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.
Dreadful visions
Of seas turning black
Silent conquests masked
In mortal white
Rolling thunder
Mountains of brass
Marching one by one
To steal the light
Howling mongrels
Forewarning doom
Seeping poisons
From the serpent's kiss
One-eyed liars
Spewing at the mouth
False pretences linger
Hiding in the clouds
The deceiver
Sowing seeds of death
The apocrypha
The deceiver
Digging endless graves
Reaping fallacies
Dying embers
Burning at both ends
Blind indifference
Gorging promises
Fragrant sorrows
Weeping to the wind
Blissful ignorance
Until time stands still
Lonesome solace
Riding out the storm
Fearless paupers
Stand on shallow ground
Fading shimmer
Dueling beasts of vice
Stoic hopefuls battle
Scrambling at dawn
The deceiver
Digging endless graves
Reaping fallacies
The destroyer
Rising in the East
For the last crusade
Light is fading
Worlds collide
In the last hour
As words become lies
In darkly worlds
With wielding swords
Wild beasts await Remorse and Sin
Death's angels freed
From Hades's dark side
Damned be the children, cursed the land
Between two worlds
Where Death lurks near
A wailing song to Fate's last breath
A valiant steed
A crown and bow
Son of perdition and false pretence
From blackened seas
Ascending dead
In chains their souls
In flight their pride
Death lurks the corners of the earth
And one by one
In endless demise
Relive their death with no reprise
Son of perdition and false pretence
Of seas turning black
Silent conquests masked
In mortal white
Rolling thunder
Mountains of brass
Marching one by one
To steal the light
Howling mongrels
Forewarning doom
Seeping poisons
From the serpent's kiss
One-eyed liars
Spewing at the mouth
False pretences linger
Hiding in the clouds
The deceiver
Sowing seeds of death
The apocrypha
The deceiver
Digging endless graves
Reaping fallacies
Dying embers
Burning at both ends
Blind indifference
Gorging promises
Fragrant sorrows
Weeping to the wind
Blissful ignorance
Until time stands still
Lonesome solace
Riding out the storm
Fearless paupers
Stand on shallow ground
Fading shimmer
Dueling beasts of vice
Stoic hopefuls battle
Scrambling at dawn
The deceiver
Digging endless graves
Reaping fallacies
The destroyer
Rising in the East
For the last crusade
Light is fading
Worlds collide
In the last hour
As words become lies
In darkly worlds
With wielding swords
Wild beasts await Remorse and Sin
Death's angels freed
From Hades's dark side
Damned be the children, cursed the land
Between two worlds
Where Death lurks near
A wailing song to Fate's last breath
A valiant steed
A crown and bow
Son of perdition and false pretence
From blackened seas
Ascending dead
In chains their souls
In flight their pride
Death lurks the corners of the earth
And one by one
In endless demise
Relive their death with no reprise
Son of perdition and false pretence
Lyrics submitted by hyperlove
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