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.
Shuffle can to can nobody really gives a damn
For every living day I give myself a hand
Now I'm scroungy as can be
I got all you normals looking at me
I'll scratch a hole in my life
So everyone can see
My mind is a mind that I have come to know
And my eyes can't conceive a world that can not grow
And Fridays are always fresh days
Screamin' at the sun, don't really
Know what he has done
He don't believe in God and a world as one
So he rambles through the weeds
And he will sleep beneath the trees
On the day I die, Thank God my Soul will be released
I've seen all your eyes
And I've seen all your faces
Can you tell me honestly that you want to be free?
Then look in my eyes
I've been lots of places
Can you tell me honestly that you'd want to be me
Honestly
For every living day I give myself a hand
Now I'm scroungy as can be
I got all you normals looking at me
I'll scratch a hole in my life
So everyone can see
My mind is a mind that I have come to know
And my eyes can't conceive a world that can not grow
And Fridays are always fresh days
Screamin' at the sun, don't really
Know what he has done
He don't believe in God and a world as one
So he rambles through the weeds
And he will sleep beneath the trees
On the day I die, Thank God my Soul will be released
I've seen all your eyes
And I've seen all your faces
Can you tell me honestly that you want to be free?
Then look in my eyes
I've been lots of places
Can you tell me honestly that you'd want to be me
Honestly
Lyrics submitted by bubbrock316
Paper Scratcher Lyrics as written by Christopher Thorn Brad Smith
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Argh, the program stripped away text I enclosed in greater-than/less-than symbols. So, read on again.
(Now, I do have an acoustic guitar copy of this song, and this helps b/c Hoon sings the song a tad differently & so that he removes the narrarator. This version of the song is as follows; parens enclose my comments)
Screamin' at the sun, I don't care what you have done (how you hurt me) I don't believe in God and a world as one (I don't believe that God & the world are one & the same--because the world treats me so badly, contrary to how God is good) So I'll ramble through the weeds (I'll crawl off) and I'm gonna sleep beneath your trees (bed time for the homeless)
And on the day we (homeless/druggies) all die, Thank God our souls will be released (free from this crappy life)
I've seen all your lies and I've seen all your faces Can you tell me honestly that you wanna be free (are you sure you want to have the license that got me into this place? OR, are you sure you want to understand my side of things? If so,) Then look in my eyes, I've been lots of places (listen to me, learn from my experience) Can you tell me honestly that you'd want to be me?
This is just one of his many songs that sounds pretty introspective to his life as a drug addict, desperately desiring out & for others to understand him. While I love his music & lyrical talent (and not knowing anything about his background), it sounds like Hoon really had a bad, scarring childhood that might've drove him to the "answer" of drugs. Check out others like Holy Man which confirm this. Just trying to escape a terrible reality and bad past. There are better ways though! As a hint (coming from Hoon), don't center life around selfish you, center it around others!