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.
Toki ga sugite yagata kieru? nakusu? nakusu?
Yureru kumo wa kakusu? Tsumi wo, kimi wo, hibi wo…
Tsumeta sukima narabu nejiro risou no hate
ochita nanimo kamo ga kieta hieta
Is it going to disappear or to be lost as the time goes by?
Does the swinging clouds hide the sin, you and the days?
Fortresses lined up with no space in between. The End of the ideal.
Everything has become derelict, disappeared cold.
Gocha gocha narabu yuuretsu no habi wo
Mayoinagara ayunda
Toki no dokuga ni okasareta kimi no te wo tori…
Holding your hand I walked helplessly through the chaotic fireblades.
There you were attacked by the virulent claws of time.
Akeru sora ni keritsukeru daichi wo
Yugami surikireta omoi de
Noboru asahi sakebu kaihou no koe wo
Mou ichido
It dawns, I kick the ground feeling distorted and torn
The sun rises when I’m announcing the liberation one again.
Gocha gocha narabu iiwake ya uso ni
Nando namida wo nugutta?
Gata gata nukasu kusodarake no yoru
Mou iranai
How many times did I have to cry because of many excuses and lies?
The night and the blather - nonsense!
I don’t need it anymore.
Damashiatte kizuita bunmei ni
Saa ittai dorehodo no kachi ga aru?
Nakikuzurete mada mienu kotae wo
Sagashiteru
How worthy is such a civilization at all,
which is built from deceptions?
I’m crying and looking for an answer,
which cannot be found yet.
Akeru sora ni keritsukeru daichi wo
Yugami surikireta omoi de
Noboru asahi sakebu kaihou no koe wo
Kareta jidai ni shuen wo.
It dawns, I kick the ground feeling distorted and torn
The sun rises when I’m announcing the liberation one again.
Give a death to the dead time!
Yureru kumo wa kakusu? Tsumi wo, kimi wo, hibi wo…
Tsumeta sukima narabu nejiro risou no hate
ochita nanimo kamo ga kieta hieta
Is it going to disappear or to be lost as the time goes by?
Does the swinging clouds hide the sin, you and the days?
Fortresses lined up with no space in between. The End of the ideal.
Everything has become derelict, disappeared cold.
Gocha gocha narabu yuuretsu no habi wo
Mayoinagara ayunda
Toki no dokuga ni okasareta kimi no te wo tori…
Holding your hand I walked helplessly through the chaotic fireblades.
There you were attacked by the virulent claws of time.
Akeru sora ni keritsukeru daichi wo
Yugami surikireta omoi de
Noboru asahi sakebu kaihou no koe wo
Mou ichido
It dawns, I kick the ground feeling distorted and torn
The sun rises when I’m announcing the liberation one again.
Gocha gocha narabu iiwake ya uso ni
Nando namida wo nugutta?
Gata gata nukasu kusodarake no yoru
Mou iranai
How many times did I have to cry because of many excuses and lies?
The night and the blather - nonsense!
I don’t need it anymore.
Damashiatte kizuita bunmei ni
Saa ittai dorehodo no kachi ga aru?
Nakikuzurete mada mienu kotae wo
Sagashiteru
How worthy is such a civilization at all,
which is built from deceptions?
I’m crying and looking for an answer,
which cannot be found yet.
Akeru sora ni keritsukeru daichi wo
Yugami surikireta omoi de
Noboru asahi sakebu kaihou no koe wo
Kareta jidai ni shuen wo.
It dawns, I kick the ground feeling distorted and torn
The sun rises when I’m announcing the liberation one again.
Give a death to the dead time!
Lyrics submitted by Otourichan
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