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.
Send me your location
Let's focus on communicatin' 'cause
I just need the time and place to come through
(A place to come through)
Send me your location
Let's ride the vibrations
I don't need nothin' else but you (I don't need nothin' else but)
At times I wonder why I fool with you
But this is new to me, this is new to you
Initially, I didn't wanna fall for you
Gather my attention it was all for you, so don't
Take advantage, don't leave my heart damaged
To understand that things go a little bit better when you plan it, ooh
So won't you send me, your location
Let's focus on communicatin' 'cause
I just need the time and place to come through
Send me your location
Let's ride the vibrations
I don't need nothin' else but you (I don't need nothin' else)
I don't wanna fall in love off of subtweets so
Let's get personal
I got a lot of cool spots that we can go
Tell me what's the move and I got you
I'm only actin' like this 'cause I like you
Just give me the vibe to slide then
Oh, I might make you mine by the night then
Send me your location
Let's focus on communicatin' 'cause
I just need the time and place to come through
(A place to come through)
Send me your location
Let's ride the vibrations
I don't need nothin' else but you (I don't need nothin' else but you)
Ride, ride, ride, come and vibe with me tonight
I don't need nothin' else but you
(I don't need nothin' else but you)
Ride, ride, ride, come and vibe with me tonight
I don't need nothin' else but you
Nothin' else but you, oh
Do, do, do, do, do, do
Oh, oh, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, mmm, mmm, mmm
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do
I don't need nothin' else but you
Let's focus on communicatin' 'cause
I just need the time and place to come through
(A place to come through)
Send me your location
Let's ride the vibrations
I don't need nothin' else but you (I don't need nothin' else but)
At times I wonder why I fool with you
But this is new to me, this is new to you
Initially, I didn't wanna fall for you
Gather my attention it was all for you, so don't
Take advantage, don't leave my heart damaged
To understand that things go a little bit better when you plan it, ooh
So won't you send me, your location
Let's focus on communicatin' 'cause
I just need the time and place to come through
Send me your location
Let's ride the vibrations
I don't need nothin' else but you (I don't need nothin' else)
I don't wanna fall in love off of subtweets so
Let's get personal
I got a lot of cool spots that we can go
Tell me what's the move and I got you
I'm only actin' like this 'cause I like you
Just give me the vibe to slide then
Oh, I might make you mine by the night then
Send me your location
Let's focus on communicatin' 'cause
I just need the time and place to come through
(A place to come through)
Send me your location
Let's ride the vibrations
I don't need nothin' else but you (I don't need nothin' else but you)
Ride, ride, ride, come and vibe with me tonight
I don't need nothin' else but you
(I don't need nothin' else but you)
Ride, ride, ride, come and vibe with me tonight
I don't need nothin' else but you
Nothin' else but you, oh
Do, do, do, do, do, do
Oh, oh, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, mmm, mmm, mmm
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do
I don't need nothin' else but you
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Location Lyrics as written by Olatunji Ige Joshua Scruggs
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Solutions Corp, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Haven't you used an iPhone? He's obviously trying to ask this girl for her location. It doesn't get any easier than that.
To me, this song is about falling in love so fast, you have to get a general idea of where you are in the relationship. When he says, "Send me your location", he's asking her "What are we?" or "Where are we in our relationship?" and he doesn't know where they are in the relationship (which is why he is asking her), so the line after "Send me your location" is "Let's focus on communicatin'." (I don't know where we are.) So, so far, our "translation" (if you will) is telling us "Where are we in our relationship/What are we because I don't know where we are." The rest is kinda straight-forward: she has sex with him, answering his question in the first place.
My summary for this song is simple. It's about a couple that don't know they're a couple. They have no idea where they are in the relationship and it's kind of a scary feeling, so this song is about getting out of the stage in your relationship where you are scared shitless (because there's a chance that he will leave the relationship a sad and broken man) and have no idea what the next move is, as far as who I identify myself with this person (Am I her friend, boyfriend, etc.?). The end kinda takes the pressure off. He eventually comes to the conclusion that he should make himself vulnerable to her, and she has sex with him. I guess the question of this story is also it's moral: Isn't it sort of humanizing to be vulnerable to at least an extent?