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.
I travel
All around the city
Go in and out of
Locomotives
All alone
There's no one here
And people everywhere
Crying 'cause I need you
Crying I can feel you
Crying 'cause I need you
Crying 'cause I care
It's a hot day
And I'm dressed lightly
I move carefully
Through the crowd
Here everyone
Is so vulnerable
And I'm aswell
There's no one here
And people everywhere
Crying 'cause I need you
Crying I can feel you
Crying 'cause I need you
Crying 'cause I care
Only if a ship would sail in
Or just somebody came
And knocked at my door
Or just (or just) something
Crying 'cause I need you
Crying I can feel you
Crying 'cause I need you
Crying 'cause I care
All around the city
Go in and out of
Locomotives
All alone
There's no one here
And people everywhere
Crying 'cause I need you
Crying I can feel you
Crying 'cause I need you
Crying 'cause I care
It's a hot day
And I'm dressed lightly
I move carefully
Through the crowd
Here everyone
Is so vulnerable
And I'm aswell
There's no one here
And people everywhere
Crying 'cause I need you
Crying I can feel you
Crying 'cause I need you
Crying 'cause I care
Only if a ship would sail in
Or just somebody came
And knocked at my door
Or just (or just) something
Crying 'cause I need you
Crying I can feel you
Crying 'cause I need you
Crying 'cause I care
Lyrics submitted by NicoleInWonderland
Crying Lyrics as written by Nellee Hooper Bjork Gudmundsdottir
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Oh man, when I listened to this song first I thought she was saying "Krankus I need you" because her english is so worbled... great song though, and I think riko is right on the spot.
I think this song is about being around so many people, but never really connecting with any of them.
yep, that pretty much says it. being surrounded with people and yet completely alone, maybe feeling like an outsider.
I feel that this is feeling lonely even thou no ones around you. You want that Mr or Mrs right to come sweep you away, but they'r not in the croud, and in fact, you find they don't exist. So what do you do? CRY! >_<;
Great song, one of my first bjork ones. I remember buying the album, listening to this track and thinking "WTF" until it grew on me and i saw it's genius.
Perhaps being insecure about telling someone that you care about them, while being buisy doing other things.
Perhaps being insecure about telling someone that you care about them, while being buisy doing other things.
One of her better songs, sung with the trademark Bjork intensity, but a bit laid-back vocally. Still one of her masterpieces along with Bachelorette and Venus As A Boy. This song may be, as previously agreed upon, about being lonely in a crowd, but I think that it can be read on a more generalized basis as well... simply the human condition in which you need the positive opinions of others to validate your own self-worth. Lines like "there's no one here and people everywhere" might mean that even though physically there are tons of people around, you not only hide your true self from them or put on an act to impress them... they're almost all always doing the same... so you never ever really get to know anybody, just the character they want you to see them as. The line "I move carefully through the crown/everyone's so vulnerable and I'm as well" really makes that clear. Everybody is afraid of screwing up, but nobody really cares if you do because they're just as afraid they will.
There's people everywhere, but the speaker can't connect with anyone. She desires this unattainable human contact because she misses her lover.
I think this song is about being sourrended by a lot of people but don't care about them because she only cares and misses about THAT persono..