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.
Kicking & fighting that's what you know,
The way you're treated only goes to show.
That your popularity is all in your head, it's in your head.
No-one came round to your house today,
The phone doesn't ring, you think that's O.K.
It must be the weather or they had to go & visit their
Grand mother instead.
All your friends think you're a fuckhead
All your friends think you're shit
All your friends think you're a fuckhead
All your friends think you're shit
A good paranoia is what you lack
Your friends always talking behind your back.
Of course it has nothing to do with the simple fact
That nothing you say is of any worth.
There's always a challenge to see who leaves first.
Someone should tell you but we're all way
Too afraid, to say that
All your friends think you're a fuckhead
All your friends think you're shit
All your friends think you're a fuckhead
All your friends think you're shite
You thought that they were friends that you would
Never lose, why
You're so charismatic when you're on the booze
Sometimes your friends behaviour is so
Difficult to excuse.
To pay your bills on time well that wouldn't do,
You don't take your library books 'till they're
Overdue-It's the only way that you will ever get
A letter to come to you-
All your friends think you're a fuckhead
All your friends think you're shit
All your friends think you're a fuckhead
All your friends think you're shit
All your friends think you're a fuckhead
All your friends think you're shit
All your friends think you're a fuckhead
All your friends think you're shit
The way you're treated only goes to show.
That your popularity is all in your head, it's in your head.
No-one came round to your house today,
The phone doesn't ring, you think that's O.K.
It must be the weather or they had to go & visit their
Grand mother instead.
All your friends think you're a fuckhead
All your friends think you're shit
All your friends think you're a fuckhead
All your friends think you're shit
A good paranoia is what you lack
Your friends always talking behind your back.
Of course it has nothing to do with the simple fact
That nothing you say is of any worth.
There's always a challenge to see who leaves first.
Someone should tell you but we're all way
Too afraid, to say that
All your friends think you're a fuckhead
All your friends think you're shit
All your friends think you're a fuckhead
All your friends think you're shite
You thought that they were friends that you would
Never lose, why
You're so charismatic when you're on the booze
Sometimes your friends behaviour is so
Difficult to excuse.
To pay your bills on time well that wouldn't do,
You don't take your library books 'till they're
Overdue-It's the only way that you will ever get
A letter to come to you-
All your friends think you're a fuckhead
All your friends think you're shit
All your friends think you're a fuckhead
All your friends think you're shit
All your friends think you're a fuckhead
All your friends think you're shit
All your friends think you're a fuckhead
All your friends think you're shit
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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