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.
Somewhere in a southern city
In a room, alone
And his father comes in
And gives him a gun
And a book of rules
Titled "This Is the Real World"
And somewhere, a man in a crowd
Scrapes against something sharp
And finds he's got metal in his arm
He's made out of metal
Hup, two, three, four
Hup, two, three, four
Hup, two, three, four
This is the real world
(The blind)
Holding onto hope
With eyes wide open
He sees the final hour
It's larger than he thought
It's bounding on two feet
It devours
He pulls a memory from his pocket
The insight gave to him
The blind leading the blind
Inscribed in silver line
In my childhood
By playing superhero
Now I feel my face
Is starting to tingle
It started dawning
As I go through the day
Superman, child's play
In my childhood
By playing superhero
And now I feel my face
Starting to tingle
It started dawning
I'm just normal
The blind leading the blind
All too true
Yet uncompromised
The blind leading the blind
Somewhere
Where the man got his arm scraped
And found himself made out of metal
He questions what he's done
Walking single-file from job to home
Daily, the same hours done
He takes out the book
"This Is the Real World"
The gun that his father gave him, still
The blind leading the blind
Father
(Father)
Holding onto hope
With death leftover
He musters up a smile
(A smile)
People on the street
Motions of metal feet
Eyes hollowed down
He pulls out a kiss
A girl gave him
Beautiful, unmatched by blind
The blind leading the blind
Fairy tales revised
(The blind)
(Father)
(The blind leading the blind)
In a room, alone
And his father comes in
And gives him a gun
And a book of rules
Titled "This Is the Real World"
And somewhere, a man in a crowd
Scrapes against something sharp
And finds he's got metal in his arm
He's made out of metal
Hup, two, three, four
Hup, two, three, four
Hup, two, three, four
This is the real world
(The blind)
Holding onto hope
With eyes wide open
He sees the final hour
It's larger than he thought
It's bounding on two feet
It devours
He pulls a memory from his pocket
The insight gave to him
The blind leading the blind
Inscribed in silver line
In my childhood
By playing superhero
Now I feel my face
Is starting to tingle
It started dawning
As I go through the day
Superman, child's play
In my childhood
By playing superhero
And now I feel my face
Starting to tingle
It started dawning
I'm just normal
The blind leading the blind
All too true
Yet uncompromised
The blind leading the blind
Somewhere
Where the man got his arm scraped
And found himself made out of metal
He questions what he's done
Walking single-file from job to home
Daily, the same hours done
He takes out the book
"This Is the Real World"
The gun that his father gave him, still
The blind leading the blind
Father
(Father)
Holding onto hope
With death leftover
He musters up a smile
(A smile)
People on the street
Motions of metal feet
Eyes hollowed down
He pulls out a kiss
A girl gave him
Beautiful, unmatched by blind
The blind leading the blind
Fairy tales revised
(The blind)
(Father)
(The blind leading the blind)
Lyrics submitted by SludgeGarden13
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Hup, two, three, four, fuck the marine core!