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Fallen Leaves Lyrics
In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
I hitched a ride, until the coast
To leave behind, all of my ghosts
Searching for something, I couldn’t find at home
Can’t get no job, can you spare a dime?
Just one more hit, and I’ll be fine
I swear to God, this’ll be my one last time!
In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
Run away before you drown, or the streets will beat you down
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
When it gets dark, in Pigeon Park
Voice in my head, will soon be fed
By the vultures, that circle round the dead!
In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
Run away before you drown, or the streets will beat you down
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
I never once thought, I’d ever be caught!
Staring at sidewalks, hiding my track marks!
I left my best friends, or did they just leave me?
In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
Run away before you drown, or the streets will beat you down
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
Run away before you drown, or the streets will beat you down
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
Run away before you drown!
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
To leave behind, all of my ghosts
Searching for something, I couldn’t find at home
Just one more hit, and I’ll be fine
I swear to God, this’ll be my one last time!
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
Run away before you drown, or the streets will beat you down
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
Voice in my head, will soon be fed
By the vultures, that circle round the dead!
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
Run away before you drown, or the streets will beat you down
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
Staring at sidewalks, hiding my track marks!
I left my best friends, or did they just leave me?
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
Run away before you drown, or the streets will beat you down
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
Run away before you drown, or the streets will beat you down
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
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Okay,
I can answer this, because I know !!!
Billy Talent is from BC Canada. They are singing about an area of Vancouver that is probably the most run down, drug infested area in North America.
The area is located on the corner of Main St. and Hastings St. in Vancouver BC.
There is a small patch of grass about 30ft x 30ft in the shape of a triangle. It is known as Pigeon Park. Every crack head and junkie in the city hangs out there.
Here is a picture ->
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/Parks/info/planning/pigeonpark/index.htm
It has been a problem for Vancouver for years, and the problem is only getting worse and no one seems to be able to get anything done.
The part of the song referring to "Fallen Leaves" has a double meaning....
1) It is a metaphor for people who have "fallen from grace" and wind up in Pigeon Park half dead on drugs. And.....
2) It describes, ironically, and artistic venture that Vancouver undertook in the same area of town. When you walk around the dead people in Pigeon Park, you can see Imprints of leaves stamped in to the cement in the sidewalk. It actually quite nice.
Here's another picture ->
http://www.zombiezodiac.com/rob/ped/vanc0804/PICT0004%20800x599.jpg
So there you go. A real life explanation of Fallen leaves in Pigeon Park.
And if you ever go there, you really should run away before you drown.....
None of them are from BC.. Jonathan Gallant and Aaron Solowoniuk were born and raised in Ontario, Ian D'Sa was originally from London in the UK and then moved to Ontario and Benjamin Kowalewicz was originally from Quebec and moved to Ontario.
None of them are from BC.. Jonathan Gallant and Aaron Solowoniuk were born and raised in Ontario, Ian D'Sa was originally from London in the UK and then moved to Ontario and Benjamin Kowalewicz was originally from Quebec and moved to Ontario.
@Sarah, So what. They recorded their album at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver.
@Sarah, So what. They recorded their album at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver.
Sorry, the links above are dead. Here are some new ones ->
Sorry, the links above are dead. Here are some new ones ->
Pigeon Park -> http://goo.gl/QsI1VH
Pigeon Park -> http://goo.gl/QsI1VH
Fallen Leaves (double meaning) -> http://goo.gl/gZFMdu
Fallen Leaves (double meaning) -> http://goo.gl/gZFMdu
@ajdedo Actually Ian D'Sa is British. Ben grew up in Quebec, and John ad Aaron are both from Mississauga, Ontario. They didn't even record this album in The Warehouse Studio!
@ajdedo Actually Ian D'Sa is British. Ben grew up in Quebec, and John ad Aaron are both from Mississauga, Ontario. They didn't even record this album in The Warehouse Studio!
@dumbass aka @ConvexFever5 - Check you facts first before spewing garbage and trying to make the world as ignorant as you.
@dumbass aka @ConvexFever5 - Check you facts first before spewing garbage and trying to make the world as ignorant as you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Talent#Billy_Talent_II:_2005.E2.80.932007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Talent#Billy_Talent_II:_2005.E2.80.932007
@ajdedo yep sounds right, I live near Vancouver and my town is full of messed up kids now… it’s a problem. In fact my town is super small, “Summerland bc”
@ajdedo yep sounds right, I live near Vancouver and my town is full of messed up kids now… it’s a problem. In fact my town is super small, “Summerland bc”
I think this song is about a drug addiction...
"Can’t get no job, can you spare a dime? Just one more hit, and I’ll be fine I swear to God, this’ll be my one last time!"
The narrorator left his home or maybe was kicked out. He doesn't have a job and needs the cash to subdue his addiction. He is asking strangers for the money(since he doesn't have the job)
The chorus explains that the person won't be able to escape this addiction and its going to kill him.
I never once thought, I’d ever be caught! Staring at sidewalks, hiding my track marks!
When you are addicted to drugs you can be extremely paranoid. He was basically planning every step before he took it but he was caught.
His friends found out and confronted him
"Run away before you drown, or the streets will beat you down"
Saying you are burying your own grave..
... but he snapped back and so his friends abandoned him or he left them. (You can decide)
I left my best friends, or did they just leave me?
You could compare him to the leaf. The leaf is on the tree filled with life but eventually starts dying and falls away to the ground.
Well, for a first post I hope its a good one
About drugs. Plain and simple.
Can't get no job, can you spare a dime? Just one more hit, and I'll be fine I swear to God, this'll be my one last time!
When it gets dark, in Pigeon Park Voice in my head, will soon be fed By the vultures, that circle round the dead!
Run away before you drown, or the streets will beat you down Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves, on the ground
Fallen leaves are not noticed by people walking by, same as druggies sitting in the street begging for money. Fallen leaves = people fallen from grace (for want of a better term.)
The song is about decay and drug addiction. The singer gets caught in a cycle of substance abuse, seeing themselves and others in their situation like autumn leaves, fallen, forgotten, and abandoned to decay and die.
I think the song is talking about people that society tries to forget about, they are fallen leaves, below the rest of us, we try to ignore them. It is from the perspective of someone who left their formrer life and came upon a worse one, where society ignores them. Just my thoughts
mindless is pretty much right!!
If you go to their site, it says it's about a friend's drug addiction..
I dunno.. If the verses seem to be in the eyes of the addict, then the chorus is either a friend oorr the addict, but at alater time when he's learned his lesson, and is telling other people...
--Wallnutteh
sweet guitar solo. About drug addiction
yep, sounds like its about someone slipping into drug addiction a la Requiem
This song was so awesome live. And the track marks also probably refer to scars on your arms from any needle-induced drug. Hiding your addiction from friends in order to stay friends, etc etc.
Awesome song! Leaving behind friends for a bad habit... VERY similar to the song "Standing In The Rain"