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.
There we were thick as thieves
Frightened by shadows and the autumn leaves
We wore stolen hearts, vintage souls
Aided by lies amongst the media foes
And hey ho
Where did it go?
When did we lose our sight?
And it's a nice show
The ones we perform
Performing them day and night
Night
See the lines upon my face
Walking circles with the human race
And all the little people
They want to be free
But I can't get there
Cause I got you holding me back
And hey ho
Where did it go?
When did we lose our sight?
And it's a nice show
The ones we perform
Performing them day and night
Night
Let me be free
La la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la
Gave you all the high skies
But you gave me night
I gave you all the high skies
But you gave me night, yeah
I gave you all the high skies
But you gave me night
I gave you all the high skies
But you gave me night
Let the lights sing again
There we were thick as thieves
Frightened by shadows and the autumn leaves
Goodbye my sweet
Goodbye
Goodbye
Frightened by shadows and the autumn leaves
We wore stolen hearts, vintage souls
Aided by lies amongst the media foes
And hey ho
Where did it go?
When did we lose our sight?
And it's a nice show
The ones we perform
Performing them day and night
Night
See the lines upon my face
Walking circles with the human race
And all the little people
They want to be free
But I can't get there
Cause I got you holding me back
And hey ho
Where did it go?
When did we lose our sight?
And it's a nice show
The ones we perform
Performing them day and night
Night
Let me be free
La la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la
Gave you all the high skies
But you gave me night
I gave you all the high skies
But you gave me night, yeah
I gave you all the high skies
But you gave me night
I gave you all the high skies
But you gave me night
Let the lights sing again
There we were thick as thieves
Frightened by shadows and the autumn leaves
Goodbye my sweet
Goodbye
Goodbye
Lyrics submitted by Chainsaw Arm, edited by dollrock
Thick As Thieves Lyrics as written by Sergio Pizzorno
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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There we were, thick as thieves, frightened by shadows and in the autumn leaves. We wore stolen hearts, vintage souls, aided by lies amongst the media foes
And hey ho, where did we go? When do we lose our sight? And it's a nice show The ones we perform, Performing them day and Night. Night.
See the lights upon my face, walking in circles with the human race And all the little people, they want to be free, but I can't get there cause I've got you holding me back.
And hey ho Where did it go? When did we lose our sight? And it's a nice show The ones we perform Performing them day and night. Night.
Let me be free
La lalala la lalala la lalala la la la la La lalala la lalala la lalala la la la la
I Gave you all of your scars but you gave me mine. I Gave you all of your scars but you gave me mine. Yeah I Gave you all of your scars but you gave me mine. I Gave you all of your scars but you gave me mine.
Let the lights sing again
There we were thick as theives Frightened by shadows and the autumn leaves
Goodbye my sweet Goodbye Goodbye
here are some corrections:
"Aided by lies amongst the media foes" not "aided by lies among..."
"The ones we perform" not "The one we perform"
"Performing them day and night Night" not "performing it day and night."
AFTER "you holding me back":
And hey ho Where did it go? When did we lose our sight? And it's a nice show The ones we perform Performing them day and night Night.
Let me be free
La lalala la lalala la lalala la la la la La lalala la lalala la lalala la la la la
Gave you all the high skies But you gave me night I gave you all the high skies But you gave me night, yeah I gave you all the high skies But you gave me night I gave you all the high skies But you gave me night Let the lights sing again
There we were thick as theives Frightened by shadows and the autumn leaves
Goodbye my sweet Goodbye Goodbye
im pretty sure it says "we wore stolen hearts, vintage souls" :S
ahh the lyrics in this were bothering me for ages. just watched a kasabian t4 special and they played thick as thieves. It is 100% i gave you all your scars bt you gave me mine
yeah its definitely 'I gave you all your scars but you gave me mine'
easy opinion from me... this song is what was happened to tom, serge and karloff..
please explain
I love this song so much, I hope every track from their new CD is like this and Fast Fuse.
Little corrections to the chorus: I Gave you all of your scars but you gave me mine. (The song makes a bit more sense now eh?)
Oh and I agree with ellie it's defo stolen hearts, vintage souls
dude you're wrong<br /> <br /> it's "I gave you all the Earth skies but you gave me night"
this is empire! brilliant
"meat eating foes"