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.
Do the twist in the twisting outfit
The loose tie with, the loose limp wrists
Lift your dress enough to show me those shins
Let your hair stick to your forehead
(Aah, aah, aah)
Did you blush then, when our hips touched?
I can't tell, we are already red
Am I right? Will you give me the signs
Is that pink mist or just lit dry ice?
(Aah, aah, aah)
You twist and whisper the wrong name
I don't care and nor do my ears (Aah)
Twist yourself around me
I need company, I need human heat
I need human heat
(Aah, aah, aah aah, aah, aah)
Lets pretend I'm attractive and then
You won't mind, you can twist for a while
It's the night, I can be who you like
And I'll quietly leave before it gets light
So, twist and whisper the wrong name
I don't care and nor do my ears (Aah)
Twist yourself around me
I need company, I need human heat
I need human heat
I need human heat
(Extra super very, ha ha extra super very, ha ha extra super very, ha ha extra super very)
I need human heat
I need human heat
I need
Twist and whisper the right name
I'm Dave, if you please
The twist is that you're just like me
You need company, you need human heat
You need human heat
The loose tie with, the loose limp wrists
Lift your dress enough to show me those shins
Let your hair stick to your forehead
(Aah, aah, aah)
Did you blush then, when our hips touched?
I can't tell, we are already red
Am I right? Will you give me the signs
Is that pink mist or just lit dry ice?
(Aah, aah, aah)
You twist and whisper the wrong name
I don't care and nor do my ears (Aah)
Twist yourself around me
I need company, I need human heat
I need human heat
(Aah, aah, aah aah, aah, aah)
Lets pretend I'm attractive and then
You won't mind, you can twist for a while
It's the night, I can be who you like
And I'll quietly leave before it gets light
So, twist and whisper the wrong name
I don't care and nor do my ears (Aah)
Twist yourself around me
I need company, I need human heat
I need human heat
I need human heat
(Extra super very, ha ha extra super very, ha ha extra super very, ha ha extra super very)
I need human heat
I need human heat
I need
Twist and whisper the right name
I'm Dave, if you please
The twist is that you're just like me
You need company, you need human heat
You need human heat
Lyrics submitted by heyjuderefrain, edited by smallwonderrobot, IanMan
The Twist Lyrics as written by Scott John Hutchison Grant David Hutchison
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
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I think towards the end it saids "The twist is that your just like me". At least that's how I hear it, and it seems quite funny that way... In the sense of using the same word in a rhyme but for a different meaning. Good one palz. I love the harmonies in this song, and the wee ben foldsy breakdown with the "extrasupervery...". Aye like.
great song, prty straight forward
what im curious about is why he says 'im david' is this a reference to anything, none of the band members are named david.
@Abv My interpretation is that he's lonely and needs someone. He found this girl, who is doing the same thing because she's not over Dave. Or, maybe Dave passed away and she's in mourning. Either way, she misses Dave.<br /> And, in the song, he doesn't care if she's whispering someone else's name. At the end, he's saying "i'll be dave if you please" because he doesn't care if she uses him. He just needs to feel; to be felt.
At the begining of the song it's showing his excitement about getting attention and feeling close to someone. He doesn't care that she doesn't know his name- he just wants to feel close to someone. During the end of the song he pleads 'whisper the right name'. He's starting to realise that the the warmth he felt earlier is dying as they just become two strangers again. He longs for the closeness to carry on. 'Keep yourself warm seems to carry on from this. He has realised that as soon as these meaningless 'fucks' are over, you go back to being just as lonely as you were before. Everyone who has had a one night stand will probably know the feeling.
at the end of the song when he says "the twist is that you're just like me" is him saying this girl is just like him in the sense that she wants companionship and someone to sleep next to, even if it means nothing and is just for one night. the entire song hes admitting he knows hes doing this and its not going to help him in the long run, but hes doing it for right now and so is the girl! lovely way to end the song
opps i meant to reply to the song not your message...new at using the website sorry!
