The Sky Is a Poisonous Garden Lyrics

Lyric discussion by TimH222 

Cover art for The Sky Is a Poisonous Garden lyrics by Concrete Blonde

This song is about beating addiction. Eleanor is the drug: "...I can feel from this side of the door, I can feel Eleanor"

Addiction is often a cycle where one fix is justified by the one before: "...He said don't bring tomorrow to justify tonight..."

Addiction can occupy a person's thoughts, to the point of obsession: "Eleanor trembles. Eleanor moans. Somehow, this body is someone she always has known..."

But in the end, he beats the addiction: "She said please don't go. Please don't go! And she cried and she died in his arms and he cried nevermore."

I think the tag line in the title and chorus is simply about being high: "The moon is full, the stars are bright and the sky is a poisonous garden tonight."