In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
I hitched a ride, up to 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
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
I hitched a ride, up to 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
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
Run away before you drown
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
Lyrics submitted by Moriquendi
Fallen Leaves Lyrics as written by Ben Kowalewicz Aaron Solowoniuk
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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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 ->
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 ->
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.
@Sarah, So what. They recorded their album at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver.
Sorry, the links above are dead. Here are some new ones -><br /> <br /> Pigeon Park -> goo.gl/QsI1VH<br /> <br /> Fallen Leaves (double meaning) -> 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!
@dumbass aka @ConvexFever5 - Check you facts first before spewing garbage and trying to make the world as ignorant as you.<br /> <br /> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Talent
@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.)
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"
Yeah I love this song, and I think its about drugs. The "Fallen Leaves" could be pot leaves.