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.
Pathetic creatures,
Walking endless,
Pathetic species,
Lost in a myth
Breeding like rats,
Glorious glimpse at the heavens
Casting down on shallow threads
Over horizons that lay unlimited
Sunlight upon my face
Crazy world, crazy girl
Lost in the sunlight
Slaughtered, murdered
Over tragic century
Spreading claiming
A victim's plea
Don't find me misleading, deceiving
I am what I seem
A symbol a product a broken culture
but, bruised, stoned, drunk,
Walking dead...
I don't need your conclusion,
I don't need your reason
I will live the life I wanna live
Help me Jesus I can't,
Give what they want me to give
Only lost highways I stray
Towards the sunlight,
Where no one dares to wear a face
all colors blend,
Into sunlight
Rain down on me
Crazy world, crazy girl
In the sunlight.
What of the horrors, what of the hate
What of the fear, that we all face.
In you in me... b/c of our skin
We separate, retaliate the colors collide
In attempt to fuckin' survive
A twisted culture
CHORUS
Into the streets again, we all try to defend
A sacred place to feel safe. It's like a
Mockery of a society that's been laid
To waste with no chance. a place of broken
Dreams a place where nothing seems just
What it seems to be.
I try to open my eyes to a much
Brighter light.
but it seems to be, dying,
Taking us to the grave....
Walking endless,
Pathetic species,
Lost in a myth
Breeding like rats,
Glorious glimpse at the heavens
Casting down on shallow threads
Over horizons that lay unlimited
Sunlight upon my face
Crazy world, crazy girl
Lost in the sunlight
Slaughtered, murdered
Over tragic century
Spreading claiming
A victim's plea
Don't find me misleading, deceiving
I am what I seem
A symbol a product a broken culture
but, bruised, stoned, drunk,
Walking dead...
I don't need your conclusion,
I don't need your reason
I will live the life I wanna live
Help me Jesus I can't,
Give what they want me to give
Only lost highways I stray
Towards the sunlight,
Where no one dares to wear a face
all colors blend,
Into sunlight
Rain down on me
Crazy world, crazy girl
In the sunlight.
What of the horrors, what of the hate
What of the fear, that we all face.
In you in me... b/c of our skin
We separate, retaliate the colors collide
In attempt to fuckin' survive
A twisted culture
CHORUS
Into the streets again, we all try to defend
A sacred place to feel safe. It's like a
Mockery of a society that's been laid
To waste with no chance. a place of broken
Dreams a place where nothing seems just
What it seems to be.
I try to open my eyes to a much
Brighter light.
but it seems to be, dying,
Taking us to the grave....
Lyrics submitted by HoldURBreath
Colorblind Lyrics as written by Mathew Paul Baumbach Brendon Cohen
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, O/B/O DistroKid, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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