Free Fallin'

To understand this song without help you will need to have lived in Southern California and have fallen in love. For everyone else here is what the song means.

She is a good girl. She lives in a boring part of town (trust me I lived in Reseda, every day felt like a long day) When the 101 freeway was built they took just the land they needed. In some spots the freeway is on pillars 30’ above the ground and runs right over a yard or even part of a house.

Any slight against a young (good) girl is breaking her heart. She is mad at him for spending his time doing something other than visiting with her. You can almost hear her complain “Didn’t you even miss me?” “Don’t you know you’re breaking my heart?”

Ventura Blvd is in the middle of a city. There is no reason for a kid to be hanging around there during the day. But there were a lot of clubs on Ventura Blvd and at night the place would be littered with kids. Like Vampires they come out at night. You park your car at your favorite club and then start working your way downhill (Which is West) hitting all the other clubs. At the end of the night the person who is most sober walks uphill all the way back to the car (Trust me it is a long walk) and drives back to pick everyone else up and take them to in-and-out burger or home.

At the top of Mulholland you can see a big chunk of the city. The city is (or was) far enough away that there is a lot of darkness between you and the tiny twinkling lights. He is not screaming “I’m free” he is screaming “I’m free falling” He is happy. He is falling in love with the girl. More and more of his thoughts are about her and despite the danger of suffering a broken heart he cannot stop himself and does not want to stop himself from falling in love with her. (This is the kind of girl you should marry)