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 search high and low but I can't find you
Still your vexing laugh entices me
Close enough to touch but then you run away
I'm about to quit and then you say, "lose yourself in the vanity faire!"
Insanity is whispering to me, whoa!
What I believe is just not making sense of what I see
Show me your reflection, a sly disguise, is it the girl you want to be?
A porcelain smile, you're a knockout, baby?
Drape yourself in fragile fantasy
I see your reflection, a sly disguise, and it's not the girl your want to be?
A fraudulent smile
What you see is what you've asked for,but it's never what you are
A cold-hearted tale
Lost in a maze of beautiful deception
And just like before I'm at the mercy of a phantom
When will it end? How will it end? And will you be in arms?
I just can't take anymore of this pointless search for nothing
Insanity is whispering to me whoa!
What I believe is just not making sense of what I see
Show me your reflection, a sly disguise, is it the girl you want to be?
A fraudulent smile
What you see is what you've asked for,but it's never what you are
Hey hey hey!
Silence, oh cruel harlot!
Silence! Your filthy tongue will be stilled!
Laughter echoing, I'm unraveling tonight
Silence! I've had enough!
Silence! No longer will you stop me!
Your vanity so patiently will steal your soul
You're hideous
Mirror, mirror on the wall, a liar to us all, you'll be the one to fall
The eye of the beholder knows the truth
Show me your reflection, a sly disguise,Is it the girl you want to be?
A porcelain smile, you're a knockout, baby!
Drape yourself in fragile fantasy
I see you reflection, a sly disguise,
And it's not the girl you want to be?
A fraudulent smile
What you see is what you've asked for,
But it's never what you are
What you see is what you've asked for,
What you see is what you get
A cold-hearted tale
Attack the mirrors, shatter the prison
One by one reflections fall, come on come on come on come on!
Until I destroy them all, come on come on come on come on!
Still your vexing laugh entices me
Close enough to touch but then you run away
I'm about to quit and then you say, "lose yourself in the vanity faire!"
Insanity is whispering to me, whoa!
What I believe is just not making sense of what I see
Show me your reflection, a sly disguise, is it the girl you want to be?
A porcelain smile, you're a knockout, baby?
Drape yourself in fragile fantasy
I see your reflection, a sly disguise, and it's not the girl your want to be?
A fraudulent smile
What you see is what you've asked for,but it's never what you are
A cold-hearted tale
Lost in a maze of beautiful deception
And just like before I'm at the mercy of a phantom
When will it end? How will it end? And will you be in arms?
I just can't take anymore of this pointless search for nothing
Insanity is whispering to me whoa!
What I believe is just not making sense of what I see
Show me your reflection, a sly disguise, is it the girl you want to be?
A fraudulent smile
What you see is what you've asked for,but it's never what you are
Hey hey hey!
Silence, oh cruel harlot!
Silence! Your filthy tongue will be stilled!
Laughter echoing, I'm unraveling tonight
Silence! I've had enough!
Silence! No longer will you stop me!
Your vanity so patiently will steal your soul
You're hideous
Mirror, mirror on the wall, a liar to us all, you'll be the one to fall
The eye of the beholder knows the truth
Show me your reflection, a sly disguise,Is it the girl you want to be?
A porcelain smile, you're a knockout, baby!
Drape yourself in fragile fantasy
I see you reflection, a sly disguise,
And it's not the girl you want to be?
A fraudulent smile
What you see is what you've asked for,
But it's never what you are
What you see is what you've asked for,
What you see is what you get
A cold-hearted tale
Attack the mirrors, shatter the prison
One by one reflections fall, come on come on come on come on!
Until I destroy them all, come on come on come on come on!
Lyrics submitted by UnreasonableRachelle
Welcome to the Vanity Faire Lyrics as written by Dennis Lavell Lee Dennis Lee
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