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.
See me down, see me out
See those wings you gave me
Watch me fly across the sea
Count the ways you made me
Walked in circles, walked the line
Tripped through tangled heart strings
Made an enemy of time
Made a mess of all things..
All things
I have thought and think about
What and how to tell you
I have lived it seems without
Learning how to be true
But I meant every word I said
From deranged to divine
And I would do it all again
As if for the first time..
The first time
The hurt that the head forgets, the heart will always remember
The hold that the hand regrets, the heart remembers forever
I am sorry, I am so
For the things you don't know
And as for the things you do
I am sorry for those too
Out of every broken heart
Broken rule and promise
I have made a rescue raft
And sail towards you on it..
On it
The hurt that the head forgets, the heart will always remember
The hold that the hand regrets, the heart remembers forever
Do you do you want me
Do you know how to show
How to show these things
I just didn't want to have to ask
Just didn't want to have to
Least of all people
You
Should you find someone with whom
There's no shiver or shout
With whom never to assume
To much rain or a drought
Scratch your name into her heart
Scratch away all the doubt
Scratch my memory from your brain
I'll scratch her fucking eyes out..
Eyes out
I was put together wrong
Still I was made for you
When our stitches come undone
We come together like glue..
Like glue
See those wings you gave me
Watch me fly across the sea
Count the ways you made me
Walked in circles, walked the line
Tripped through tangled heart strings
Made an enemy of time
Made a mess of all things..
All things
I have thought and think about
What and how to tell you
I have lived it seems without
Learning how to be true
But I meant every word I said
From deranged to divine
And I would do it all again
As if for the first time..
The first time
The hurt that the head forgets, the heart will always remember
The hold that the hand regrets, the heart remembers forever
I am sorry, I am so
For the things you don't know
And as for the things you do
I am sorry for those too
Out of every broken heart
Broken rule and promise
I have made a rescue raft
And sail towards you on it..
On it
The hurt that the head forgets, the heart will always remember
The hold that the hand regrets, the heart remembers forever
Do you do you want me
Do you know how to show
How to show these things
I just didn't want to have to ask
Just didn't want to have to
Least of all people
You
Should you find someone with whom
There's no shiver or shout
With whom never to assume
To much rain or a drought
Scratch your name into her heart
Scratch away all the doubt
Scratch my memory from your brain
I'll scratch her fucking eyes out..
Eyes out
I was put together wrong
Still I was made for you
When our stitches come undone
We come together like glue..
Like glue
Lyrics submitted by shelookslikeeva, edited by Guigou
Do You Lyrics as written by Dan Burns Carina Dianne Round
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing
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To me this song is about a girl reminiscing about a past special relationship that didn't work out. She was in times lost, in times walking the line, and while doing so she tripped in the ups and downs of it. And probably because she was afraid of the future she made a mess of all things.
Her mistakes, that she only realized after a while, haunt her. And she's sorry for what is known and for what still isn't. She's never learned how to be true, which means here - I think - unafraid, selfless. Still, despite all that, she meant everything, from her crazy outbursts to her pure love. And she would go through the good and bad parts all over again.
She has a hard time forgetting even though the pain has subsided. Still longs for what's gone, and wonders if it's mutual. And truly regrets losing of all people, this person.
She's gonna be jealous if this person finds a more stable relationship. And in the end of the song, there's some longing. Maybe, maybe when their wounds are healed, they will be able to be together again.
@Guigou that was beautifully analyzed. It is afterall how I believe the speaker feels. Very good.
To me this song is about a girl reminiscing about a past special relationship that didn't work out. She was in times lost, in times walking the line, and while doing so she tripped in the ups and downs of it. And probably because she was afraid of the future she made a mess of all things.
Her mistakes, that she only realized after a while, haunt her. And she's sorry for what is known and for what still isn't. She's never learned how to be true, which means here - I think - unafraid, selfless. Still, despite all that, she meant everything, from her crazy outbursts to her pure love. And she would go through the good and bad parts all over again.
She has a hard time forgetting even though the pain has subsided. Still longs for what's gone, and wonders if it's mutual. And truly regrets losing of all people, this person.
She's gonna be jealous if this person finds a more stable relationship. And in the end of the song, there's some longing. Maybe, maybe when their wounds are healed, they will be able to be together again.