So This Is Eden [Bad English featuring Ricky Phillips]

So This Is Eden
Written by John Waite, Jonathan Cain, Russ Ballard
Lead Vocals by John Waite

(Na na nanana nana, na na nanana nana na)

Eden yeah

(Na na nanana nana, na na nanana nana na)

Too far gone to turn around, as I make it into town

I said driver, take my suitcase, where's that good time goin' down

Hit the freeway to the skyline, need some faster ecstasy

If she's got a prize, then I've got the money

She said for you the first one's free

And I thought I saw Jesus in the hotel room

As we made love on the balcony

With a drink in my hand, like they said it would be, yeah

So this is Eden

So this is Eden

And baby I knew it

That you'd lead me to it

I don't wanna get out

(Na na nanana nana, na na nanana nana na)

Eden

Feel the pressure rise in the elevator

Make our way down to the street

Soul sister, sing a song for me

Drunks and junkies shuffle their feet

It's a three ring circus, down town Mavelone

We were crashing and burning

For twenty-four hours the party goes on, yeah

So this is Eden

So this is Eden

And baby I knew it

That you'd lead me to it

Nobody gets out

(Na na nanana nana, na na nanana nana na)

Eden

Nobody gets out

(Na na nanana nana, na na nanana nana na)

of Eden, no no

Breathe in

Breathe out

Check in

We won't check out, eh

It's a wild weekend

Ghost train ride to the other side

It's a funhouse suicide

It's making me feel more dead than alive, yeah

So this is Eden

So this is Eden

And baby I knew it

That you'd lead me to it

So this is Eden

So this is Eden

And baby I knew it

That you'd lead me to it

Yeah

(Na na nanana nana, na na nanana nana na)

Eden

Nobody gets out

(Na na nanana nana, na na nanana nana na)

of Eden

No no no no no no no no

(Na na nanana nana, na na nanana nana na)

(Na na nanana nana, na na nanana nana na)

Check in

You won't check out

Interpretation

On the road, entering a city, looking for a good time, he gets some ecstasy and sex, hallucinating from the drugs, then heads out to the street, partying for a full 24 hours. After awhile, it becomes hard to breathe and seems more like suicide than fun. Unlike the biblical Eden, a garden paradise for the first humans, this Eden is a state of mind that comes with a terrible price.

As an interesting side note, while there is not a city called Mavelone as mentioned in the lyrics, there is a pharmaceutical called Mevalone made by Eden Research.  Are the founders of that company fans?