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.
Don't tell me now with a smile on your face
That you're lost down and out
When there was nothing left in me
You can't stop fucking with my head
Stop fucking with my head
My silence you break
The smile that you fake (you fake)
There's not one thing that you can say to make it right
Unless you say I'm leaving
And if you're not then please tell me why
Please tell me why you can't
Save face
Say it to my face
Can I take all the filth in your head
All the words that you said (that you said)
And throw it away (throw it out)
You can't stop fucking with my head
Stop fucking with my head
My silence you break
The smile that you take away
There's not one thing that you can say to make it right
Unless you say I'm leaving
And if you're not then please tell me why
Please tell me why
There's not one thing that you can say to make it right
Unless you say I'm leaving
And if you're not then please tell me why
Please tell me why you cant
That shit you're talkin' don't mean nothing to me anymore
Limp dick, you fuck stick let's settle the score
Run and hide you know I'll find you anywhere
Motherfucker, two faced pirck with hell to pay
What's real is real, it's time to step up to the plate again
Swing batter-batter, swing batter-batter, swing,
What's real is real, it's time to step up to the plate again
Swing batter-batter, fucked me for the last time!
Just take a swing
C'mon you should've taken that swing
Just take your swing
There's not one thing that you can say to make it right
Unless you say I'm leaving
And if you're not then please tell me why
Please tell me why
There's not one thing that you can say to make it right
Unless you say I'm leaving
And if you're not then please tell me why
Please tell me why you cant
Swing
Just take your sing
Fuck you!
Just take your swing
You can't stop fuckin' with my head
Stop fucking with my head
That you're lost down and out
When there was nothing left in me
You can't stop fucking with my head
Stop fucking with my head
My silence you break
The smile that you fake (you fake)
There's not one thing that you can say to make it right
Unless you say I'm leaving
And if you're not then please tell me why
Please tell me why you can't
Save face
Say it to my face
Can I take all the filth in your head
All the words that you said (that you said)
And throw it away (throw it out)
You can't stop fucking with my head
Stop fucking with my head
My silence you break
The smile that you take away
There's not one thing that you can say to make it right
Unless you say I'm leaving
And if you're not then please tell me why
Please tell me why
There's not one thing that you can say to make it right
Unless you say I'm leaving
And if you're not then please tell me why
Please tell me why you cant
That shit you're talkin' don't mean nothing to me anymore
Limp dick, you fuck stick let's settle the score
Run and hide you know I'll find you anywhere
Motherfucker, two faced pirck with hell to pay
What's real is real, it's time to step up to the plate again
Swing batter-batter, swing batter-batter, swing,
What's real is real, it's time to step up to the plate again
Swing batter-batter, fucked me for the last time!
Just take a swing
C'mon you should've taken that swing
Just take your swing
There's not one thing that you can say to make it right
Unless you say I'm leaving
And if you're not then please tell me why
Please tell me why
There's not one thing that you can say to make it right
Unless you say I'm leaving
And if you're not then please tell me why
Please tell me why you cant
Swing
Just take your sing
Fuck you!
Just take your swing
You can't stop fuckin' with my head
Stop fucking with my head
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I fuckin' love the intro to this song!!
Though it is a very serious song...sorry I realized how heartless my previous post sounded...my bad.
obviously song about a rapist who at the time thinks that his victims are asking fot it, this could even be the confession of a rapist, realising he has done wrong but hed do it again
This song is about LJ on tour as a single guy, putting himself as the victim and his female fans as the attacker. So he's basically saying i hate why i do it(sex), but he's saying why not?
This song is about LJ on tour as a single guy, putting himself as the victim and his female fans as the attacker. So he's basically saying i hate why i do it(sex), but he's saying why not?
Confessions of a rapist... I agree 100% with swayer.
I believe its about a man who meets a woman who is really kinky. She really likes sex and likes it really hard. Don't mean to be graphic, but this song is about a woman who wants to be raped- meaning a guy to be extra rough, not the evil meaning of rape. A former girlfriend told me that her fantasy was to be raped in the middle of the night. Since I've lived in Ga most of my life, could be his subject also.