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 was in the shower so I could not tell my nose was bleeding
Dripped down my body to the floor right below my feet and
I looked in the mirror at my face, I thought I had a disease
And there's a woman with her fingers in my ice box
She peeked around the corner and asked me if I'm okay
She put the ice up on my tongue and then it melted away
Alright, oak floor, soft pine bedroom door, yeah
Speak easy, make her mine if she's bored, yeah
And there's dry pine ceiling that is out of my reach
I woke up and my hands were gone, yeah
I looked down and my legs were long gone
I fell for her with my shoulder, but there's nobody there
I thought she left a note, just the tag on the pillow there
And then I noticed there's a rag next to my ear
The clock was ringing, but it wasn't nothing that I could hear
Alright, yeah
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Sometimes someone controls everything about you
And when they tell you that they just can't live without you
They ain't lyin', they'll take pieces of you
And they'll stand above you and walk away, yeah
That's right and take a part of you with them
Dripped down my body to the floor right below my feet and
I looked in the mirror at my face, I thought I had a disease
And there's a woman with her fingers in my ice box
She peeked around the corner and asked me if I'm okay
She put the ice up on my tongue and then it melted away
Alright, oak floor, soft pine bedroom door, yeah
Speak easy, make her mine if she's bored, yeah
And there's dry pine ceiling that is out of my reach
I woke up and my hands were gone, yeah
I looked down and my legs were long gone
I fell for her with my shoulder, but there's nobody there
I thought she left a note, just the tag on the pillow there
And then I noticed there's a rag next to my ear
The clock was ringing, but it wasn't nothing that I could hear
Alright, yeah
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Sometimes someone controls everything about you
And when they tell you that they just can't live without you
They ain't lyin', they'll take pieces of you
And they'll stand above you and walk away, yeah
That's right and take a part of you with them
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I was in the shower so I couldn't tell my nose was bleeding Dripped down my body to the floor right below my feet Looked in the mirror in my face, I thought I had a disease
And there's a woman with her fingers in my icebox She peeked around the corner asked me if I'm okay She put the ice upon my tongue and then it melted away
Alright, oak floor, soft pine bedroom door, yeah Speak easy, make her mine if she's bored, yeah And there's a dry pine ceiling that is out of my reach
I woke up and my hands were gone, yeah I looked down and my legs were long gone I felt for her with my shoulder but there was nobody there
I thought she left a note, just a tag on the pillow there And then I noticed there's a rag next to my ear The clock was ringing but it wasn't nothing that I could hear
Sometimes someone controls everything about you And when they tell you that they can't live without you They ain't lying, they'll take pieces of you And they'll stand above you And walk away, that's right And take a part of you with them
This is such an awesome song, but it took me a few listens to kinda piece this together. I love how the last verse just ties the song up, how she was taking "pieces' of him (His nose, arms, legs, etc) because she can't live without him. But rather than live with him, she took the parts she wanted and left him alone with the parts that essentially made her leave. I remember after listening to it for the third time, I just kinda got it, and I leaned back just like, "Huh, that was actually kinda deep, man."
This is such an awesome song, but it took me a few listens to kinda piece this together. I love how the last verse just ties the song up, how she was taking "pieces' of him (His nose, arms, legs, etc) because she can't live without him. But rather than live with him, she took the parts she wanted and left him alone with the parts that essentially made her leave. I remember after listening to it for the third time, I just kinda got it, and I leaned back just like, "Huh, that was actually kinda deep, man."
This is such an awesome song, but it took me a few listens to kinda piece this together. I love how the last verse just ties the song up, how she was taking "pieces' of him (His nose, arms, legs, etc) because she can't live without him. But rather than live with him, she took the parts she wanted and left him alone with the parts that essentially made her leave. I remember after listening to it for the third time, I just kinda got it, and I leaned back just like, "Huh, that was actually kinda deep, man."
This is such an awesome song, but it took me a few listens to kinda piece this together. I love how the last verse just ties the song up, how she was taking "pieces' of him (His nose, arms, legs, etc) because she can't live without him. But rather than live with him, she took the parts she wanted and left him alone with the parts that essentially made her leave. I remember after listening to it for the third time, I just kinda got it, and I leaned back just like, "Huh, that was actually kinda deep, man."