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.
Nightmares!
Some come true.
Never let your guard down.
No one is immune.
Anything that can, will happen.
Such is the story lived through Elisa.
Stuck in time...
Checking in to the hotel taunted by the building itself.
And I wonder if the walls spoke would they share the cruelest dreams.
Would they tell about the murders in the bedrooms?
Or of suicide by jumping out of their rooms?
Or the stalker on the top floor?
Don't go looking.
Don't go looking!
She's There
Stuck in time..
Disappearing syndrome
She's there (Disappearing)
Flowing through the water pipes.
Stolen by the history.
Led above to where we drink.
Laid to rest, laid to rest.
Found in a liquid nest.
Haunting demeanor. gone away.
You won't be erased. gone away.
What is it they covered up?
The elevator camera hints at what could have happened.
And I wonder if the walls spoke would they share the same thing.
A couple weeks to find the human marination.
Consuming water with her flesh contamination.
Was this all a result of possession?
Don't go looking.
Don't go looking!
She's There
Stuck in time..
Disappearing syndrome
She's there (Disappearing)
Flowing through the water pipes.
Flowing, flowing through the water pipes.
That's where they found her.
What is it they covered up??
One thing we know that's for sure;
That her vessel lay unmoved.
Did she feel pain when her life left?
Was she gone before the splash?
Maybe this is happening exactly as intended;
Mastering a story that never will be ended.
What if it's an artist that performed a final piece?
Crafting a legend, crafting a legend.
Stolen by the history.
Led above to where we drink.
Laid to rest, laid to rest.
Found in a liquid nest.
Haunting demeanor. gone away.
You won't be erased. gone away.
Gone away.
Some come true.
Never let your guard down.
No one is immune.
Anything that can, will happen.
Such is the story lived through Elisa.
Stuck in time...
Checking in to the hotel taunted by the building itself.
And I wonder if the walls spoke would they share the cruelest dreams.
Would they tell about the murders in the bedrooms?
Or of suicide by jumping out of their rooms?
Or the stalker on the top floor?
Don't go looking.
Don't go looking!
She's There
Stuck in time..
Disappearing syndrome
She's there (Disappearing)
Flowing through the water pipes.
Stolen by the history.
Led above to where we drink.
Laid to rest, laid to rest.
Found in a liquid nest.
Haunting demeanor. gone away.
You won't be erased. gone away.
What is it they covered up?
The elevator camera hints at what could have happened.
And I wonder if the walls spoke would they share the same thing.
A couple weeks to find the human marination.
Consuming water with her flesh contamination.
Was this all a result of possession?
Don't go looking.
Don't go looking!
She's There
Stuck in time..
Disappearing syndrome
She's there (Disappearing)
Flowing through the water pipes.
Flowing, flowing through the water pipes.
That's where they found her.
What is it they covered up??
One thing we know that's for sure;
That her vessel lay unmoved.
Did she feel pain when her life left?
Was she gone before the splash?
Maybe this is happening exactly as intended;
Mastering a story that never will be ended.
What if it's an artist that performed a final piece?
Crafting a legend, crafting a legend.
Stolen by the history.
Led above to where we drink.
Laid to rest, laid to rest.
Found in a liquid nest.
Haunting demeanor. gone away.
You won't be erased. gone away.
Gone away.
Lyrics submitted by jwax8242o
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I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Inspired by the story of Elisa Lam, the girl who disappeared in a hotel and found weeks later in their watershed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elisa_Lam
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