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.
If you feel like your world is coming down around ya
When you feel like this world looking down upon ya
The only way is up but if you change you got to wanna
And if you don’t than you’ll definitely be a goner
And it’s okay if you breakdown or breakthrough
I’ll be here if you need me to remind you
You’re not the first and you’re not the last
It only gets worse if you’re living in the past
Open your eyes and you will see
Because I still believe
Sometimes you got to lose everything
To find out that you’ve always been running blind
You got to keep your head up
When the world won’t let up
Sometimes you got to leave everything
To find out what you don’t want to leave behind
You got to keep your head up
When the world won’t let up
When you feel like everyone is out to get you
L-O-V-E- is something that will protect you
And when the dust settles and you have your breakthroughs
M-U-R-D-E-R all the pain
It will set you free, everybody like me
Just reach for the sky when you rise in the sea
You’re not the first and you’re not the last
It only gets worse if you’re living in the past
Open your eyes and you will see
Because I still believe
Sometimes you got to lose everything
To find out that you’ve always been running blind
You got to keep your head up
When the world won’t let up
Sometimes you got to leave everything
To find out what you don’t want to leave behind
You got to keep your head up
When the world won’t let up
Hey, even though it hurts like hell
You have to bleed
Hey, even when we fight for air
We keep on breathing
Hey, even if you lost yourself
You still have me
Hey, even if you hate yourself
You have no reason
I still believe in
I still believe in
I still believe in
I still believe in
Sometimes you got to lose everything
To find out that you’ve always been running blind
You got to keep your head up
When the world won’t let up
Sometimes you got to leave everything
To find out what you don’t want to leave behind
You got to keep your head up
When the world won’t let up
You got to keep your head up
Because the world won’t let up
Keep your head up
You got to keep your head
Because the world won’t let up
When you feel like this world looking down upon ya
The only way is up but if you change you got to wanna
And if you don’t than you’ll definitely be a goner
And it’s okay if you breakdown or breakthrough
I’ll be here if you need me to remind you
You’re not the first and you’re not the last
It only gets worse if you’re living in the past
Open your eyes and you will see
Because I still believe
Sometimes you got to lose everything
To find out that you’ve always been running blind
You got to keep your head up
When the world won’t let up
Sometimes you got to leave everything
To find out what you don’t want to leave behind
You got to keep your head up
When the world won’t let up
When you feel like everyone is out to get you
L-O-V-E- is something that will protect you
And when the dust settles and you have your breakthroughs
M-U-R-D-E-R all the pain
It will set you free, everybody like me
Just reach for the sky when you rise in the sea
You’re not the first and you’re not the last
It only gets worse if you’re living in the past
Open your eyes and you will see
Because I still believe
Sometimes you got to lose everything
To find out that you’ve always been running blind
You got to keep your head up
When the world won’t let up
Sometimes you got to leave everything
To find out what you don’t want to leave behind
You got to keep your head up
When the world won’t let up
Hey, even though it hurts like hell
You have to bleed
Hey, even when we fight for air
We keep on breathing
Hey, even if you lost yourself
You still have me
Hey, even if you hate yourself
You have no reason
I still believe in
I still believe in
I still believe in
I still believe in
Sometimes you got to lose everything
To find out that you’ve always been running blind
You got to keep your head up
When the world won’t let up
Sometimes you got to leave everything
To find out what you don’t want to leave behind
You got to keep your head up
When the world won’t let up
You got to keep your head up
Because the world won’t let up
Keep your head up
You got to keep your head
Because the world won’t let up
Lyrics submitted by MusicFREAK20
Won't Let Up Lyrics as written by James Michael Jacoby Dakota Shaddix
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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