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'm over it!
You see I’m falling in the vast abyss...
Clouded by memories of the past...
At last…I say...
I hear it fading, I can't speak it,
or else you will dig my grave;
You fear them finding, always whining...
take my hand now be alive!
You see I cannot be forsaken,
because I’m not the only one,
We walk amongst you feeding, raping...
Must we hide from everyone?
I’m over it.
Why can't we feed together embrace it,
sleeping so long, taking off the mask,
At last…I say...
My fear is fading, I can't speak it,
or else you will dig my grave,
You fear them finding, always whining...
Take my hand now be alive!
You see I cannot be forsaken,
because I’m not the only one,
We walk amongst you feeding, raping...
Must we hide from everyone? (x2)
Everyone...
Everyone...
Everyone…
You see I’m falling in the vast abyss...
Clouded by memories of the past...
At last…I say...
I hear it fading, I can't speak it,
or else you will dig my grave;
You fear them finding, always whining...
take my hand now be alive!
You see I cannot be forsaken,
because I’m not the only one,
We walk amongst you feeding, raping...
Must we hide from everyone?
I’m over it.
Why can't we feed together embrace it,
sleeping so long, taking off the mask,
At last…I say...
My fear is fading, I can't speak it,
or else you will dig my grave,
You fear them finding, always whining...
Take my hand now be alive!
You see I cannot be forsaken,
because I’m not the only one,
We walk amongst you feeding, raping...
Must we hide from everyone? (x2)
Everyone...
Everyone...
Everyone…
Lyrics submitted by screen dream
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i thought it was sung by david draiman.....isn't it???
who ever said that korn performed this song , they didnt. some members from the band played in selected songs of the QOTD soundtrack but the most Jon davis had to do with this song was that he wrote it.
A lot of the original songs from Queen of the Damned can be found on JD's solo project, Alone i PLay - although they will be slightly different from their movie-counterparts, they are still definately worth a listen, and so is the rest of the music on the album.
this song was sung by JD on the "queen of the damned" movie. some of the QoD songs are sung by other artists on the soundtrack.
no all of jon's songs were sung by him in the movie.then they were song by other artists for the soundtrack due to contract restrictions.
yeah... that's basically what i said. thanks for uh... repeating it in your own words, buddy.
Do any of you dudes know where you can get the original songs which were song by J Davis?
if you look hard enough you can find them on kazaa...and 3 of them are on the videos on the official queen of the damned website
undisturbed, you're absolutely right. Korn played the song, but it's Draiman behind the mic. JD doesn't sound like that at all (what were u all thinking?????)
ok, whats the song about?