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.
Climb (you're dehydrated)
Fly (your wings are jaded)
Cry (you're enervated)
Die (for what you believe in)
Try (you've nearly made it)
Why?
You're the plague within my dreams
Soaring through an atmosphere of an adequate lack of strength
And we're responsible
The truth is that will ends here
Denial's an impairment of your fear
Can we save us from ourselves?
Can we save this from ourselves?
You can break through, wake me up, tell me it's gone.
False hope sells lies, I won't buy we are still one.
Let's attempt escape, melancholia will feed,
We'll admit defeat, the vox popular will cease.
The air is thickening we are drifting.
You're the plague within dreams.
Soaring through an atmosphere of an adequate lack of strength,
And we're responsible (we're responsible).
The truth is that will ends here.
Denial's an impairment of your fear.
Can we save us from ourselves?
Can we save this from ourselves?
This is the savior and its form.
What's done is done.
One more second chance would be enough.
Only on the brink can we see so clearly.
Yeah!
Wake me up!
Wake me up!
Wake me up!
Wake me up!
Fly (your wings are jaded)
Cry (you're enervated)
Die (for what you believe in)
Try (you've nearly made it)
Why?
You're the plague within my dreams
Soaring through an atmosphere of an adequate lack of strength
And we're responsible
The truth is that will ends here
Denial's an impairment of your fear
Can we save us from ourselves?
Can we save this from ourselves?
You can break through, wake me up, tell me it's gone.
False hope sells lies, I won't buy we are still one.
Let's attempt escape, melancholia will feed,
We'll admit defeat, the vox popular will cease.
The air is thickening we are drifting.
You're the plague within dreams.
Soaring through an atmosphere of an adequate lack of strength,
And we're responsible (we're responsible).
The truth is that will ends here.
Denial's an impairment of your fear.
Can we save us from ourselves?
Can we save this from ourselves?
This is the savior and its form.
What's done is done.
One more second chance would be enough.
Only on the brink can we see so clearly.
Yeah!
Wake me up!
Wake me up!
Wake me up!
Wake me up!
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"Climb (you're dehydrated ). Fly (your wings are jaded)."
This is referring to the animals. They are dehydrated and their wings are jaded because of the negative changes that are occurring to their habitats, which in the long run affects them drastically.
"Cry (you're enervated)."
Obviously, this is how the affected feel.
"You're the plague within my dreams."
This could refer to what the animals think of us.
"Soaring through an atmosphere of an adequate lack of strength."
Refers to how we are destroying our atmosphere, which is now weaker than it used to be.
"(and we're responsible) the truth is that it will end here."
Directly states the message of the song.
"Denial's an impairment of your fear."
Here it states that we don't want to accept the fate we'll face if this world keeps getting worse.
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Once again, stating the message of this song.
"This is the saviour and it's form..."
I think this refers to us, humans. We are the saviors (or at least we could choose to be), and our form, which is ironically affecting us negatively.
"You can break through, wake me up, tell me it's gone."
Related to the main message of the song. We can choose to make things better, but at the same time we want this problem to end.
"False hope sells lies. I won't buy."
We wan't to fool ourselves in thinking that things are alright while they aren't.
"We are still one. Let's attempt escape, Melancholia will feed, We'll admit defeat, The box populi will cease. The air is thickening. We are drifting."
Here he wants to make things right; he wants us all to admit that we are messing things up and correct our own errors and eventually fix things.
"What's done is done, One last second chance would be enough. Only on the brink can we see so clearly."
The damage is already done, like it says, and at the last moment, when things are at its worst, we realize our fatal error.
"Wake me up"
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@Exocyborg interesting concepts ... not sure I agree, but nonetheless thanks for sharing