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.
I'm just another body down
Internal bleeding around and round
And all I can think of
Are ways to die alone
And all I can think of
Are ways to die alone
A portrait of my skeletal gain
Left selfish and hungry so feed me the pain
Escape reality with new pain
Then let the cycle start again
And all I can think of
Are ways to die alone
And all I can think of
Are ways to die alone
Dream of content
A pain-filtered farm
All I can say
Dreams are bad
When all they do is leave the truth behind
Dreams are bad
When negativity's a state of mind
Dreams are bad
When all they do is leave the truth behind
Dreams are bad
Internal bleeding around and round
And all I can think of
Are ways to die alone
And all I can think of
Are ways to die alone
A portrait of my skeletal gain
Left selfish and hungry so feed me the pain
Escape reality with new pain
Then let the cycle start again
And all I can think of
Are ways to die alone
And all I can think of
Are ways to die alone
Dream of content
A pain-filtered farm
All I can say
Dreams are bad
When all they do is leave the truth behind
Dreams are bad
When negativity's a state of mind
Dreams are bad
When all they do is leave the truth behind
Dreams are bad
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Untitled Lyrics as written by Daniel Johns Ben Gillies
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i think its about his eating disorder very good song tho...still very sad
this song is beautiful
no ana's song's about his "eating disorder"
I think it's about his feelings towards the end of his bout with anorexia. Ana's Song is about the actual disease and his coping with it, while this seems to be about depression and what caused it.
@Kez: what kind of argumentation is that? Just because Ana
s song is obviously about anorexia, that doesnt mean this one isnt. "another body down" "a portrait of my skeletal gain" "selfish and hungry" "feed me the pain" "escape reality with new pain" All sounds very much like an eating disorder, while "all i can think of are ways to die alone" "negativity`s a state of mind" etc. describe the depression wich usually comes with an ed.i think its about him suffering and not knwoing where to put his emotions. he talks of suicide but is too afraid to do it or is holding onto something so "the cycle starts again"
I love how they play so calm then it just explodes...its awesome!
i think its about how he felt about himself when he would look in a mirror & see his own bones "A portrait of my skeletal gain"
this song can also sort apply to his ed ("A portrait of my skeletal gain") and its still not good enough ("left selfish and hungry so feed me the pain") it cood also have something to do with self-injury ("escape reality with new pain") and ("and all i can think of are ways to die alone")