Golden Earring – Twilight Zone lyrics

Golden Earring – Twilight Zone lyrics

From the Albums:
* Cut
* Something heavy going down
* The naked truth
* Last blast of the century
* The Continuing story of Radar Love

Somewhere in a lonely hotel room
There's a guy starting to realize
That eternal fate has turned it's back on him
It's two A. M.

It's two A. M. The fear has gone
I'm sitting here waitin' the gun still warm
Maybe my connection is tired of taken chances
Yeah there's a storm on the loose sirens in my head
I'm wrapped up in silence all circuits are dead
I cannot decode
My whole life spins into a frenzy
Help I'm steppin' into the twilight zone
This is a madhouse
Feels like being cloned
My beacon's been moved under moon and star
Where am I to go
Now that I've gone too far
Help I'm steppin' into the twilight zone
This is a madhouse
Feels like being cloned
My beacon's been moved under moon and star
Where am I to go
Now that I've gone too far
Soon you will come to know
When the bullet hits the bone
Soon you will come to know
When the bullet hits the bone
I'm falling down a spiral
Destination unknown
A double crossed Messenger
All alone
I can't get no connection
I can't get through
Where are you
Well the night weighs heavy on his guilty mind
This far from the borderline
And when the hitman comes
He knows damn well he has been cheated
And he says
Help I'm steppin' into the twilight zone
This is a madhouse
Feels like being cloned
My beacon's been moved under moon and star
Where am I to go
Now that I've gone too far
Help I'm steppin' into the twilight zone
This is a madhouse
Feels like being cloned
My beacon's been moved under moon and star
Where am I to go
Now that I've gone too far
Soon you will come to know
When the bullet hits the bone
Soon you will come to know
When the bullet hits the bone
When the bullet hits the bone
(Musical interlude)
Help I'm steppin' into the twilight zone
This is a madhouse
Feels like being cloned
My beacon's been moved under moon and star
Where am I to go
Now that I've gone too far
Help I'm steppin' into the twilight zone
This is a madhouse
Feels like being cloned
My beacon's been moved under moon and star
Where am I to go
Now that I've gone too far
Soon you will come to know
When the bullet hits the bone
Soon you will come to know
When the bullet hits the bone
Soon you will come to know
When the bullet hits the bone
Soon you will come to know
When the bullet hits the bone
When the bullet hits the bone
When the bullet hits the bone
When the bullet hits the bone
When the bullet hits the bone
When the bullet hits the bone
When the bullet hits the bone
When the bullet hits the bone
When the bullet hits the bone

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Songwriters: GEORGE KOOYMANS

Twilight Zone lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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Falco 2021-08-03 14:31:28

The main character is a spy, his cover has been blown and he's been in a shootout. He's now holed up in a hotel room and looking to be extracted. But, his handler (connection) has decided to burn him and they don't plan to help, they're tired of taking chances. Because they've decided to drop him, nobody is making communication and he's wrapped in silence. They've changed the code they're using, so the coded messages he does receive he can't decode and has no idea what's happening.

When he realizes he's been hung out to dry, he has a surreal experience which causes him to have a sort of out of body experience, like he's watching himself from the 3rd person. Think of funhouse type wavy mirrors and screams, also a clone of him watching his story play out. He's moved into the Twilight Zone and the beacon he needs to return to reality has been moved, he can't find his way out.

Next there's foreshadowing of his impending doom, soon he will come to know when the bullet hits the bone.

Spiraling down to nowhere, self explanatory. He feels double crossed by his messenger (handler) and he's now alone. He can't make any connection with his normal contacts and wants to know why he's been abandoned. He obviously can't sleep and all the decisions he's made to get him here are causing anxiety (night weighs heavy on his guilty mind). He's deep in a foreign country and can't make a run by himself, he needs help (this far from the border line). It gets worse, not only are they leaving him blowing in the wind, now they've also decided to knock him off, when the hit man shows up, the spy knows he's getting a raw deal.

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chazmuffin 2020-10-26 02:37:58

Wikipedia says this song is the sequel to Radar Love. Radar love appears to be a love song. As one lover races through the night to be with his mate. He hears a calling that makes him go to her. Twilight Zone, to me, is the story after he finds her. He is running from the law with a gun. I assume, he found his lover with someone else and he has shot them.
The line "My beacon's been moved under moon and star" kinda sounds line he is just running into what may seem like an endless night.

"This is a madhouse. Feels like being cloned." May mean he can't process what has happened, he acted on impulse and is "sitting beside himself" so to speak.

This is not a song about drugs or life on the road, etc.. Hate to bust any bubbles but that's the facts jack. It is all in first person because he's out on the road alone. This man has traveled out of its usual area and he is trying to figure things out but he's confused.

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Ty Benoit 2016-01-16 20:11:27

The song has hidden drug meanings like most songs of I's time. First, who is usually UP at 2 AM. In a Hotel Room? Drug Users.
He is Waiting the gun is still warm: he just shot up and is waiting for his high to kick in.
Maybe my connection is tired of taken chances,
Yeah there's a storm on the loose sirens in my head,
I'm wrapped up in silence all circuits are dead.
I cannot decode. He is trying to reach his connection on the phone, and he can not reach them and because he knows damn well he has been cheated, his last fix was no good. He can not decode: he can not figure out what to do.

Yeah there's a storm on the loose sirens in my head, Help I'm steppin' into the twilight zone, This is a madhouse.
Feels like being cloned he is going craze because he can not reach his connection for another fix, it feels like there is two of him "Being Cloned".

The hit man is his drug dealer, his connection. When the Bullet hits the Bone, refers to when he inject his drugs. The bullet being the needle with drugs in it. Hitting the bone meaning when he injects.

Where am I to go now that my Beacon has been moved, Now that I have gone to far. Meaning he is far away from his usual connections and does not know where to go or who to call for more drugs.
Soon you will come to know When the bullet hits the bone: he will soon enough get his next fix and if it is any good.

This is not a song about spies, real hit men etc.. Hate to bust any bubbles but that's the facts jack. It is all in first person because out on the road doing concerts, if a band has traveled out of its usual area and they are trying to get a drug fix, they can run into some problems if they can't get a hold of any drugs.

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Unregistered 2022-06-01 22:39:41

I think everyone likes to associate this song to drugs which I totally understand given the lyrics but it was actually inspired by the book the Bourne Identity. Drugs weren’t the only thing going on in the 80’s…spys and fears of espionage were rampant. Whatever it means to anyone tho I have to say it’s just as awesome as it was when it was released and spent half a year in the top charts!

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