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 thinking of
Thanking all the fucked people
Thanking all the shit I love
They are all the things I've made
Straight from my heart
Begging all the same people
Burning is the same evil
Somehow making me feel sane
Waiting all this time
I've got nothing to hold on
But the faces of my life
I can see before I'm gone
Sometimes I feel it chasing me
All the hate that's breaking free
I realize I'm taking everything
And the shit seems to follow
This time I feel it taking me
To a place I'm meant to be
All along I sing to make believe
And the shit seems to follow
I'm thinking of
Making all the fucked people
Making the bitches I love
Make them die and go away
Pain from the start
All my dreams are ripped apart
Thanking all the fucked people
They are all the things I've saved
Waiting all this time
I've got nothing to hold on
But the faces of my life
I can see before I'm gone
Sometimes I feel it chasing me
All the hate that's breaking free
I realize I'm taking everything
And the shit seems to follow
This time I feel it taking me
To a place I'm meant to be
All along I sing to make believe
And the shit seems to follow
Your life, I hate it
Oh, God, can I reclaim?
Stop and help me
(Stop and help me)
Sometimes I feel it chasing me
All the hate that's breaking free
I realize I'm taking everything
And the shit seems to follow
This time I feel it taking me
To a place I'm meant to be
All along I sing to make believe
And the shit seems to follow
The shit seems to follow
The shit seems to follow
The shit seems to follow
The shit seems to follow
Thanking all the fucked people
Thanking all the shit I love
They are all the things I've made
Straight from my heart
Begging all the same people
Burning is the same evil
Somehow making me feel sane
Waiting all this time
I've got nothing to hold on
But the faces of my life
I can see before I'm gone
Sometimes I feel it chasing me
All the hate that's breaking free
I realize I'm taking everything
And the shit seems to follow
This time I feel it taking me
To a place I'm meant to be
All along I sing to make believe
And the shit seems to follow
I'm thinking of
Making all the fucked people
Making the bitches I love
Make them die and go away
Pain from the start
All my dreams are ripped apart
Thanking all the fucked people
They are all the things I've saved
Waiting all this time
I've got nothing to hold on
But the faces of my life
I can see before I'm gone
Sometimes I feel it chasing me
All the hate that's breaking free
I realize I'm taking everything
And the shit seems to follow
This time I feel it taking me
To a place I'm meant to be
All along I sing to make believe
And the shit seems to follow
Your life, I hate it
Oh, God, can I reclaim?
Stop and help me
(Stop and help me)
Sometimes I feel it chasing me
All the hate that's breaking free
I realize I'm taking everything
And the shit seems to follow
This time I feel it taking me
To a place I'm meant to be
All along I sing to make believe
And the shit seems to follow
The shit seems to follow
The shit seems to follow
The shit seems to follow
The shit seems to follow
Lyrics submitted by a scar in the sky
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