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.
Sensation leaves as I'm drifting slowly
Illusions torn from my splintered veins
Reality shifts like pages turning in the wind
I'll become the sun
I'll become a god
I'll become the dreamer
Dreaming, frozen, in my anxious mind
Feeling slowly fades into plasticity
Is this the end? Or just the beginning?
Lucidity or nightmare unfolding?
My heart, my soul
My body has grown so cold
Converge, I crash into the Earth
Into the Earth, into the Earth
Lost in the scape terrified
Break me free from this nightmare
Stifled by realms uncertain, I can't escape
Let me go, I'm fucking horrified
Now all my fears are personified
Numbed to the call of a broken idol
Descent of the mind, losing touch
Sensation leaves as I'm drifting slowly
Illusions torn from my splintered veins
Reality shifts like pages turning in the wind
I'll become the sun
I'll become a god
I'll become the dreamer
Feeling slowly fades into plasticity
Is this the end? Or just the beginning?
Lucidity or nightmare unfolding?
My heart, my soul
My body has grown so cold
Converge, I crash into the Earth
Into the Earth, into the Earth
My heart, my soul
My body has grown so cold
Converge, I crash into the Earth
Into the Earth, into the Earth
Hallucinations of familiar sensations
Envelope me in inebriation
The continuation of a world with no reins
Bound for destruction
Within this fevered dream
I will have forgotten
Releasing me
Vivify this world falls in my descent
Realizing this world is but projection of my mind
Illusions torn from my splintered veins
Reality shifts like pages turning in the wind
I'll become the sun
I'll become a god
I'll become the dreamer
Dreaming, frozen, in my anxious mind
Feeling slowly fades into plasticity
Is this the end? Or just the beginning?
Lucidity or nightmare unfolding?
My heart, my soul
My body has grown so cold
Converge, I crash into the Earth
Into the Earth, into the Earth
Lost in the scape terrified
Break me free from this nightmare
Stifled by realms uncertain, I can't escape
Let me go, I'm fucking horrified
Now all my fears are personified
Numbed to the call of a broken idol
Descent of the mind, losing touch
Sensation leaves as I'm drifting slowly
Illusions torn from my splintered veins
Reality shifts like pages turning in the wind
I'll become the sun
I'll become a god
I'll become the dreamer
Feeling slowly fades into plasticity
Is this the end? Or just the beginning?
Lucidity or nightmare unfolding?
My heart, my soul
My body has grown so cold
Converge, I crash into the Earth
Into the Earth, into the Earth
My heart, my soul
My body has grown so cold
Converge, I crash into the Earth
Into the Earth, into the Earth
Hallucinations of familiar sensations
Envelope me in inebriation
The continuation of a world with no reins
Bound for destruction
Within this fevered dream
I will have forgotten
Releasing me
Vivify this world falls in my descent
Realizing this world is but projection of my mind
Lyrics submitted by EternalTearsOfSorrow
Into the Earth Lyrics as written by Andrew O'connor Adam Demicco
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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