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.
Try to forget about
Living the good life
Free of positions
That make her feel vulnerable
She's loved and she's lost
She's bearing the cost
She seeks to find the answer for
Woke up today around
Six in the morning
Violently shaking
Remembering what she once saw
She bared it alone
Still she carried on
She seeks to find the answers for
The reason her life did not turn out
More like a movie
She's trying to forget it all
She tries to erase
She tries to replace
How it feels but I
Know she can never go home
I don't believe in anything
But I believe in you
I never trusted anyone
But somehow I trust you
And if I fall away
Someday you might find me
If I fall away
Someday...
Living the good life
Free of positions
That make her feel vulnerable
She's loved and she's lost
She's bearing the cost
She seeks to find the answer for
Woke up today around
Six in the morning
Violently shaking
Remembering what she once saw
She bared it alone
Still she carried on
She seeks to find the answers for
The reason her life did not turn out
More like a movie
She's trying to forget it all
She tries to erase
She tries to replace
How it feels but I
Know she can never go home
I don't believe in anything
But I believe in you
I never trusted anyone
But somehow I trust you
And if I fall away
Someday you might find me
If I fall away
Someday...
Lyrics submitted by pezkingbeardo
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gabe lives a town over from me- he used to be pretty good friends with my best friends brother. we always see him around which rocks cuz they rock. this song was actually on the radio the other day- i know a lot of people get scared of mainstream and all, but its the same music as it was before things got big- gotta love midtown.
Off their April release "Living Well Is The Best Revenge"... not 100% sure of the lyrics, but it's pretty damn close.
you were pretty close with the lyrics on this one, but this song has great lyrics overall. it's a pretty nifty song with pretty nifty lyrics.
This song means a lot to me and I can fully relate to it. It's about a girl, obviously, who is wondering why her life wasn't more like a movie. Dur. She's tried to make it so and "erase" her past to make her life more movie-like but she can't forget it. But she can't ever go back to the way that it used to be. I can totally relate... why can't life be like a movie? When it says,
"She's loved and she's lost,"
I can relate... i know that i'm loved. BUt i'm lost and i don't know where to go. That's at leaset what the song means to me.
oh- and you can get the lyrics off their site which is SO much better than their last one. Even though their last one rawked ;)
midtownrock.com
Probably my fav song on Living Well... it's awesome! ;]
their other album is better, but this song is fuckin great. definately. :)
i heard this song for the first time and cried,,, i love midtown and their lyrics... everyone can relate to this song
everybody can relate to this in one way or another.. especially girls.. i love this song, and 'new found finch', all guys named gabe are assholes.
this song is amazing. nothing more can be said.