"Oranges and Apples", an advance single from the band's fifth album In the Music, was released as a download-only single on 13 October 13, 2008. The song was inspired by Syd Barrett, one of the founding members of Pink Floyd. The single was released in connection with The City Wakes, a festival which took place in Cambridge and London in October 2008. The festival is a tribute to Barrett and intended to raise funds and awareness for mental health issues and the arts. The band is donating proceeds from the download to the Syd Barrett charitable trust.
The band released In The Music, in the UK and Japan in 2009 and in the USA in 2010, touring all three countries. They completed a short acoustic tour in the western part of the USA in October, including a show supporting Belle & Sebastian and have announced a follow-up acoustic tour in the USA for March 2011. As part of the 20th anniversary of their first album, they're also releasing a live acoustic CD, Brel, and expect to re-release their back catalog in 2011.
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Leave Me Alone
Trashcan Sinatras Lyrics
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The oddest thing of all this time
Is I'm not sad at all
I can see beyond the hardest thing of all...goodbye
Leave me alone, you're all I wanted
Don't haunt me now, don't want you now
Leave me alone, I've found what I'm made of
Got no place to go, the feeling's going slow
The lowest of the low tonight
Well, how am I supposed to know
If you won't talk to me? don't talk to me
Just leave me alone, you're all I wanted
Don't taunt me now, don't want to know
Leave me alone, to find what I'm made of
Don't want you back, don't need you back
Yeah, the hardest thing of all
The oddest thing of all
Is I'm not sad at all
Goodbye
Leave me alone, you're all I wanted
Don't haunt me now, don't taunt me now
Leave me alone, I've found what I'm made of
Don't want you back, don't need you back
In "Leave me alone," the Trashcan Sinatras sing about the difficulty of belonging and how saying goodbye to someone you thought you wanted can be liberating. The opening lines introduce the tension between the need to belong and the struggle to fit in. The singer admits how odd it is to feel relieved at the thought of leaving something that once brought comfort. Though the imagery of the "hardest thing of all" implies an emotional burden, the singer goes on to explain that they can see "beyond the hardest thing of all" and say goodbye without regrets.
The chorus of "Leave me alone" is a plea to be left alone by someone who once mattered to the singer. When the Trashcan Sinatras sing, "you're all I wanted," they reveal the complicated nature of human relationships. The person who was once the driving force behind their longing and sense of belonging has now become a nuisance, haunting and taunting them. The singer goes on to express their newfound sense of purpose: they've found what they're made of and don't need to look back to the past. The repetition of the phrase, "leave me alone," reinforces the singer's desire to be free from the emotional weight that once held them back.
In conclusion, "Leave me alone" is a song about the complexities of human relationships and how the hardest thing of all can be saying goodbye. It explores the tension between the need to belong and the struggle to fit in and how freeing it can be to let go of something that once brought comfort.
Line by Line Meaning
The hardest thing of all is to belong
Belonging is one of the hardest things in life to achieve.
The oddest thing of all this time
I find it strange that I'm not sad at all, despite everything.
Is I'm not sad at all
Despite everything that's going on, I don't feel sad.
I can see beyond the hardest thing of all...goodbye
Saying goodbye is often the hardest thing, but I can see past it and move on.
Leave me alone, you're all I wanted
I wanted your attention before, but now I just want to be left alone.
Don't haunt me now, don't want you now
I don't want to be reminded of you and I don't want you back.
Leave me alone, I've found what I'm made of
I've discovered who I am and I don't need you anymore.
Don't want you back, don't need you back
I don't want you to come back into my life, I'm happy on my own.
Got no place to go, the feeling's going slow
I feel lost and alone, but the pain is slowly fading away.
The lowest of the low tonight
I feel like I'm at my lowest point tonight.
Well, how am I supposed to know
I don't know what to do or how to feel.
If you won't talk to me? don't talk to me
If you're not going to communicate with me, then I don't want to hear from you.
Don't taunt me now, don't want to know
I don't want to hear anything negative or hurtful from you.
Yeah, the hardest thing of all
Saying goodbye is still one of the hardest things to do.
The oddest thing of all
Despite everything, I'm not sad at all.
Goodbye
It's time to say farewell and move on.
Lyrics © EUROPEAN AMERICAN MUSIC DISTRIBUTORS COMPANY, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: CALVIN BROADUS, CHARLIE WILSON, KEVIN GILLIAM, LARRY ERNEST BLACKMON, LONNIE SIMMONS, RUDOLPH TAYLOR
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