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.
Don't wanna talk anymore
I'm obsessed with silence
I go home and I lock my door
I can hear the sirens
I see buildings and bars from the window
And I listen to the wind blow
I see people and cars covered in gold
And I'm happy to be on my own
Hard like a rock, cold like stone
White like a diamond, black like coal
Cut like a jewel, yeah I repair
Myself when you're not there
Solitaire
Something you consider rare
I don't wanna be compared
With that cheap shimmer and glitter
Solitaire
I'm in love with the ice-blue, gray skies of England
I'll admit, all I wanna do is get drunk and silent
Watch my life unfold all around me
Like a beautiful garden
I see flowers so tall, they surround me
Oh my heart, it became so hardened
Hard like a rock, cold like stone
White like a diamond, black like coal
Cut like a jewel, yeah I repair
Myself when you're not there
Solitaire
Something you consider rare
I don't wanna be compared
With that cheap shimmer and glitter
Solitaire
And all the other jewels around me
They astounded me at first
I covered up my heart in boundaries
And all the fakes, they called me cursed
But I'm not cursed, I'm not cursed
I was just covered in dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt
Solitaire
Something you consider rare
I don't wanna be compared
With that cheap shimmer and glitter
Solitaire
Hm
Solitaire
Hm
Solitaire
Hm
Solitaire
Hm
Solitaire
I'm obsessed with silence
I go home and I lock my door
I can hear the sirens
I see buildings and bars from the window
And I listen to the wind blow
I see people and cars covered in gold
And I'm happy to be on my own
Hard like a rock, cold like stone
White like a diamond, black like coal
Cut like a jewel, yeah I repair
Myself when you're not there
Solitaire
Something you consider rare
I don't wanna be compared
With that cheap shimmer and glitter
Solitaire
I'm in love with the ice-blue, gray skies of England
I'll admit, all I wanna do is get drunk and silent
Watch my life unfold all around me
Like a beautiful garden
I see flowers so tall, they surround me
Oh my heart, it became so hardened
Hard like a rock, cold like stone
White like a diamond, black like coal
Cut like a jewel, yeah I repair
Myself when you're not there
Solitaire
Something you consider rare
I don't wanna be compared
With that cheap shimmer and glitter
Solitaire
And all the other jewels around me
They astounded me at first
I covered up my heart in boundaries
And all the fakes, they called me cursed
But I'm not cursed, I'm not cursed
I was just covered in dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt
Solitaire
Something you consider rare
I don't wanna be compared
With that cheap shimmer and glitter
Solitaire
Hm
Solitaire
Hm
Solitaire
Hm
Solitaire
Hm
Solitaire
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Solitaire Lyrics as written by Marina Lambrini Diamandis
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With the situation I am in right now, I have interpreted the song as the beginning of falling in love. "Don't wanna talk anymore I'm obsessed with silence I go home and I lock my door I can hear the sirens Don't wanna talk anymore I'm obsessed with silence I go home and I lock my door I can hear the sirens" I'm so caught up in my emotions and I'm trying to figure them out, I want silence, I want to be alone as I realize that I am falling in love. Sirens are blaring as if it's dangerous. At this point of the song, I am unsure of how I am feeling about the situation.
"I repair myself when you're not there" I go over every last detail of when we last met, calming my excitement and nervousness and almost 'reviewing it' because before I did that I didn't really know what his actions meant, if he liked me, if he found me odd etc and I won't be settled until I know the intention of his actions for certain.
"Something you consider rare I don't wanna be compared With that cheap shimmer and glitter" It's like I'm the one for him, I'm better than the other girls; I'm a diamond; I'm genuine I'm beautiful etc.
"I'm in love with the ice-blue, gray skies of England I'll admit, all I wanna do is get drunk and silent Watch my life unfold all around me Like a beautiful garden I see flowers so tall, they surround me Oh my heart, it became so hardened" I believe this describes the approach of being in love. It's beautiful, you just let it happen and I just want to get drunk and be with him, lay my head on his shoulder in the silence. My heart became hardened because for me, being in love my heart doesn't feel like a balloon in my chest. It feels really heavy, and something hard like a diamond the size of a heart in your chest would be heavy.
"And all the other jewels around me They astounded me at first I covered up my heart in boundaries And all the fakes, they called me cursed But I'm not cursed, I'm not cursed I was just covered in dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt" I feel like this is the revelation that I am in love, and it is great (I'm not cursed). I will allow myself to love (heart in boundaries), I will take this risk and allowing myself to take this risk is like removing my dirt.
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