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.
The moon is old
All dusty craters
Fear and panic
Orbit mars
Saturn's dark side rings
Are just plain beautiful
Back on earth
You're waking up soon
Stretching in
The morning light
No celestial body
Could compare to you
And even though
I'd always dreamed of
Going to the stars
In space
What I think about is
You and me
And atmosphere
This place
Is terrible and endless
Counting moon rocks
For the cause
Just me in a little pod
I can't wait for gravity
To bring you close to me
All I've got's
This little window
Never lets me
See too much
I bet the leaves are changing
There again
The solar winds
To zero kelvin
I'm hurdling
And pressurized
If only I could
Get a breath of you
And even though
I'd always dreamed of
Going to the stars
In space
What I think about is
You and me
And atmosphere
This place
Is terrible and endless
Counting moon rocks
For the cause
Just me in a little pod
I can't wait for gravity
To bring you close to me
I hope this message finds you
And you won't feel so alone
Even if I never make it
Home
In space
All I think about is
You and me
And atmosphere
In space
You're picture's
All I look at
My place
Is written below
Watch the leaves change
In the yard
Dreaming of the stars
I can't wait for gravity
To bring me home
All dusty craters
Fear and panic
Orbit mars
Saturn's dark side rings
Are just plain beautiful
Back on earth
You're waking up soon
Stretching in
The morning light
No celestial body
Could compare to you
And even though
I'd always dreamed of
Going to the stars
In space
What I think about is
You and me
And atmosphere
This place
Is terrible and endless
Counting moon rocks
For the cause
Just me in a little pod
I can't wait for gravity
To bring you close to me
All I've got's
This little window
Never lets me
See too much
I bet the leaves are changing
There again
The solar winds
To zero kelvin
I'm hurdling
And pressurized
If only I could
Get a breath of you
And even though
I'd always dreamed of
Going to the stars
In space
What I think about is
You and me
And atmosphere
This place
Is terrible and endless
Counting moon rocks
For the cause
Just me in a little pod
I can't wait for gravity
To bring you close to me
I hope this message finds you
And you won't feel so alone
Even if I never make it
Home
In space
All I think about is
You and me
And atmosphere
In space
You're picture's
All I look at
My place
Is written below
Watch the leaves change
In the yard
Dreaming of the stars
I can't wait for gravity
To bring me home
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In Space Lyrics as written by Marshall Fanciullo Andrew Volpe
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