{WARNING: These are my interpretations of the lyrics, and may not reflect the exact intent of the artist} hullo i’m gonna be analyzing “Eden:Overgrown” by @-tallyinghalls- HES SO TALENTED FOLLOW HIM IF U HAVENT!! tw || religion Verse 1 - The verse opens by setting the scene of a once green garden that is now dead, or maybe petrified representing fear, specifically I link this to a fear of rejection for being queer, but that might be projection. Then, the narrator seems to be forgiving a wrong done to them, reminding themself that every person, no matter how pretty the face, has issues and flaws. Prechorus 1 - The prechorus actually contradicts the opening of the first verse, maybe the garden was gray and petrified (perhaps a metaphor for fear) and then as the narrator breaks free of that fear, the garden turns lush and green, but then a new color, blue. Likely the blue represents sadness. Chorus - The chorus is a direct address to another character and I interpret it as a sarcastic fit of anger towards the person it’s addressed to. The use of Eden calls upon the garden of eden, which was a place in the bible that was described as paradise, and linking this to the fear of being rejected as a queer person connects to “do everything your designed to do” which i interpret to be about the perceived “unnaturalness” of non-cis-hetero people. Verse 2 - This verse focuses on healing the garden, or the narrator as i think i’ve established, that the garden is a symbol of the narrator’s personal “eden” of sorts, like the secret garden in their mind. The line about the pen seems to reference trying to heal themself through writing, maybe more specifically songwriting. This personal eden of the narrator’s seems to be doing better now than in the first verse and prechorus, showing the emotional grit and strength of the narrator improving Prechorus 2 - This prechorus seems to be about the “flowers” or newly acquired good things that come after something hurtful. Could also tie back to the religious belief that all bad things happen to make room for good things (vaguely) but that might be me pulling at strings. Bridge - Now the narrator seems to be speaking to someone different than in the chorus, using “we” maybe (if we go along with the allegory for queerness i’ve established) other queer people. The bridge seems to be saying that the “eden” that the person being addressed in the chorus inevitably starts to wither as gardens do, the narrator (and other queer people?) will be still resilient and unbothered by it. Outro - The outro seems to be a reflection on the garden now being untame and dying, the eden one, not the secret mind garden of the narrator’s but the one he wishes on the person in the chorus. I interpret it as being about the insecurity of thinking the narrator, as a queer person, ruined the paradise simply by existing as queer, and seeing the signs of being queer but also the signs of Eden being inhospitable to queer people. The outro ends with a conclusion that it was not the narrators fault, but the person, or maybe garden, to blame is never explicitly said Okay ty :)
LYRICS [Verse] A grey garden colorless roses and vines I heed pardon for all of the woes and the lies Every rose has its thorns so what shall we now do right? more thorns the artist adorns each poke will resist all night [Prechorus] The hedges now need trimming green vines are turning blue. [Chorus] I hope it did right for you I hope you stay in Eden Live sweet again do everything you're designed to. [Verse] Tied again Take care of roses, restore unlock the pen to the garden beyond evermore Try my hardest to keep this garden so pristine Never quite rest for something that's next to obscene! [Prechorus] The flowers overgrowing the painstaken waste of time [Chorus] I hope I did right for you I hope you stay in Eden Live sweet again do everything you're designed- [Bridge] And when the flowers seem to rot Time slows down And when the autumn leaves all fall litters the ground Glitters in the sky muffled by the greenhouse We'll be soaring high Fly above the rain clouds [Chorus] I hope I did right for you I hope you stay in Eden Forgive me again do all the things you want to do [Outro] And when you peruse the garden of the one you once knew, the memories of now clear signs were visible. He laughed, he played, but the nights were spent tending to this dying garden, and now, with the ivy overgrown, and the Eden now descended, you can't help but wonder if it was your fault. You still keep that thought. You couldn't do anything to stop it. So was it really your fault? No, it was never your fault.
