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.
Flashing eyes of heat
Vessel through the deep
By the son of night, unclean
Charon
Fear becomes belief
For those who cannot pay the fee
A coin to board the fleet
Or one hundred years disease
Row
But the line it never fades
The story is bound to unfold in the end
Love of mine, gone forever
Say goodbye to the sky
Bound by time, enter the ride
Absently, I will be
Motivate fortune
Can't escape from the arms of death
Along the shore many faces accumulate
In preparation for the underworld
Single file ghost by ghost
The deck fills up to embark on the final sail
But the line it never fades
The story is bound to unfold in the end
Alone we rise and fall
Awaiting the day, a life coalesced
Deep in the silence our fate is won
Create and consciously free the mind
So far from where I lost my soul
Depart, implore, divine
In our minds adventure is always listening
Just stay here
The world isn't always listening
Disappear
Suffer in endless doubt
Holding onto the memories as they fade away
These thoughts and sorrows will not remain
Vessel through the deep
By the son of night, unclean
Charon
Fear becomes belief
For those who cannot pay the fee
A coin to board the fleet
Or one hundred years disease
Row
But the line it never fades
The story is bound to unfold in the end
Love of mine, gone forever
Say goodbye to the sky
Bound by time, enter the ride
Absently, I will be
Motivate fortune
Can't escape from the arms of death
Along the shore many faces accumulate
In preparation for the underworld
Single file ghost by ghost
The deck fills up to embark on the final sail
But the line it never fades
The story is bound to unfold in the end
Alone we rise and fall
Awaiting the day, a life coalesced
Deep in the silence our fate is won
Create and consciously free the mind
So far from where I lost my soul
Depart, implore, divine
In our minds adventure is always listening
Just stay here
The world isn't always listening
Disappear
Suffer in endless doubt
Holding onto the memories as they fade away
These thoughts and sorrows will not remain
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Letter Experiment Lyrics as written by Casey Sabol Alexander Bois
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