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.
We are the wounded soldiers
We are the refugees
We are the dead eyed workers
I am you, and you are me
We are the model citizens
We are the absentees
We are the politicians
I am exactly like you, you're just like me
We are the tired and weary
We are the restless at war
We are the start of something much better
We're not what came before
The ending is just the beginning repeating
The ending is just the beginning repeating
Everything goes away but comes back someday
The ending is just the beginning repeating
We're not always survivors
There are no guarantees
We have our drink, we drink to our health
And I'm like you, so have one on me
We're geting tired of waiting
The rain always comes with the storm
It always seems lightnng never strikes twice
But then came a knock at the door
The ending is just the beginning repeating
The ending is just the beginning repeating
Everything goes away but comes back someday
The ending is just the beginning repeating
We are the tired and weary
We are the restless at war
We are the start of something much better
We're not what came before
We're getting tired of waiting
So we're running into the storm
And it always seems that lightning never strikes twice
But then came a knock at the door
We are the refugees
We are the dead eyed workers
I am you, and you are me
We are the model citizens
We are the absentees
We are the politicians
I am exactly like you, you're just like me
We are the tired and weary
We are the restless at war
We are the start of something much better
We're not what came before
The ending is just the beginning repeating
The ending is just the beginning repeating
Everything goes away but comes back someday
The ending is just the beginning repeating
We're not always survivors
There are no guarantees
We have our drink, we drink to our health
And I'm like you, so have one on me
We're geting tired of waiting
The rain always comes with the storm
It always seems lightnng never strikes twice
But then came a knock at the door
The ending is just the beginning repeating
The ending is just the beginning repeating
Everything goes away but comes back someday
The ending is just the beginning repeating
We are the tired and weary
We are the restless at war
We are the start of something much better
We're not what came before
We're getting tired of waiting
So we're running into the storm
And it always seems that lightning never strikes twice
But then came a knock at the door
Lyrics submitted by jwomack01
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Alright so after listening and re reading the lyrics I reckon its about all the horrible things humans have done to each other (Racism, War, Hatred and Conquering) and no matter how evolved we become we are still the same. So in the end we are just the same as what we were before (The ending is just the beginning repeated)
The lyrics go through different people, we are all the same (I am exactly like you, and you are just like me)But then the line comes saying we are the start of something more saying that we can be more than what we were before but in the end we always revert back to our old selves our old ways.
So ultimately I think the message they are trying to get across is that we should try and see the similarities in humans and not the differences but ultimately the ending is just the same as the beginning and as much as we push away everything that was before it always comes back to bite us on the ass.
I hear a much more positive message in this.
"We are the start of something much better . . . the end of what came before." and "We're getting tired of waiting, so we're running into the storm."
I believe this song is about evolution and finding something better.
"The ending is just the beginning" is a bit more mysterious though. It could refer to how slowly things change, but it could also be something to do with infinity.