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.
Office blocks, corner shops, traffic jams on every street, the same old rush around
Obsolete, I'm a freak, in a show on brighton beach, as the snow comes down
Reality's kicking me, knocking me right off my feet, as the sky spins round
We're waiting for changes
Rejected and dented
We're waiting for changes
The lights green but today's red
Laundry stops, by the lock, on a sunday afternoon, with all that fuss
Cantelowes skateboard shows, tennants extra by a row of recycle bins
We're waiting for changes
Different perspectives
We're waiting for changes
The lights green but today's red
Take a ride to charing cross, join the masses as they shop, their lives away
29's the northern line, heading back to lose our minds, to break the chain
We're waiting for changes
Rejected and dented
We're waiting for changes
The lights green but today's red
We're waiting for changes
Different perspectives
We're waiting for changes
The lights green but today's red
I'm waiting for changes
I'm waiting for changes
I'm waiting for changes.
Obsolete, I'm a freak, in a show on brighton beach, as the snow comes down
Reality's kicking me, knocking me right off my feet, as the sky spins round
We're waiting for changes
Rejected and dented
We're waiting for changes
The lights green but today's red
Laundry stops, by the lock, on a sunday afternoon, with all that fuss
Cantelowes skateboard shows, tennants extra by a row of recycle bins
We're waiting for changes
Different perspectives
We're waiting for changes
The lights green but today's red
Take a ride to charing cross, join the masses as they shop, their lives away
29's the northern line, heading back to lose our minds, to break the chain
We're waiting for changes
Rejected and dented
We're waiting for changes
The lights green but today's red
We're waiting for changes
Different perspectives
We're waiting for changes
The lights green but today's red
I'm waiting for changes
I'm waiting for changes
I'm waiting for changes.
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Waiting for Changes Lyrics as written by Jon Lee Grant Nicholas
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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this is so good live. a real crowd-pleaser. rock on!
First of all, this song is perfectly placed in the YWTS album, such a rocky song which is such a contrast against its predecessor Yesterday Went To Soon.
Again, I think the meaning of this song is obvious - humanity just get along with their lives all day everyday. The 9-5 culture.
"The lights green but today's red" - basically that. They can change or go forward, but theyre too into their habits to change.
I always skip to this on my MP3 when I get on the bus in my local city centre, in Norwich.
"Take a ride to Charing Cross, join the masses as they shop...their lives away".
I change Charling Cross to Chapelfield in my head, just to make it a bit more local to me.
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