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.
As if afloat, as if afraid
The spirits meet
Waited for an age
It was a lesson sent
Abstract and numbed
Abstract and bleak
Patience lent
His test of patience lent
Horizontal yet erect
Yearning lying in wait
Oneness floats about
Unity served on his plate
Circling roundabout
The lover he will meet
Dripping mellow stains of long
M, m, m, m, melting in her heat
The lover he must meet
Circling round about
Dripping mellow stains of long
Melting in her heat
Without a blink, without a sigh
His circle and hers meet
Synchronized split
Split seconds beat
She killed his past with her kiss
All past was but a lie
She killed his head
She killed his mouth
And opened up the sky
She killed his past with her kiss
All past was but a lie
She killed his head
She killed his mouth
The he-she joining
The moment now
Would be the only sound
No front no back
No present tense
No milk from no holy cow
She killed his past with her kiss
All past was but a lie
She killed his head
She killed his mouth
And opened up the sky
The spirits meet
Waited for an age
It was a lesson sent
Abstract and numbed
Abstract and bleak
Patience lent
His test of patience lent
Horizontal yet erect
Yearning lying in wait
Oneness floats about
Unity served on his plate
Circling roundabout
The lover he will meet
Dripping mellow stains of long
M, m, m, m, melting in her heat
The lover he must meet
Circling round about
Dripping mellow stains of long
Melting in her heat
Without a blink, without a sigh
His circle and hers meet
Synchronized split
Split seconds beat
She killed his past with her kiss
All past was but a lie
She killed his head
She killed his mouth
And opened up the sky
She killed his past with her kiss
All past was but a lie
She killed his head
She killed his mouth
The he-she joining
The moment now
Would be the only sound
No front no back
No present tense
No milk from no holy cow
She killed his past with her kiss
All past was but a lie
She killed his head
She killed his mouth
And opened up the sky
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His Circle and Hers Meet Lyrics as written by Peter John Murphy Paul Statham
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