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'll be the corpse in your bathtub
Useless
I'll be as deaf as a post
If you hold me like a newborn
Whisper what you feel
My badly strung declaration to you
You'll spend the end of your days
Gently smiling like a newborn
Whisper what you feel
Love not by degrees
Press your lips to my eyes
Taste my tears on your tongue
Pull the blinds
Play our song
Nothing's changed
Nothing could be wrong
Scream in the night
Kick and strike like a newborn
Holding me shaking awake in the dark
All of these promises kept and unbroken
Tracing the scars
Tracing the scars
Even and cold as we both become older
Your arms bound about me
The hush in your voice
The warmth of your fingers entwined around mine
In the eve of our lives
Never a choice
Useless
I'll be as deaf as a post
If you hold me like a newborn
Whisper what you feel
My badly strung declaration to you
You'll spend the end of your days
Gently smiling like a newborn
Whisper what you feel
Love not by degrees
Press your lips to my eyes
Taste my tears on your tongue
Pull the blinds
Play our song
Nothing's changed
Nothing could be wrong
Scream in the night
Kick and strike like a newborn
Holding me shaking awake in the dark
All of these promises kept and unbroken
Tracing the scars
Tracing the scars
Even and cold as we both become older
Your arms bound about me
The hush in your voice
The warmth of your fingers entwined around mine
In the eve of our lives
Never a choice
Lyrics submitted by Shapeshifter
Newborn Lyrics as written by Richard Barry Jupp Peter James Turner
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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