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.
Queensbury #8
Hell Hotel punk rock estate
Way way back in the day
100 years it seems that way
Just across from Wayne's Junk Store
3 floros up then straight ahead
If someone thought to lock the door
Use the fire escape instead
Someone's always up to something
One thing's always understood
If nothing happened in a minute
Wait another, something would
Avoid the landlord, spend the rent
Raising hell with reckless style
And sure our time was poorly spent
But toxic toast still makes me smile
Looking back now-not sure how
We made it through, not all of us but most
Still haunts me-like it wants me
I remember, I remember, I rmember-toxic toast
This stuff's 130 proof
Glue threw the TV off the roof
The whole damn place just wasn't stable
Andrew trashed the coffee table
Rico's here, the party's reeling
Colam's been spray painting the ceiling
Can't make a call and man it's gold
Alcohol and stranglehold
Toxic toast, Jake coined the phrase
haven't thought about it for a while
Mindless endless nights and days
But toxic toast still makes me smile
Looking back-not sure how
We made it through, not all of us but most
Still haunts me-like it wants me
I remember, I remember, I remember-toxic toast
Hell Hotel punk rock estate
Way way back in the day
100 years it seems that way
Just across from Wayne's Junk Store
3 floros up then straight ahead
If someone thought to lock the door
Use the fire escape instead
Someone's always up to something
One thing's always understood
If nothing happened in a minute
Wait another, something would
Avoid the landlord, spend the rent
Raising hell with reckless style
And sure our time was poorly spent
But toxic toast still makes me smile
Looking back now-not sure how
We made it through, not all of us but most
Still haunts me-like it wants me
I remember, I remember, I rmember-toxic toast
This stuff's 130 proof
Glue threw the TV off the roof
The whole damn place just wasn't stable
Andrew trashed the coffee table
Rico's here, the party's reeling
Colam's been spray painting the ceiling
Can't make a call and man it's gold
Alcohol and stranglehold
Toxic toast, Jake coined the phrase
haven't thought about it for a while
Mindless endless nights and days
But toxic toast still makes me smile
Looking back-not sure how
We made it through, not all of us but most
Still haunts me-like it wants me
I remember, I remember, I remember-toxic toast
Lyrics submitted by Jurak
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this song most likely deals with dicky's college days... his constant parties and whatnot, and somehow toxic toast fits into all this
possibly the best mmb song ever written.
I'll steal rbf737s words. possibly the best mmb song ever written.
This is the best mmb song, which is saying alot. But no one has seemed to get the meaning down. its about alcoholism. 130 proof is a hard liquor. Toxic Toast is just a name for alcohol that "jake coined". the author is still battling with his addition: "still haunts me like it wants me". the song covers a time in his life where his addiction was at its peak and him and some friends would party and drink in an apartment in what is probably boston. he admits "we made it through not all of us but most" suggesting that he lost some friends during this reckless period of his life. many other mmb songs deal with alcoholism so its not surprising this one does too
Dude what are u talking about? Toxic Toast is a band Dickie Barrett used to be in...