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.
Glad you made it
Welcome to the farm
Who's your daddy?
I'm your daddy now
I'm here seeking only what I need
In your mind is where I'll plant my seed
It's for sure
Let me keep you in this place
You'll be better off this way
I will keep you warm and safe
You'll be better off this way
You'll learn to love the price you pay
Trust me dear you're better off this way
Put to bed the son and sister moon
I'll be hiding in your dirty room
I'll go there seeking only what I need
La di da will stay there till we bleed
It's for sure
Let me keep you in this place
You'll be better off this way
I will keep you warm and safe
You'll be better off this way
Will not wake you from your sleep
Leave you wandering counting sheep
No more saddened sunshine days
Trust me dear you're better off this way
You'll be selling books at the airport
Welcome to the farm
Who's your daddy?
I'm your daddy now
I'm here seeking only what I need
In your mind is where I'll plant my seed
It's for sure
Let me keep you in this place
You'll be better off this way
I will keep you warm and safe
You'll be better off this way
You'll learn to love the price you pay
Trust me dear you're better off this way
Put to bed the son and sister moon
I'll be hiding in your dirty room
I'll go there seeking only what I need
La di da will stay there till we bleed
It's for sure
Let me keep you in this place
You'll be better off this way
I will keep you warm and safe
You'll be better off this way
Will not wake you from your sleep
Leave you wandering counting sheep
No more saddened sunshine days
Trust me dear you're better off this way
You'll be selling books at the airport
Lyrics submitted by magicnudiesuit
Airport Song Lyrics as written by Brian Rosenworcel Adam Gardner
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing
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This song is about the movie Inception. Despite the fact it was released 13 years prior.
I mean...seriously...
someone really needs to explain this song to me...
This song has always creeped me out. Guster is my favorite band, hands down, but man, this song gets under my skin. For some reason I always thought it was about someone being raped and made to keep silent, even though that clearly doesn't make sense with what anyone has talked aobut, and isn't true I guess. Anyway, I saw them in Rochester 2 weeks ago and when they played this they used that creepy devil voice machine to 'sing' half of it and I was nearly in tears. Other than that, the whole thing was amazing and I was at the front of the crowd. The bassist, what's his name?, laughed at me when I looked really shocked about the devil voice and I felt special (and embarrassed) that he noticed me, until I saw him giving real creepy sexual eyes at many other females around the front. <br /> <br /> So that was random and non-constructive, but thought I'd share! <br /> <br /> YAAAY GUSTERRRR
i think it's about someone taking complete care or even custody of someone against their willpower, maybe in a relationship like when he says, "I'm here seeking only what I need, In your mind is where ill plant my seed" like hes' trying to make whoever think like he does. He's trying to justify his reasoning by saying it's better off this way or else you could somewhere else doing something obsucre like "selling books at the airport"
i could be completely wrong though, if someone has a better idea, i'm all ears, and i'm sure Rebecca is just as interested
this song is about joining a cult. havent you ever seen those weird folks selling books at the airport.
or that too, i never thought of it that way
i like the ping-pong game that you can hear at the end... completely random, and wonderful.
This songs just awesome! I have no clue what its about, but I love to just hear it!
lol, I never really realized that there was a ping-pong game going on in the background, haha, that's funny.
if you go to a guster show, die hard fans sometimes thow ping-pong balls on the stage at the end of this song, it's on of many cool guster traditions