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.
I was searching
You were on a mission
Then our hearts combined like
A neutron star collision
I have nothing left to lose
You took your time to choose
Then we told each other
With no trace of fear that
Our love would be forever
And if we die
We die together
And lie, I said never
'Cause our love would be forever
The world is broken
Halos fail to glisten
You try to make a difference
But no one wants to listen
Hail
The preachers, fake and proud
Their doctrines will be cloud
Then they'll dissipate
Like snowflakes in an ocean
Love is forever
And we'll die, we'll die together
And lie, I say never
'cause our love could be forever
Now I've got nothing left to lose
You take your time to choose
I can tell you now without a trace of fear
That my love will be forever
And we'll die
We'll die together
Lie, I will never
'Cause our love will be forever
You were on a mission
Then our hearts combined like
A neutron star collision
I have nothing left to lose
You took your time to choose
Then we told each other
With no trace of fear that
Our love would be forever
And if we die
We die together
And lie, I said never
'Cause our love would be forever
The world is broken
Halos fail to glisten
You try to make a difference
But no one wants to listen
Hail
The preachers, fake and proud
Their doctrines will be cloud
Then they'll dissipate
Like snowflakes in an ocean
Love is forever
And we'll die, we'll die together
And lie, I say never
'cause our love could be forever
Now I've got nothing left to lose
You take your time to choose
I can tell you now without a trace of fear
That my love will be forever
And we'll die
We'll die together
Lie, I will never
'Cause our love will be forever
Lyrics submitted by mooaura, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) Lyrics as written by Matt Bellamy
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Wait my earlier rant wasn't enough.
Having read earlier comments, I feel the need to write more.
I don't care what film this song has been released from, I hate it because it is shockingly soft, mainstream, commercialised and well just not very good.
The Muse that wrote "Uno" "Cave" "Showbiz" "Muscle Museum" "Citizen Erased" "Hyper Music" "Plug in Baby" "Bliss" "New Born" "Ashamed" "Dead Star" "In Your World" "Space Dementia" "Darkshines" "Hysteria" "Time is Running Out" "Apocalypse Please" "Knights of Cydonia" "Take a Bow" and "Uprising" were the alternative exciting energy filled rockers that me and legions of other Muse fans had come to love and revere.
The jokers that are saying that they love this song and want go see Muse because of this are not Muse fans, but twilight fans disguised as Muse fans serving only to ruin the rock gods that existed before.
I wish there were some way of separating this new Muse and letting the Twilight fans indulge in their soft pop radio friendly pathetic excuse for rock music with them from the older (or in fact younger) Muse before they sold out. Then everybody would be happy.
So that you know just what sort of no-nonsense geniune bloke I am, allow me to say a few more words.
Twilight is a bag of shite
Muse are an amazing band
Trying to helplessly polish themselves, twilight enlist the help of Muse who foolishly think that this will increase their fanbase, forgetting that with daft moves like this they will actually lose the fans they had before.
If by any chance, the old Muse has not been killed and lives in hiding from the commercial dragon then let them hear this final message from me.
"No-one's gonna take me alive The time has come to make things right You and I must fight for our rights You and I must fight to survive"
all i hav to say now is, "And i thought i was a dumb-shit"
@MattofDerbyshire: I love this song, and can totally relate to it. It is also one of the songs that makes me want to see them in concert. But i absolutely fucking HATE the twilight films. The books were good, but the films are total shit. And not every good song MUSE has ever written has been of the against-everyone-rock style. Take a look at 'Unintended' 'Starlight' and 'Bliss'. All great songs, and not going against society.