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.
I think it burns my sense of truth
To hear me shouting at my youth
I need a way to sort it out.
After I die, I'll re-awake,
Redefine what was at stake
From the hindsight of a god.
I'll see the people that I use,
See the substance I abuse,
The ugly places that I lived.
Did I make money? Was I proud?
Did I play my songs too loud?
Did I leave my life to chance
Or did I make you fucking dance?
Symmetry exists only in our mind.
Our brain is shaping squares.
So I woke up with entropy defined
But the forms still linger there, in my head.
I'll see the people that I use,
See the substance I abuse,
The ugly places that I lived.
Did I make money? Was I proud?
Did I play my songs too loud?
Did I leave my life to chance
Or did I make you fucking dance?
Global concepts uncommon the world round
But we share a mortal frame
That if you can hear reacts to every sound
But no two people move the same.
I think it burns my sense of truth
To hear me shouting at my youth
I need a way to sort it out.
After I die, I'll re-awake,
Redefine what was at stake
From the hindsight of a god.
I'll see the people that I use,
See the substance I abuse,
The ugly places that I lived.
Did I make money? Was I proud?
Did I play my songs too loud?
Did I leave my life to chance
Or did I make you fucking dance?
To hear me shouting at my youth
I need a way to sort it out.
After I die, I'll re-awake,
Redefine what was at stake
From the hindsight of a god.
I'll see the people that I use,
See the substance I abuse,
The ugly places that I lived.
Did I make money? Was I proud?
Did I play my songs too loud?
Did I leave my life to chance
Or did I make you fucking dance?
Symmetry exists only in our mind.
Our brain is shaping squares.
So I woke up with entropy defined
But the forms still linger there, in my head.
I'll see the people that I use,
See the substance I abuse,
The ugly places that I lived.
Did I make money? Was I proud?
Did I play my songs too loud?
Did I leave my life to chance
Or did I make you fucking dance?
Global concepts uncommon the world round
But we share a mortal frame
That if you can hear reacts to every sound
But no two people move the same.
I think it burns my sense of truth
To hear me shouting at my youth
I need a way to sort it out.
After I die, I'll re-awake,
Redefine what was at stake
From the hindsight of a god.
I'll see the people that I use,
See the substance I abuse,
The ugly places that I lived.
Did I make money? Was I proud?
Did I play my songs too loud?
Did I leave my life to chance
Or did I make you fucking dance?
Lyrics submitted by laurentertaining, edited by PrezFarbz, johnnyblueye
Global Concepts [Long Play] Lyrics as written by Robert Charles Edward Delong
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I think it burns my sense of truth to hear me shouting at my youth I need a way to sort it out.
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After I die, I'll re-awake, redefine what was at stake from the hindsight of a god.
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I'll see the people that I use, see the substance I abuse, the ugly places that I lived.
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Did I make money? Was I proud? Did I play my songs too loud? Did I leave my life to chance or did I make you f***ing dance?
-The dead man asses' what he did in his life to fight against regret, what did he do with his life? He hopes that above it all he made you fucking dance.
Symmetry exists only in our mind. Our brain is shaping squares. So I woke up with entropy defined but the forms still linger there, in my head.
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Global concepts uncommon the world round but we share a mortal frame that if you can hear reacts to every sound but no two people move the same.
-These global concepts or Forms are uncommon around the world although we are all human. However our bodies respond similarly to music by dancing. Everyone moves differently but we are all brought together through our love of the music, and everyone is brought closer and personalized at the same time.
or did I make you f***ing dance?
-SO in making you dance he has reached an enlightened goal and is satisfied with the life he lived despite his regrets.
Um...well yeah i think that about sums it up....
totes.
Artist of the year. Amazing. Go listen to the album "Just Movement" by Robert DeLong.