Here he's at first talking about how California is the "edge of the world in all of western civilization." Whether or not you find any deeper meaning in or not, it's a powerful enough line. Right off the bat, he's told you what Californication is.Īt least it settles in the final location The rest of the verse, "Little girls from Sweden.” is how external people see something part of California is famous for (movie making) and how they dream of being able to enter into this dream world, totally naive and ignorant of the problems those within deal with. The crackpot theories generally can be found in California.
The first half of the verse "Psychic Spies." though "elation" represent a general paranoia people have of something beyond their control attempting to mess with their lives. Here we already have a contrast between internal and external.
I can't promise I'll touch anything, or even get it "right," but it should be fun to try. It's about that good and bad, beautiful and ugly. Traveling around the world, no matter how far I go, I see the affect that California has on the world. "Californication" is really just the act of the world being affected and saturated by the art and the culture being born and raised in California. Who better then the writers themselves to give you the meaning: I found an interview from MTV, and Flea pretty much tells you what it’s about. In itself, the descriptions in the song hold California up as a symbol itself for wider problems and issues we have. But the song isn't just about how things are in California. Californication is a biting social criticism of the culture of excess we have. While there is some debate as to whether or not the meaning of Californication lies in the generalizations made about the crazy society evolving out on the west coast of the USA, or a more personal accounting of a pre-marital relationship as ranted about for a verse, I am inclined to believe the former. It is rather extensive, so I broke the debate in 3 different parts, one for each song. Now my debate is one the meaning behind all three songs, since they are the most popular of fans wanting to know the meaning of. : Scar Tissue, Otherside, and Californication. Now for years, everyone has always questioned the meaning behind 3 ballads off the Californication album General CommentI didn't write this, but a kid on he RHCP message board did, and it describes the entire song, he did a lot of research and thinking, and it's awesome, ENJOY Sicker than the rest, there is no test, but this is what you're craving? Well, everybody's been there and I don't mean on vacationĭestruction leads to a very rough road but it also breeds creationĪnd earthquakes are to a girl's guitar, they're just another good vibrationĪnd tidal waves couldn't save the world from Californication Space may be the final frontier but it's made in a Hollywood basementĪnd Cobain can you hear the spheres singing songs off Station To Station?Īnd Alderaan's not far away, it's Californicationīorn and raised by those who praise control of population Marry me, girl, be my fairy to the world, be my very own constellationĪ teenage bride with a baby inside getting high on informationĪnd buy me a star on the boulevard, it's Californication
Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of agingĬelebrity skin, is this your chin, or is that war you're waging?
It's understood that Hollywood sells Californication The sun may rise in the East at least it's settled in a final location It's the edge of the world and all of Western civilization Psychic spies from China try to steal your mind's elationĪnd little girls from Sweden dream of silver screen quotationĪnd if you want these kind of dreams it's Californication
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