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.
[Verse]
Lyrical leapfrog put you in a deep fog
Asleep cog in the wheel, steal like a cheap dog
Reblog all you want, I'll kick a new style
True guile to do miles of damage while you manage to step in a doodoo pile
I got so many rhymes, they need to overlap
Clover sap at the root to pick my own luck
Struck by the thought that my label’s shoulder tap
Older rap is newer, if you know what I mean
I hold a map in my headphones, rock stereo
There we go where we know, fairy grow barely no
Hairy oh cherry blow, spare me though
There's always something new under the sun
No one does it like you so it’s never been done
When I break new ground, take you down
Quake through surroundings, crash land on a snare, cash band Pluck a bassline, twayang twang, face flying, mash hand
Gas gland, plcccch, old styles trash canned
Yass man first line is second line like a brass band
Last stand echo, how'd techno get so let low?
Two in one, new and fun
For the lyrical leapfrog, precognition
Wishing for recognition in two ways:
Clarity and mega-high-fives, when you have A.D.D
Superlyricism is something to concentrate on
Everything else is too easy
You trace the flows’ progress like a little dot
It rewires, requires your brain, keeps a unique log
Seek opportunities to go hard as possible
Obstacles include insecurity and bad habits and autocorrect
Not so as checked, sometimes I’m mad (sad) I’m sad (bad)
I second that emotion, it’s called a secondary emotion
Elementary notion, confusion fusion
Cut through illusion delusion
Intrusive thoughts, elusive slots
Tandem, two things at once
I wish an Irish Sheepdog would arrive with cheap grog
People sleep like a log on me like I'm treefrog in a peat bog
I put a pot of message in there with a mess of pottage
We're bugs, beer suds on a giant keg
Fear chugs, iron egg, near duds
It's clear cuz that we're ants, mere plants
Deer ticks, fear tricks, weird mix, lyrics
We're barely soot sprites, good night
Lyrical leapfrog put you in a deep fog
Asleep cog in the wheel, steal like a cheap dog
Reblog all you want, I'll kick a new style
True guile to do miles of damage while you manage to step in a doodoo pile
I got so many rhymes, they need to overlap
Clover sap at the root to pick my own luck
Struck by the thought that my label’s shoulder tap
Older rap is newer, if you know what I mean
I hold a map in my headphones, rock stereo
There we go where we know, fairy grow barely no
Hairy oh cherry blow, spare me though
There's always something new under the sun
No one does it like you so it’s never been done
When I break new ground, take you down
Quake through surroundings, crash land on a snare, cash band Pluck a bassline, twayang twang, face flying, mash hand
Gas gland, plcccch, old styles trash canned
Yass man first line is second line like a brass band
Last stand echo, how'd techno get so let low?
Two in one, new and fun
For the lyrical leapfrog, precognition
Wishing for recognition in two ways:
Clarity and mega-high-fives, when you have A.D.D
Superlyricism is something to concentrate on
Everything else is too easy
You trace the flows’ progress like a little dot
It rewires, requires your brain, keeps a unique log
Seek opportunities to go hard as possible
Obstacles include insecurity and bad habits and autocorrect
Not so as checked, sometimes I’m mad (sad) I’m sad (bad)
I second that emotion, it’s called a secondary emotion
Elementary notion, confusion fusion
Cut through illusion delusion
Intrusive thoughts, elusive slots
Tandem, two things at once
I wish an Irish Sheepdog would arrive with cheap grog
People sleep like a log on me like I'm treefrog in a peat bog
I put a pot of message in there with a mess of pottage
We're bugs, beer suds on a giant keg
Fear chugs, iron egg, near duds
It's clear cuz that we're ants, mere plants
Deer ticks, fear tricks, weird mix, lyrics
We're barely soot sprites, good night
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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