Lyrics for Gonna Leave You as interpreted by ikari

Gonna Leave You Lyrics
Wait by the phone
Late alone
He can't help you
But I know I could

Three years too long
You know this is wrong
"Everything" scars the skin
Push it in, break it off

I'm gonna leave
I'm gonna leave you

I gave it a start
I stomped on your heart
This the is the end,
No more pictures, we ain't friends
It's raining in my room
There's blood in my spoon
You're out of my highchair
I'm out of your womb

I'm gonna leave
I'm gonna leave you

Free is too long
You know this is wrong
Everything scars the skin
Push it in, push it in, break it off

I'm gonna leave
Gonna leave you

I'm gonna leave
I don't need you

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-enternamehere-
03-18-2003

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first of all this songs is really cool i think its about a woman who is single and cant seem to find love and it cant seem to get feel better, maybe, anyway thats the mental picture im getting here.. oh and maybe the chourus us the words echoeing in here head.. ahh i dunno i just wrote somthing cause no one else did

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uncletommy
03-31-2003

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it's one of nick's songs - or at least he sings it

maybe it is just about his decision to leave

anyway, nick's a big roky erickson fan, and roky's most famous song from his 13th floor elevators days is probably "you're gonna miss me" which deals with a similar subject

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uncletommy
03-31-2003

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also shares a name with a led zep song - QOTSA are big fans

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Liberate
05-07-2003

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What songs on the new album "Songs For The Deaf" does Mark Lanegan sing on?

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moe2000
05-23-2004

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a song for the dead, hanging tree, god is in the radio

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pixie_mind
03-03-2005

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a heck of a song. this lyrics has a style so cruel and yet pretty way to say it's over.

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sivilla
12-23-2005

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one of, if not the best on the album such a good simple riff and the vocals are excellent.

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SFP
01-18-2006

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"Three years too long
You know this is wrong
"Everything" scars the skin
Push it in, break it off"

He's talking about putting the needle in his arm. I think the three years too long is the length of his addiction. Everything scars the skin. Push the needle in. Push down the plunger.

"I'm gonna leave
I'm gonna leave you"

I'm gonna quit the heroin.

"I gave it a start
I stomped on your heart
This the is the end,
No more pictures, we ain't friends
It's raining in my room
There's blood in my spoon
You're out of my highchair
I'm out of your womb"

I think the I gave it a start refers to his starting the drug. He's totally quitting her. There's blood in his spoon from the boiling heroin in the spoon.

"I'm gonna leave
I don't need you "
I don't need you to live happily.

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Qotsa-in-my-blood
07-30-2006

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I think it is about a relationship that goes wrong and they break up and it turns to hatrid..
Maybe..I could be totally...wrong..

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SMC
08-19-2006

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I think SFP is on the right track. However, Josh and Nick are both advocates of not taking heroin.

Or, it could be about leaving someone!

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faxman10
09-15-2006

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alright, i have a couple of guesses.

a) it's about a relationship with a friend/lover who is on heroin, and he's been trying to help his friend/lover with it, but they're not kids anymore, and this has gone on for way too long. he tried his best, but he's done if it happens again.

b) he's comparing a relationship he or someone had been in to herion, or some other addictive drug. and now maybe it's in the ending stages, the partner is seeing other people and he makes the another comparison with "push it in, break it off" to, you push another dick inside of you, you're breaking it off with me, because i'm not a kid anymore and neither are you, and i won't sit back and take this shit, i'll just move on. that comparison brought on by "you're out of your highchair, i'm out of your womb."

etc, etc.

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kidsmoke91
01-10-2007

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As cool as this song is you should all listen to the spanish version on the b-sides it makes the song so much more amazing

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Annikak
02-18-2007

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when i first heard it i thought it was a baby in her womb speaking :P

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Axehell
06-12-2007

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Not certain of the full meaning, but "You're out of my highchair, I'm out of your womb" is a great way of saying "you're not my baby anymore, and I'm not yours".

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ryancooke
08-14-2007

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does anyone else hear a little led zeppelin-"babe im gonna leave you" in this? the "free is too long, you know this is wrong" part, seems remiscent of the "i'll leave you when the summer time, i'll leave you when the summer time comes a rollin'" part in the zeppelin song. i just thought it was kind of similar, and the titles are also similar. possibly intentional?

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mushroomfat
01-21-2008

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I agree with SFP, i reckon it could be metophorical to a drug. If I think deeper, he could be speaking about a girl, using drug metaphors to metaphorize her (if that makes sense... and if thats the wording to use) Other songs on the album are about break ups too, which could be the same story. Ill check that out

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trumbone
01-31-2008

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I don't know if metaphorize is a word per say, but I can see what SFP is saying, as well as mushroomfat. It could go either way.

Either way, this song rocks, just like most all of these guys music.

I never would have even though about the heroin thing to be honest. But the reference to the spoon definitely makes me hear this song in a different way.

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