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.
You're a girl in this vicinity
I'm a dog without a collar on
This cattle-market cabaret
Is the Sabbath every Saturday
I'm full of wit and chivalry
Until you've given in to me
I'm a dog without a collar on
You're a girl in this vicinity
Bitten by the tailfly
Too many times to change
It's a silent taxi ride away
But it's everything to get you there
You'll know when you are bitten-shy
But still you will return my stare
From a crush of blushing brides-to-be
You barely have a blossom on
Your eyes betray your diaries
You're a girl in this vicinity
Bitten by the tailfly
Too many times to change
I'll take you home
Get you on your own
Sweetness, don't be bashful
I'm a dog without a collar on
This cattle-market cabaret
Is the Sabbath every Saturday
I'm full of wit and chivalry
Until you've given in to me
I'm a dog without a collar on
You're a girl in this vicinity
Bitten by the tailfly
Too many times to change
It's a silent taxi ride away
But it's everything to get you there
You'll know when you are bitten-shy
But still you will return my stare
From a crush of blushing brides-to-be
You barely have a blossom on
Your eyes betray your diaries
You're a girl in this vicinity
Bitten by the tailfly
Too many times to change
I'll take you home
Get you on your own
Sweetness, don't be bashful
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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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he seems to be talking about himself like he's some sort of predator trying to get a girl home on a saturday night out
It's about an exceedinly randy guy trying to pull a girl in a club on a Saturday night - the most drunken girl there who is the easiest to seduce. She's obviously been in that situation a lot of times hence "bitten by the tailfly" but she'll never change.
Tailfly is a cocktai but a really harsh one, very alcoholic. I think the song is about a drunk guy wanting to pull a girl but he is being very honest about it...
Tailfly is a cocktai but a really harsh one, very alcoholic. I think the song is about a drunk guy wanting to pull a girl but he is being very honest about it...
at the end the singer alternates "sweetness, don't be natural" with the take you home verse
at the end the singer alternates "sweetness, don't be natural" with the take you home verse
I think this song deals with the horror of a late weekend night in every city. The bars have chucked their vomitous clients out onto the street, and the predatory males are hunting their latest quarry.
The assumption is as heartless as the song.