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.
Come on let-let-let-let-let-let-let go
From that sea-saw
This is fucking your brain
It's gonna hold me out again
Come on let-let-let-let-let-let-let go
By all the key-hole
You can press yourself against it
You keep waiting for me cage
Hear me say
Come on let-let-let-let-let-let-let go
It's not a question for your head
Come and join me in this seat,
Cause there's a ruby in your eye
Or you're after me the same
Cause you're all the sweetest thing inside of you
Our home is bigger than a mountain view
Your file's so thin you believe that you should do
Sometimes it won't come so easy
But sometimes you gotta go get mad, mad
Come on let-let-let-let-let-let-let go
Shift the ease on
Listen to me now and stay in the red zone of pain
And I'll look out and say
Come on let-let-let-let-let-let-let go
Had a question for...
I may shout out with my head and mend back your heart
But remember me and say
Cause you're all the sweetest thing inside of you
Our home is bigger than a mountain view
Your file's so thin you believe that you should do
Sometimes it won't come so easy
But sometimes you gotta go get mad, mad
All the good things
Are out in the sun
Good things like friends come a long way
They'll be so bad, keep no sea calm storm
Nothing, and then we watch them shim
Feels like the sound going down
But I see no clouds
Well have you seen those clowns
Today's so supernatural
Come on let-let-let-let-let-let-let go
From that sea-saw
This is holding your brain
It's gonna pull me out again
And I'll love you the same
Come on let-let-let-let-let-let-let go
Another question for the game
I made a shadow with my head
And...
But they would never be the same
Same
From that sea-saw
This is fucking your brain
It's gonna hold me out again
Come on let-let-let-let-let-let-let go
By all the key-hole
You can press yourself against it
You keep waiting for me cage
Hear me say
Come on let-let-let-let-let-let-let go
It's not a question for your head
Come and join me in this seat,
Cause there's a ruby in your eye
Or you're after me the same
Cause you're all the sweetest thing inside of you
Our home is bigger than a mountain view
Your file's so thin you believe that you should do
Sometimes it won't come so easy
But sometimes you gotta go get mad, mad
Come on let-let-let-let-let-let-let go
Shift the ease on
Listen to me now and stay in the red zone of pain
And I'll look out and say
Come on let-let-let-let-let-let-let go
Had a question for...
I may shout out with my head and mend back your heart
But remember me and say
Cause you're all the sweetest thing inside of you
Our home is bigger than a mountain view
Your file's so thin you believe that you should do
Sometimes it won't come so easy
But sometimes you gotta go get mad, mad
All the good things
Are out in the sun
Good things like friends come a long way
They'll be so bad, keep no sea calm storm
Nothing, and then we watch them shim
Feels like the sound going down
But I see no clouds
Well have you seen those clowns
Today's so supernatural
Come on let-let-let-let-let-let-let go
From that sea-saw
This is holding your brain
It's gonna pull me out again
And I'll love you the same
Come on let-let-let-let-let-let-let go
Another question for the game
I made a shadow with my head
And...
But they would never be the same
Same
Lyrics submitted by Mpow, edited by Tony5787, coopigat, Fernandez7
Today's Supernatural Lyrics as written by David Michael Portner Brian Ross Weitz
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
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EROTIC SEESAW. Jesus, I think that made my day. Haha, it's 'erratic seesaw'.
i think bionic heehaw is supposed to be behind a keyhole, but thats just what ime hearing
Heck no, bionic heehaw is right and probably the best lyric ever written.
my sarcasm detector is broken<br />
Is it just me, or are the lyrics on Centipede Hz way more difficult to understand than in previous AC albums?
I think its about opening up, having fun, the singer is prompting a person to join him in letting his hair down. he's stating that we can have fun together and that the other person has a lot to give ,but you gotta welcome that idea and let yourself go and be open to it.
3rd verse.
C’mon and let it go Its not a question for your head come in and join me in the speaker, theres a ruby in your heart and we don’t have to be the same
I submitted the real, officially released lyrics a long time ago and they still have not been approved.
"Bionic hee-haw"...a very interesting mental image. Hee-haw was a tv show back in the day, kind of a redneck-comedy country music variety show
To fill in the second question mark at the breakdown part:
"...Like friends from a long ways There'll be some bad dreams No sin comes for nothing."
Also I think it's "Our home is bigger than a mountain view." Not just "mountain."
I'm also hearing "Met you in Baltimore / Loved you so loud." Not as sure about the second line there but it's definitely "Met you in Baltimore," that just makes more sense.
At first, these lyric seem pretty cryptic, but I think it's pretty clearly a story about some passionate fling. The "Let let let let let let go" lyrics take on a double meaning. In the early verses, they represent sensual release, which fits in with the "erotic see saw." But in the middle of the song he hints that things are falling apart, with the lines:
"The shifting easel It’s dripping now its stained in the reds and the paints And now it don’t look the same"
And also of course... "Feels like the sun's going down" and "Have you seen those clouds."
I think the insinuation is that this affair fell apart, and now the "Let let let let let let go" takes on a literal meaning, as the singer is trying to let go. The "Out of the question for the dead" line is kind of a morbid twist; is he saying he would rather die than let this go?
Either way, this defeat is summed up in the recurring final lines:
I made a shadow with my hand I made it like your heart But they will never be the same
In other words, though the singer may have wanted this relationship to be more than a fleeting shadow, he could not win her heart.
Also, I hear a slight variation: In the beginning of the song I hear "This exploding young brain is going to pull me out again." And in the second-to-last verse I hear "This exploding young brain is going to throw me out again." It's too hard to tell if I'm right about that since these lyrics are hard to hear, but if it's true that there is a shift there, it would fit perfectly into the story I'm hearing of a brief affair that couldn't last.
Might it be "bitch I met in Baltimore left me so low" ?
No comments on this yet? I think it's pretty amazing... Gives me awesome vibes :) Definitely one of my favs on this album!