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 emerged from the land
Pushed out through her sandy expanse
And the sky was a downy blue
Of a blanket 'fore it captures you
Worn enough to see the sunlight through
I wonder what you looked like
Before the black tar snakes arrived
And they divided your furry, white back
Into a thousand useless places
Now I need a piece of paper to go
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh (All hail)
Oh (All hail)
Oh (All hail)
Oh (All hail)
Oh
Lying down with a face full of leaves on the sweaty forest floor
I felt your frown and I filled its sleeves with an arm and a leg
My head and my chest they are
Lying down with a face full of leaves on the sweaty forest floor
I felt your frown and I filled its sleeves with an arm and a leg
My head and my chest they are yours
Oh (All hail)
Oh (All hail)
Oh (All hail)
Oh
Oh (My head and my chest) (All hail)
Oh (An arm and an leg) (All hail)
Oh (My head and my chest) (All hail)
Oh
The beauty is not wasted on me
The hillside is ominous with trees
It's the first time he's ever seen
Snow and he must taste it
Make a missile, throw it
Roll around
(Our mother, all hail)
(Our mother is ailing, all hail)
(Our mother, all hail)
Oh (Our mother, all hail) (All hail)
Oh (Our mother is ailing, all hail) (All hail)
Oh (Our mother, all hail) (All hail)
Oh
Pushed out through her sandy expanse
And the sky was a downy blue
Of a blanket 'fore it captures you
Worn enough to see the sunlight through
I wonder what you looked like
Before the black tar snakes arrived
And they divided your furry, white back
Into a thousand useless places
Now I need a piece of paper to go
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh (All hail)
Oh (All hail)
Oh (All hail)
Oh (All hail)
Oh
Lying down with a face full of leaves on the sweaty forest floor
I felt your frown and I filled its sleeves with an arm and a leg
My head and my chest they are
Lying down with a face full of leaves on the sweaty forest floor
I felt your frown and I filled its sleeves with an arm and a leg
My head and my chest they are yours
Oh (All hail)
Oh (All hail)
Oh (All hail)
Oh
Oh (My head and my chest) (All hail)
Oh (An arm and an leg) (All hail)
Oh (My head and my chest) (All hail)
Oh
The beauty is not wasted on me
The hillside is ominous with trees
It's the first time he's ever seen
Snow and he must taste it
Make a missile, throw it
Roll around
(Our mother, all hail)
(Our mother is ailing, all hail)
(Our mother, all hail)
Oh (Our mother, all hail) (All hail)
Oh (Our mother is ailing, all hail) (All hail)
Oh (Our mother, all hail) (All hail)
Oh
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