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.
When you're dead, you will be survived
By a total absence of surprise
By the wistful sighs and
Dejected shrugging of
All the losers you were fucking
When you're dead, your phone
Will still blow up
Your friends still calling to buy drugs
A million unread messages asking where
The after party is it's yours
When you're dead
You will be reunited with everyone
You used to get high
With gathered together in a warm
Place indistinguishable from LA
When you're dead, they will all be sorry
About all those times you borrowed money
About all of your unrealized dreams to
Go to school for cosmetology it's yours
When you're dead
They will toast your life at your friends'
Shitty DJ nights, no one will
Hear their speeches clearly
They'll all just think
It's someone's birthday
When you're dead, the hardest hit will be
The girls who aren't legal to drink
The months of grief they'll have
To fight through so
They can grow up to be just like you
It's yours
By a total absence of surprise
By the wistful sighs and
Dejected shrugging of
All the losers you were fucking
When you're dead, your phone
Will still blow up
Your friends still calling to buy drugs
A million unread messages asking where
The after party is it's yours
When you're dead
You will be reunited with everyone
You used to get high
With gathered together in a warm
Place indistinguishable from LA
When you're dead, they will all be sorry
About all those times you borrowed money
About all of your unrealized dreams to
Go to school for cosmetology it's yours
When you're dead
They will toast your life at your friends'
Shitty DJ nights, no one will
Hear their speeches clearly
They'll all just think
It's someone's birthday
When you're dead, the hardest hit will be
The girls who aren't legal to drink
The months of grief they'll have
To fight through so
They can grow up to be just like you
It's yours
Lyrics submitted by milkman313
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so mean i love it