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 can always pick up books in
The search of what I need
But that doesn't help me any
If you’re impossible to read
So if you love me, if you love me, come clean
These monsters in my closet
Are watching over me
The days are getting shorter and at night
It’s hard to sleep
The combination of all of this
Is the death of everything
So if you love me, if you love me, hurry
Because I don’t think that wasting
A second of this time
Would benefit the outcome of the
Life I had in mind
I’ll refer to you as my special love
The one that set me free
So if you love me, if you love me, come clean
Waiting around until things grow old
I’m feeling lost in towns that were my home
And if everything was easier before
Then we’ll go back to who we were
So I’m picking up a book in
The search of what I need
From religion to fiction
Being lost about at sea
And all I can imagine is
Being brushed against your cheek
So if you love me, if you love me, come clean
The search of what I need
But that doesn't help me any
If you’re impossible to read
So if you love me, if you love me, come clean
These monsters in my closet
Are watching over me
The days are getting shorter and at night
It’s hard to sleep
The combination of all of this
Is the death of everything
So if you love me, if you love me, hurry
Because I don’t think that wasting
A second of this time
Would benefit the outcome of the
Life I had in mind
I’ll refer to you as my special love
The one that set me free
So if you love me, if you love me, come clean
Waiting around until things grow old
I’m feeling lost in towns that were my home
And if everything was easier before
Then we’ll go back to who we were
So I’m picking up a book in
The search of what I need
From religion to fiction
Being lost about at sea
And all I can imagine is
Being brushed against your cheek
So if you love me, if you love me, come clean
Lyrics submitted by bananahero
If You Love Me, Come Clean Lyrics as written by Mitch Welling
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