pours and pours
I wonder if they'd notice that I'm not around
The loss of a lonely man never makes much of a sound
First it bleeds then it stops, I feel like I've been filling up
Why change if you can't be back, ah, ah ah, yes I would
Believe then, ah, ah, yes I would
And I can't sink now, ah, yes I would
Believe then, ah, ah, yes I would
And I can't sink now, ah ah, yes I would
Believe then, ah, ah, yes I would
And I can't sink now, ah ah, yes I would
Believe then, ah, ah, yes I would
And I can't sink now, ah ah, yes I would
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from the lyric booklet:
my cry for a fistful of sand, breeds silence. hold me, i'm folding, i can't see land. the world just blinks. lead me, i'm stupid from the lesson learned. you've learned nothing. you told me to get lost to find myself.
first it bleeds then it scabs, i feel like a haemophiliac. would i change if you carried me back? yes, i would, believe me now, yes, i would. i can't sink now, yes, i would.
what if i am never thrown that rope? what if this tear in my side just pours and pours and pours. i wonder if they've noticed i'm not around? the loss of a lonely man never makes much of a sound.
first it bleeds then it scabs, i feel like a haemophiliac. would i change if you carried me back? yes, i would, believe me now, yes, i would. i can't sink now, yes, i would.