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.
Tykes who feast but do not pray
Sun dried cheeks and sun dyed grains
Spilled in the house that they leave like geese
Travel in the night like a pearl thief
Believe in ghosts and set them free
Bury your heart, don’t shake that sheet
Give your teeth to the crocodile cave
Under my wings and on my head
Twisting heads with the sounds of change
Change so often they’ll be dead
Kissing the people that you’ll all burn
Trusting your friends without thinking best
Leaving yourself to kill your grief
Rooms can be lonely, but that don’t mean
I want a son who can float and fly
I’ll take a daughter who laughs and cries
When you are home you can do as you please
Some have homes in falling trees
One day our homes will all fall down
One day your body will be in the ground
When I wonder
I often sit wondering, my brain gets so delirious
When I wonder
When ghosts from other places come and meet me do I know that they’re a friend?
When I wonder
I often sit wondering, my brain gets so delirious
When I wonder
When ghosts from other places come and meet me do I know that they’re a friend?
Time to feast, don’t wait to play
?
Off in the dust where they feel like kings
Some got hurt and some did sing
I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder
I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder
Who will win?
I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder
Who will win?
Bad feelings I know
Good silence means we're home
Sun dried cheeks and sun dyed grains
Spilled in the house that they leave like geese
Travel in the night like a pearl thief
Believe in ghosts and set them free
Bury your heart, don’t shake that sheet
Give your teeth to the crocodile cave
Under my wings and on my head
Twisting heads with the sounds of change
Change so often they’ll be dead
Kissing the people that you’ll all burn
Trusting your friends without thinking best
Leaving yourself to kill your grief
Rooms can be lonely, but that don’t mean
I want a son who can float and fly
I’ll take a daughter who laughs and cries
When you are home you can do as you please
Some have homes in falling trees
One day our homes will all fall down
One day your body will be in the ground
When I wonder
I often sit wondering, my brain gets so delirious
When I wonder
When ghosts from other places come and meet me do I know that they’re a friend?
When I wonder
I often sit wondering, my brain gets so delirious
When I wonder
When ghosts from other places come and meet me do I know that they’re a friend?
Time to feast, don’t wait to play
?
Off in the dust where they feel like kings
Some got hurt and some did sing
I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder
I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder
Who will win?
I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder
Wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder
Who will win?
Bad feelings I know
Good silence means we're home
Lyrics submitted by workorburn
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"One day our homes will all fall down One day your body will be in the ground"
i vandalize that on the walls off public bathrooms.
its fun, join me.
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when it gets to "twisting..." it explodes with amazingness.
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Kissing the people that you’ll all [miss]
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