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.
Misdirected with no one to follow
My eyes are burning to believe
We'll raise the stakes and take the chance that there's no tomorrow
My eyes are burning to believe
But I don't need eyes to see you
And through the flames this tastes like denial
All aboard the sinking ship now
I choose to jump though the shoreline is miles away
I'm not afraid
And maybe I bought the stories
But there's something that screams
There's darkness beneath
And I've got my reason to believe
You can run but I've found you before
You want this life?
Then I'll give you something to die for
You sacrificed our name to get fucked
God help you
You gave us the dirt to bury you alive
And maybe I bought the stories
But there's something that screams
There's darkness beneath
And I've got my reason to believe
That you know that I know
That you're all for show
There's still something that screams to leave
My eyes are burning to believe
You think you can take me?
I'll give you one chance to bail out
Or stand tall
Let's redefine playing for keeps
Take us?
Have you learned nothing from this?
You can't take us
Our will is stronger than greed
Take us?
You can't take us
And this will is all we need
And maybe I bought the stories
But there's something that screams
There's darkness beneath
And I've got my reason to believe
That you know that I know
That you're all for show
There's still something that screams to leave
My eyes are burning to believe
You brought yourself this misery
My eyes are burning to believe
You cant deny the feeling there's no loss of love just bleeding
My eyes are burning to believe
We'll raise the stakes and take the chance that there's no tomorrow
My eyes are burning to believe
But I don't need eyes to see you
And through the flames this tastes like denial
All aboard the sinking ship now
I choose to jump though the shoreline is miles away
I'm not afraid
And maybe I bought the stories
But there's something that screams
There's darkness beneath
And I've got my reason to believe
You can run but I've found you before
You want this life?
Then I'll give you something to die for
You sacrificed our name to get fucked
God help you
You gave us the dirt to bury you alive
And maybe I bought the stories
But there's something that screams
There's darkness beneath
And I've got my reason to believe
That you know that I know
That you're all for show
There's still something that screams to leave
My eyes are burning to believe
You think you can take me?
I'll give you one chance to bail out
Or stand tall
Let's redefine playing for keeps
Take us?
Have you learned nothing from this?
You can't take us
Our will is stronger than greed
Take us?
You can't take us
And this will is all we need
And maybe I bought the stories
But there's something that screams
There's darkness beneath
And I've got my reason to believe
That you know that I know
That you're all for show
There's still something that screams to leave
My eyes are burning to believe
You brought yourself this misery
My eyes are burning to believe
You cant deny the feeling there's no loss of love just bleeding
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