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.
Down, we're going down, we're going down
It takes a sound
To break them down
Have you ever heard the outside calling?
Have you ever heard the trees singing their song?
Have you ever tasted a ray of sun and have you ever held the moon's glow?
Why do I feel scared in the morning?
The sun's up and everybody's moving on
Maybe we all feel alone even though we have our telephones
We destroy a part of us every time we blink an eye
And now it's time for all of us to know that we're going down
We're going down
We're going down
It takes a sound
To break them down
Reality, conformity, still this fake faith and forgery
All seem to be a major key to rhyme the day the day will seem to be
A melting dream that we once had but now the dream is weak
But now that we all see that we have fallen down
We just might be alive and even though there's boundaries
And why are you proud of me
So we live and we die
Fall to the fly, fly to the free
Free cause I know I've seen the end of me
So we need, need to know that we are blowing down to seize
Our grounds and everybody here will sing a sound
We once were lost but now we're found
We destroy a part of us every time we blink an eye
And now it's time for all of us to know that we're going down (down...)
Have you ever tasted a ray of sun and have you ever held the moon's glow?
Why do I feel scared in the morning?
The sun's up and everybody's moving on
We're going down
We're going down
We're going down
We're going down
It takes a sound
To break them down
We're going down
We're going down
It takes a sound
To break them down
Have you ever heard the outside calling?
Have you ever heard the tree's singing their song?
Have you ever tasted the ray of sun and have you ever held the moon's glow?
It takes a sound
To break them down
Have you ever heard the outside calling?
Have you ever heard the trees singing their song?
Have you ever tasted a ray of sun and have you ever held the moon's glow?
Why do I feel scared in the morning?
The sun's up and everybody's moving on
Maybe we all feel alone even though we have our telephones
We destroy a part of us every time we blink an eye
And now it's time for all of us to know that we're going down
We're going down
We're going down
It takes a sound
To break them down
Reality, conformity, still this fake faith and forgery
All seem to be a major key to rhyme the day the day will seem to be
A melting dream that we once had but now the dream is weak
But now that we all see that we have fallen down
We just might be alive and even though there's boundaries
And why are you proud of me
So we live and we die
Fall to the fly, fly to the free
Free cause I know I've seen the end of me
So we need, need to know that we are blowing down to seize
Our grounds and everybody here will sing a sound
We once were lost but now we're found
We destroy a part of us every time we blink an eye
And now it's time for all of us to know that we're going down (down...)
Have you ever tasted a ray of sun and have you ever held the moon's glow?
Why do I feel scared in the morning?
The sun's up and everybody's moving on
We're going down
We're going down
We're going down
We're going down
It takes a sound
To break them down
We're going down
We're going down
It takes a sound
To break them down
Have you ever heard the outside calling?
Have you ever heard the tree's singing their song?
Have you ever tasted the ray of sun and have you ever held the moon's glow?
Lyrics submitted by Bechloe
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