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 had a vision tonight that the world was ending
And the sky was falling and time was bending
I watched the heavens collide right before my eyes
What if the world dies with the sunrise?
Baby it's all right we'll be up all night
What if we're unmade when the stars fade?
Keep me going 'til the night turns into the day
I had a visitor come from the great beyond
Telling me our time in the world is done
And to watch for a sign in the midnight sky
What if the world dies with the sunrise?
Baby it's all right we'll be up all night
What if we're unmade when the stars fade?
Keep me going 'til the night turns into the day
What if the world dies with the sunrise?
Baby it's all right we'll be up all night
What if we're unmade when the stars fade?
Keep me going 'til the night turns into the day
We wait for the sunrise
We watch as the world dies
We howl in the moonlight
When the World Ender comes, baby don't close your eyes
We wait for the sunrise
We wait for the sunrise
I had a vision tonight that the world was ending
Yeah the sky was falling and time was bending
We spent our last night in the moonlight
Baby it's so bright we'll be up all night
I got a helluva view for the end of the world
I've got a bottle of booze and a beautiful girl
If I'm a'goin to die I'm gonna go in style
What if the world dies with the sunrise?
Baby it's all right we'll be up all night
What if we're unmade when the stars fade?
Keep me going 'til the night turns into the day
What if the world dies with the sunrise?
Baby it's all right we'll be up all night
What if we're unmade when the stars fade?
Keep me going 'til the night turns into the day
And the sky was falling and time was bending
I watched the heavens collide right before my eyes
What if the world dies with the sunrise?
Baby it's all right we'll be up all night
What if we're unmade when the stars fade?
Keep me going 'til the night turns into the day
I had a visitor come from the great beyond
Telling me our time in the world is done
And to watch for a sign in the midnight sky
What if the world dies with the sunrise?
Baby it's all right we'll be up all night
What if we're unmade when the stars fade?
Keep me going 'til the night turns into the day
What if the world dies with the sunrise?
Baby it's all right we'll be up all night
What if we're unmade when the stars fade?
Keep me going 'til the night turns into the day
We wait for the sunrise
We watch as the world dies
We howl in the moonlight
When the World Ender comes, baby don't close your eyes
We wait for the sunrise
We wait for the sunrise
I had a vision tonight that the world was ending
Yeah the sky was falling and time was bending
We spent our last night in the moonlight
Baby it's so bright we'll be up all night
I got a helluva view for the end of the world
I've got a bottle of booze and a beautiful girl
If I'm a'goin to die I'm gonna go in style
What if the world dies with the sunrise?
Baby it's all right we'll be up all night
What if we're unmade when the stars fade?
Keep me going 'til the night turns into the day
What if the world dies with the sunrise?
Baby it's all right we'll be up all night
What if we're unmade when the stars fade?
Keep me going 'til the night turns into the day
Lyrics submitted by samlikemusic
Until the Night Turns Lyrics as written by Ben Schneider
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I liked the song at first for its rare positivity towards doom, about savoring the short night left for the song's persona. Rather fun. However, re-listening to it I noticed the lyric that "time was bending." The rest of the song focuses of the linear night ending in the sunrise. But if "time was bending," whether it means the future or past happening with the present night, the idea of the linear night "turning into the day" kind of... breaks. Going out on a limb here, but one idea this gave me (assuming the time-contradiction was intentional at all?) is that this 'final night' is what the rest of one's lifetime feels like. If time is bending, from now until your death is the same as your last few hours until your death.