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.
To Fuck,
well that would be my dream!
Oh to fuck the man,
with him down on his knees!
To Suckle that breast!
Well that would be my dream!
Oh to suckle that breast!
And enrich my life with nutrients!
Oh to murder the young!
And watch the young murder each other!
oh what a role to play!
To pull the strings of innocence!
We're just monkeys in a room
and all we do is eat shit
and cry shit
and eat shit
and sing shit
and die shit.
To fuck! oh what a way to live...
The blood comes out your mouth
and blinds your eyes.
Your mother taught you of comfort
you should have recognised
how far is too far
you can't go
lifting all the hairs
on the senator's neck!
You have to talk in rhyme!
You have to buy wholesale!
You have to vote ignorance,
and plead with god to
save your godamnned hide!
But now your 400 feet down,
in pissed and puddled cement.
The only bars now
are a fucking closed mouth!
You have to eat that cow! YOu better fucking eat that cow!
You better slit its throat! You better bleed it dry!
AND THEN BY YOUR BED YOU PRAY AND THANK GOD FOR THE DOMINION YOU WERE GAVE!
YOU WERE GAVE EVERYTHING!
Too bad you're just red meat, mother fucker. You're just red meat for the
secret police. Keep that bag over your eyes, fucker,
you won't be telling no more truth for an eternal amount of time.
Good thing you lack the melanin, bastard, or you'd already have been fried alive.
And if you weren't a man, and you weren't no straight,
you'de have been fed like lamb to the children.
God, give me strength to rape and murder. The end. The end. Amen.
well that would be my dream!
Oh to fuck the man,
with him down on his knees!
To Suckle that breast!
Well that would be my dream!
Oh to suckle that breast!
And enrich my life with nutrients!
Oh to murder the young!
And watch the young murder each other!
oh what a role to play!
To pull the strings of innocence!
We're just monkeys in a room
and all we do is eat shit
and cry shit
and eat shit
and sing shit
and die shit.
To fuck! oh what a way to live...
The blood comes out your mouth
and blinds your eyes.
Your mother taught you of comfort
you should have recognised
how far is too far
you can't go
lifting all the hairs
on the senator's neck!
You have to talk in rhyme!
You have to buy wholesale!
You have to vote ignorance,
and plead with god to
save your godamnned hide!
But now your 400 feet down,
in pissed and puddled cement.
The only bars now
are a fucking closed mouth!
You have to eat that cow! YOu better fucking eat that cow!
You better slit its throat! You better bleed it dry!
AND THEN BY YOUR BED YOU PRAY AND THANK GOD FOR THE DOMINION YOU WERE GAVE!
YOU WERE GAVE EVERYTHING!
Too bad you're just red meat, mother fucker. You're just red meat for the
secret police. Keep that bag over your eyes, fucker,
you won't be telling no more truth for an eternal amount of time.
Good thing you lack the melanin, bastard, or you'd already have been fried alive.
And if you weren't a man, and you weren't no straight,
you'de have been fed like lamb to the children.
God, give me strength to rape and murder. The end. The end. Amen.
Lyrics submitted by nonnycries
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