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.
That night they were burning for truth
Down on the corner of 14th and U
They took your soul and they took you for fools
Took all the windows from prisons and schools
Now what's a poor man left to do?
One heart now broken in two
You start untying the hands of the youth
New kids hear the sound of the drumming
Mother Nature your summer is coming
Yesterday and today
Revolution on its way
Amen
It was the feast and the famine
Amen
It was the feast and the famine
Feast and the famine
Crossroads with nothing to lose
Out of the basement and in to the news
Come change, now shit getting heavy
Salvation at the ready
You look when I walked by
Still screaming 'til I die
You can't find peace if you can't find a home
You can't survive as an island alone
Black heart with a gaping wound
Put back together by a troubled groove
Check yourself
Wreck your brains
Where is that P.M.A.?
Amen
It was the feast and the famine
Amen
It was the feast and the famine
Feast and the famine
Hey, where is the monument?
To the dreams we forget?
We need a monument
And change will come
Yeah change will come
Is there anybody there? (anybody there?)
Anybody there? (anybody there?)
There?
Amen
It was the feast and the famine
Amen
It was the feast and the famine
Feast and the famine
Amen
Where is the monument?
To the dreams we forget?
Amen
We need a monument
And change will come
Is there anybody there? (anybody there?)
Anybody there? (anybody there?)
There?
Down on the corner of 14th and U
They took your soul and they took you for fools
Took all the windows from prisons and schools
Now what's a poor man left to do?
One heart now broken in two
You start untying the hands of the youth
New kids hear the sound of the drumming
Mother Nature your summer is coming
Yesterday and today
Revolution on its way
Amen
It was the feast and the famine
Amen
It was the feast and the famine
Feast and the famine
Crossroads with nothing to lose
Out of the basement and in to the news
Come change, now shit getting heavy
Salvation at the ready
You look when I walked by
Still screaming 'til I die
You can't find peace if you can't find a home
You can't survive as an island alone
Black heart with a gaping wound
Put back together by a troubled groove
Check yourself
Wreck your brains
Where is that P.M.A.?
Amen
It was the feast and the famine
Amen
It was the feast and the famine
Feast and the famine
Hey, where is the monument?
To the dreams we forget?
We need a monument
And change will come
Yeah change will come
Is there anybody there? (anybody there?)
Anybody there? (anybody there?)
There?
Amen
It was the feast and the famine
Amen
It was the feast and the famine
Feast and the famine
Amen
Where is the monument?
To the dreams we forget?
Amen
We need a monument
And change will come
Is there anybody there? (anybody there?)
Anybody there? (anybody there?)
There?
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