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.
Years away from what was home,
We've been traveling all alone
A space voyage to explore the unseen
We haven't found a single goddamn thing
Decades passing, rations low,
The crew's tensions are about to blow.
Let's take our leader and turn him into meat,
And introduce him to our fatal feast.
Our fatal feast.
Our minds escaped all rationality,
And all it wants to do is just feed.
It's not murder if we all played a part,
He had it coming from the very start.
Let's kill the captain and stuff our face.
He led us all to starve here. fatal feast
Desperate
This mission now has failed
No hope left
You're going to be our meal
One last breath
The skin begins to peel
Meet your death
A nightmare becoming real
Advanced knowledge, a primitive end.
Cannibalistic results here in.
Our space program never would have thought
That something this disgusting has gone on
Desperate
This mission now has failed
No hope left
You're going to be our meal
One last breath
The skin begins to peel
Meet your death
A nightmare becoming real
Years away from what was home,
We've been traveling all alone
A space voyage to explore the unseen
We haven't found a single goddamn thing
Decades passing, rations low,
The crew's tensions are about to blow.
Let's take our leader and turn him into meat,
And introduce him to our fatal feast.
Introduce him to our fatal feast.
We've been traveling all alone
A space voyage to explore the unseen
We haven't found a single goddamn thing
Decades passing, rations low,
The crew's tensions are about to blow.
Let's take our leader and turn him into meat,
And introduce him to our fatal feast.
Our fatal feast.
Our minds escaped all rationality,
And all it wants to do is just feed.
It's not murder if we all played a part,
He had it coming from the very start.
Let's kill the captain and stuff our face.
He led us all to starve here. fatal feast
Desperate
This mission now has failed
No hope left
You're going to be our meal
One last breath
The skin begins to peel
Meet your death
A nightmare becoming real
Advanced knowledge, a primitive end.
Cannibalistic results here in.
Our space program never would have thought
That something this disgusting has gone on
Desperate
This mission now has failed
No hope left
You're going to be our meal
One last breath
The skin begins to peel
Meet your death
A nightmare becoming real
Years away from what was home,
We've been traveling all alone
A space voyage to explore the unseen
We haven't found a single goddamn thing
Decades passing, rations low,
The crew's tensions are about to blow.
Let's take our leader and turn him into meat,
And introduce him to our fatal feast.
Introduce him to our fatal feast.
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