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.
[Voice of Fall: Damnagoras]
[Summerplunge: Pauline Tacey]
[Spirit of Spring: Laura de Luca]
[Wintersoul: Jarpen]
[F:] We're going to tell the tale of tales
[Su:] Are you sure? Or a little story of fancy
[F:] Seamen W: Dreamen F: Listen all!
[W & Sp:] The Fall begins his speech
[F:] So I bring rest upon the earth
[Sp:] With my seed, wealdcover all thy hearthstones
[W:] Soothing Su: Trimming W: Hum to sleep!
[F & Su:] The ornaments of wooodnotes!
[Su:] (Night surrounds, we're roaming through the
Shades of forgotten fairytales)
[Sp:] Can you hear the rhymes of winds?
[F:] The chant of leaves that fall?
[W:] No, no don't let me fall! F: Be quiet you!
[F & Sp:] The renaissance of the seals
I rest...
[Bridge:]
I rest upon the riverbank, worshipper of my thrills
The crackling of the dead leaves counts the steps
that lead me to the sea
[Chorus:]
Listen to this rigmarole, wake up and follow
Undertone, along with me, it's just a hint murmuring sigh
Hushing the plains for miles it comes from nowhere
I'm aware of my communion, I'll dance from nightfall an' evermore
[Su:] Look, winter's cloak is numbing all
[F:] Don't be a fool, you're doing it out of spite!
[Sp:] (You're unfair!)
[W:] Whiten, now all is white
[Su:] But soon you'll pass away
Twitch and twirl, the Wintersoul whirled past us in silence
like a passing whim so...
Woke, reborn, a seed to be swallowed by the soil caressed
in morning's light veils
Twitch and twirl, the Wintersoul has passed dimensions so
Cruel, reborn, no more forlorn...dimensions so cruel
[Bridge:]
I rest upon the riverbank, worshipper of my thrills
The crackling of the dead leaves counts the steps
that lead me to the sea
[Chorus:]
Listen to this rigmarole, wake up and follow
Undertone, along with me, it's just a hint murmuring sigh
Hushing the plains for miles it comes from nowhere
I'm aware of my communion, I'll dance from nightfall an' evermore
[Solo: Aydan]
A piece of a dream, the feel of being part within!
Dream up your own temptation
A piece of a dream, the feel of being part of it!
Build up your own temptation for me!
[Solos: Jarpen, Aydan]
Cherished and mantled by the open sea
The waves, ebbs and flows are now singing with me
And soundless the sky frays over the land
While a million stars, watch over all men [x2]
While a million stars, watch over all men through the lands
[Chorus (x2)]
Night surrounds, we're roaming through the shades
of forgotten fairytales
We have told the tale of tales
I will rest upon the earth
The Wintersoul will pass away
[Summerplunge: Pauline Tacey]
[Spirit of Spring: Laura de Luca]
[Wintersoul: Jarpen]
[F:] We're going to tell the tale of tales
[Su:] Are you sure? Or a little story of fancy
[F:] Seamen W: Dreamen F: Listen all!
[W & Sp:] The Fall begins his speech
[F:] So I bring rest upon the earth
[Sp:] With my seed, wealdcover all thy hearthstones
[W:] Soothing Su: Trimming W: Hum to sleep!
[F & Su:] The ornaments of wooodnotes!
[Su:] (Night surrounds, we're roaming through the
Shades of forgotten fairytales)
[Sp:] Can you hear the rhymes of winds?
[F:] The chant of leaves that fall?
[W:] No, no don't let me fall! F: Be quiet you!
[F & Sp:] The renaissance of the seals
I rest...
[Bridge:]
I rest upon the riverbank, worshipper of my thrills
The crackling of the dead leaves counts the steps
that lead me to the sea
[Chorus:]
Listen to this rigmarole, wake up and follow
Undertone, along with me, it's just a hint murmuring sigh
Hushing the plains for miles it comes from nowhere
I'm aware of my communion, I'll dance from nightfall an' evermore
[Su:] Look, winter's cloak is numbing all
[F:] Don't be a fool, you're doing it out of spite!
[Sp:] (You're unfair!)
[W:] Whiten, now all is white
[Su:] But soon you'll pass away
Twitch and twirl, the Wintersoul whirled past us in silence
like a passing whim so...
Woke, reborn, a seed to be swallowed by the soil caressed
in morning's light veils
Twitch and twirl, the Wintersoul has passed dimensions so
Cruel, reborn, no more forlorn...dimensions so cruel
[Bridge:]
I rest upon the riverbank, worshipper of my thrills
The crackling of the dead leaves counts the steps
that lead me to the sea
[Chorus:]
Listen to this rigmarole, wake up and follow
Undertone, along with me, it's just a hint murmuring sigh
Hushing the plains for miles it comes from nowhere
I'm aware of my communion, I'll dance from nightfall an' evermore
[Solo: Aydan]
A piece of a dream, the feel of being part within!
Dream up your own temptation
A piece of a dream, the feel of being part of it!
Build up your own temptation for me!
[Solos: Jarpen, Aydan]
Cherished and mantled by the open sea
The waves, ebbs and flows are now singing with me
And soundless the sky frays over the land
While a million stars, watch over all men [x2]
While a million stars, watch over all men through the lands
[Chorus (x2)]
Night surrounds, we're roaming through the shades
of forgotten fairytales
We have told the tale of tales
I will rest upon the earth
The Wintersoul will pass away
Lyrics submitted by Necro Butcher
Seasonspeech Lyrics as written by Damnagoras Aydan
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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