10 Songs That Are Darker Than You Realize

10. Jump - Van Halen

When talking to the Van Halen community, there tends to be two categories of fans: ones who like Jump and ones who can't stand it. Though this wasn't the first time Van Halen had entered the realm of keyboards, the booming Casio at the forefront of this tune led many to believe that the kings of hair metal had sold out. Or maybe they were just compensating for the twisted tale happening in the lyrics.

For most of the verses, David Lee Roth's lyrics are just the sort of quippy banter you've come to expect from him at this point, and yet there's something about the use of the word 'jump' that puts us a little on edge. When speaking about it after the fact, Roth actually said that the inspiration for the lyrics came from a news story he was watching at the time where a man was threatening to kill himself by jumping off the top of a building.

Advocating for the more macabre ending, this song gets ten times more morbid once you realize that the "might as well jump" line might actually be endorsing suicide in this scenario. While the EDM style backing track might be fun for the time being, ignorance may be bliss when it comes to breaking down the where and when of jumping.