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.
Around your knees that crackle into the dark
Like a walk in the park like a hole in your head
Like the feeling you get when you realize you're dead
This time we ride roller coasters into the ocean
We feel no emotion as we spiral down to the world
And I guess it's worth your time
Because there's some lives you live
And some you leave behind
It gets hard to explain
The gardenhead knows my name
Leave me alone, for you know this isn't the first time
In fact this is twice in a row
That the angels have slipped through our landslide
And filled up our garden with snow
And I don't wish to taste of your insides
Or to call out your name through my phone
For the glory boys at your bedside will love you
As long as you're something to own
Follow me through a city of frost covered angels
I swear I have nothing to prove
I just want to dance in your tangles
To give me some reason to move
But to take on the world at all angles
Requires a strength I can't use
So I'll meet you up high in your anger
Of all that is hoping and waiting for you
Like a walk in the park like a hole in your head
Like the feeling you get when you realize you're dead
This time we ride roller coasters into the ocean
We feel no emotion as we spiral down to the world
And I guess it's worth your time
Because there's some lives you live
And some you leave behind
It gets hard to explain
The gardenhead knows my name
Leave me alone, for you know this isn't the first time
In fact this is twice in a row
That the angels have slipped through our landslide
And filled up our garden with snow
And I don't wish to taste of your insides
Or to call out your name through my phone
For the glory boys at your bedside will love you
As long as you're something to own
Follow me through a city of frost covered angels
I swear I have nothing to prove
I just want to dance in your tangles
To give me some reason to move
But to take on the world at all angles
Requires a strength I can't use
So I'll meet you up high in your anger
Of all that is hoping and waiting for you
Lyrics submitted by PLANES, edited by Xeinix, lauraka, kirkweigensber, McWeird007, bubblegumanimals
Gardenhead/Leave Me Alone Lyrics as written by Jeff Mangum
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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That is the most beautuful and wonderful group of lyrics I have ever read. Seriously...they leave you speechless. That is pure poetry. The first time I read/listened to this song, these lines nearly brought me to tears, just because of how jaw-droppingly gorgeous they are. Jeff Magnum is some sort of God, that much I know.
Me too homie.... this is what it is to me...<br /> <br /> This song is about a relationship that is doomed from the beginning... "We ride roller coasters into the ocean, we feel no emotion" but regardless he is in love and ignores the fact. The change of songs, to me, is when he is realizing the inevitable. 'Leave Me Alone' starts off to me, as the part where he is realizing what he already knew.... that the love he felt was almost commercial, if u will, and that its intimacy was squashed by the evident fact that any male would see her as the perfect woman, and somebody would always be there to give her everything she could ever need. "the glory boys at your bedside will love you as long as there is something to love". The third verse to me is his final plea for a commitment to his love. All in all, I think this song is about falling in love with someone who everyone is looking for, and the inability to show any more popular traits that qualify the everyday male as a suitable life partner, than the bum he knows she will idealize. yeah, im drunk, so what?
Me too homie.... this is what it is to me...<br /> <br /> This song is about a relationship that is doomed from the beginning... "We ride roller coasters into the ocean, we feel no emotion" but regardless he is in love and ignores the fact. The change of songs, to me, is when he is realizing the inevitable. 'Leave Me Alone' starts off to me, as the part where he is realizing what he already knew.... that the love he felt was almost commercial, if u will, and that its intimacy was squashed by the evident fact that any male would see her as the perfect woman, and somebody would always be there to give her everything she could ever need. "the glory boys at your bedside will love you as long as there is something to love". The third verse to me is his final plea for a commitment to his love. All in all, I think this song is about falling in love with someone who everyone is looking for, and the inability to show any more popular traits that qualify the everyday male as a suitable life partner, than the bum he knows she will idealize. yeah, im drunk, so what?