Excellent interpretation (I think), but I chose the song because I thought it would be more about the 1950's dance than about a sexual twist :) The only part you didn' touch on (no pun intended) is that he doesn't like himself very much; he finds himself unattractive on the outside or inside or both. Have had just one and one half one-night stands in my life and neither was fulfilling. Can't imagine going home with someone I don't know well and having to face him the next morning. Must be a generational thing because it's so common today. Think I'll stick with sex based on love instead of recreational acrobatics and shared diseases. Ick. (Man, I'm a real downer...not someone you'd wish to take to parties:)
of course josh schwartz would throw frightened rabbit into the premiere of the second season of his prime time show chuck. as the oc soundtracks proved, that guy has an ear for amazing music. this is not an exception. amazing song on an overpoweringly amazing album. seriously, one of the strongest albums from start to finish i've heard in a long time.
is it just me or is this song all about sex, and how he just wants to feel something even if it's just for one night. Even if she wishes it was someone else. He's really lonely and just needs to be close to someone.
uhh duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh<br /> <br /> it's all about wanting to fuck someone because you're lonely and just need the physical presence of another body. if any of frightened rabbit's lyrics confuse you or seem vague, you're probably too young to understand them.
The lyric at the end is actually 'I'm Dave, if you please' according to Scott.
I still don't understand it though.
Singers name is david...
maybe david's the wrong name she whispers to him.
Okay, it really bothers me because it seems that people aren't getting what seems to be pretty clear from it. Everyone has been dancing around it, but has some different take. In my opinion is that this song coincides well with Keep Yourself Warm, not contradicting it. He starts out just craving the attention of sleeping with someone, as is seen in the first few verses, but then he realizes quickly that it is not enough, which ties in with the changes in lyrics of the last chorus. First he says whisper the right name, and then says I'm dave, if you please. I believe that Dave is the actual name of the character in the song. The 'if you please' is just like saying "if you will". He's just asking nicely that she call him by his real name. And then "the twist is that you're just like me" is a great word play that is saying that in reality she wants more than just casual sex too but it seems that it is alluding both of them. Well that's my take, but it seems to fit.
It's a sick song. It's about being with people for all the wrong reasons...out of a fear of being alone. And it's about settling for what's easy and attainable, and requires little risk. But then again, life is about choices. And some people choose the superficial over anything more because that's what they need or it's all they believe they can maintain. Only, they can't even maintain that for long. Sick song, and not in a good way. I am go glad I don't need anyone other than my family. I am so glad I spend time only with those I truly want in my life...not some substitution because my shoes are made of cement and my spine is weak.
Your use of 'alluding' is a boo-boo! S/B eluding.
Your use of 'alluding' is a boo-boo! S/B eluding. The real Chuck Bartowski would know that ‽
it's about loneliness and just having that human heat makes it all better even if it doesn't mean anything. even if she calls you by someone else's name.
That's what makes the song so heartbreaking though, it doesn't help. He keeps saying "I need company, I need human heat" and he's still saying it by the end of the song; he never finds it. On top of that, he realizes that she is just like him and that she's looking for the same thing. "The Twist" is that even though they're having sex, that sex doesn't generate the kind of heat either of them are looking for, they're more or less just ships passing in the night. This is consistent with "Keep Yourself Warm" when he says "it takes more than fucking someone to keep yourself warm".
oh i adore the melancholy rasp to his voice. i agree, loneliness is the obvious theme here.
"The twist is that you're just like me" gives the song a more hopeful feel, but I don't think that's supposed to be the point. I'm pretty sure "Twist as if you're just like me" is right - the song is all about the intense longing for companionship, yearning for someone who doesn't want you, but might be willing to pretend to for a while.
Personally, I like the idea that it might be "The twist is that you're just like me." It's still kind of a sad song, but in a different way. It's sort of double unrequited love/desire. Both the uy and the girl want to be loved, but not necessarily by each other. However, they are together at the moment, so why not "twist" for a while. And, the use of a alternative meaning of the word "twist" is neat, too.
I still think the lyric is correct as written above, though it is tough to make out when listening.