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.
It was getting deeper into the night
Knew you weren't coming home
Nothing I was doing was right and now
I've got to face it alone
The night getting darker baby the darker it got
Struggled with why and what
But I could not fight what I knew was true I was
Not going to get through the night
Without the power of two
Me and you
Feeling like I'm out on a ledge standing
With my back to the wall l use to be I'd go straight ahead
Now I'm going nowhere at all
The night getting longer baby the longer it went
Just didn't make any sense
Couldn't see couldn't hear didn't know what to do
Was like I had no power at all
Without the power of two
Me and You
I never knew before that two was more then one and one
Until that night
There's nothing I could do but think of how I'm losing you
And it shook me it shock me
You locked me out there
Looking for a place I could hide
Searching for a corner to turn
Left me here alone for one night
Showed me I had something to learn
I tried not to need you but I needed you anyway
It wouldn't be easy to say
But the way that I see it I'm half without you
And I'm not going to make myself whole
Without the power of two
Me and you
Morning couldn't wait
I knew that it was getting late
But I hung on I had no choice at all
It was either walk away or crawl and
I'm Bleeding I'm Bleeding
I think I'm falling deeper into that hole
Deeper then I thought I could get
Like a bug that's stuck in a bowl climbing out is impossible
Yet he keeps trying harder,
Harder then he thought he could
I finally understood
I could hear I could see and the truth came through
We had ten time the power of one
We had the power of two
Me and you
There's nothing we couldn't do
Just me and you
We had the power of two
Knew you weren't coming home
Nothing I was doing was right and now
I've got to face it alone
The night getting darker baby the darker it got
Struggled with why and what
But I could not fight what I knew was true I was
Not going to get through the night
Without the power of two
Me and you
Feeling like I'm out on a ledge standing
With my back to the wall l use to be I'd go straight ahead
Now I'm going nowhere at all
The night getting longer baby the longer it went
Just didn't make any sense
Couldn't see couldn't hear didn't know what to do
Was like I had no power at all
Without the power of two
Me and You
I never knew before that two was more then one and one
Until that night
There's nothing I could do but think of how I'm losing you
And it shook me it shock me
You locked me out there
Looking for a place I could hide
Searching for a corner to turn
Left me here alone for one night
Showed me I had something to learn
I tried not to need you but I needed you anyway
It wouldn't be easy to say
But the way that I see it I'm half without you
And I'm not going to make myself whole
Without the power of two
Me and you
Morning couldn't wait
I knew that it was getting late
But I hung on I had no choice at all
It was either walk away or crawl and
I'm Bleeding I'm Bleeding
I think I'm falling deeper into that hole
Deeper then I thought I could get
Like a bug that's stuck in a bowl climbing out is impossible
Yet he keeps trying harder,
Harder then he thought he could
I finally understood
I could hear I could see and the truth came through
We had ten time the power of one
We had the power of two
Me and you
There's nothing we couldn't do
Just me and you
We had the power of two
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The Power of Two Lyrics as written by Neil Diamond
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