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.
This city sleeps in it's disease
Hung by a thread and no one can hear you scream
Woke up on the south side of nowhere
All I am is a foreign face
Tortured ripped out at the core
Caught up in hells revolving door
Stumble around with eyes glazed over
Prize was lost nothing left to show for
Too close caught up in the flame
Reaching out for the slaved and the maimed
Gone away
The dreams you breed have just decayed
Strayed away
You came here looking for a name
No place like home
This city creeps down the alleys of disease
When you're hanging by a thread and no one can hear you scream
This city creeps down the alleys of disease
When you're hanging by a thread and no one can hear you scream
Beneath the cloud of dust they
Surface with deep defacing cuts
Time rips by when you're sick
Wanna make it last well take your pick
Shattered dream is all that remains
All those things that you can't regain
Last chance you're caught up in the scene
Ingest and gorge this empty city
Gone away
The dreams you breed have just decayed
Strayed away
You came here looking for a name
No place like home
This city creeps down the alleys of disease
When you're hanging by a thread and no one can hear you scream
This city creeps down the alleys of disease
When you're hanging by a thread and no one can hear you scream
Scream Scream Scream
These streets are devastated
Your path has lead you astray
Stomped and battered (battered)
The legacy is fading
left to the vagrants in your wake
Stomped and battered
(Stomped and battered)
No one can hear you scream
No one can hear you scream
This city creeps down the alleys of disease
When you're hanging by a thread and no one can hear you scream
This city creeps down the alleys of disease
When you're hanging by a thread and no one can hear you scream
No one can hear you scream
Hung by a thread and no one can hear you scream
Woke up on the south side of nowhere
All I am is a foreign face
Tortured ripped out at the core
Caught up in hells revolving door
Stumble around with eyes glazed over
Prize was lost nothing left to show for
Too close caught up in the flame
Reaching out for the slaved and the maimed
Gone away
The dreams you breed have just decayed
Strayed away
You came here looking for a name
No place like home
This city creeps down the alleys of disease
When you're hanging by a thread and no one can hear you scream
This city creeps down the alleys of disease
When you're hanging by a thread and no one can hear you scream
Beneath the cloud of dust they
Surface with deep defacing cuts
Time rips by when you're sick
Wanna make it last well take your pick
Shattered dream is all that remains
All those things that you can't regain
Last chance you're caught up in the scene
Ingest and gorge this empty city
Gone away
The dreams you breed have just decayed
Strayed away
You came here looking for a name
No place like home
This city creeps down the alleys of disease
When you're hanging by a thread and no one can hear you scream
This city creeps down the alleys of disease
When you're hanging by a thread and no one can hear you scream
Scream Scream Scream
These streets are devastated
Your path has lead you astray
Stomped and battered (battered)
The legacy is fading
left to the vagrants in your wake
Stomped and battered
(Stomped and battered)
No one can hear you scream
No one can hear you scream
This city creeps down the alleys of disease
When you're hanging by a thread and no one can hear you scream
This city creeps down the alleys of disease
When you're hanging by a thread and no one can hear you scream
No one can hear you scream
Lyrics submitted by GiveMeHam
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