Billy Talent - Fallen Leaves Lyrics Meaning

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.

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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.

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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.....