Music Facts: Hotel California

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On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
This could be Heaven or this could be Hell
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year, you can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the Captain,
Please bring me my wine
He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine"
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device"
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
"Relax," said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can check out any time you like,
but you can never leave

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[Cillycill19]

This song is unlike no other, it's truely like no other song. No matter how much time goes by thus song will always be appreciated and talked about. I feel like I go in a different state of mind when I listen to it.

[koustav318]

137 were droped when baby :P

[bryantan89]

How smoothing listening to this whilst relaxing in this bed :))

[rsvpravi]

Please,....Stop with the drugs implications. Idiots!

[rsvpravi]

Brilliant ! Rock on ! Thank u for the detail & meanings of the lyrics.

[ciscolypse]

Drugs, Fame, Money, Bitches, live or die the choice is yours.

[tigergold999]

I've always thought it was about either drug/addiction rehab place or some sort of asylum due to the line, "You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave."

[u65402508]

Det är en fin låt

[kwiatek141]

The song is about heroine.... listen to it again while keeping this in your thoughts...

examples:Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way

Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

And she said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device"

They gathered for the feast

But they just can't kill the beast(addiction)

I had to find the passage back

To the place I was before We are programmed to receive. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave

[steveo114]

in a thousand years years this will still be a classic

[teamhernandezz]

Beast ♥

[RDJudesie]

This is AWESOME. LOVE the concept of putting a ton of facts about these songs on your vids---especially this one. There's been SO much weird shit about it overt the years that is just absolute bullshit--nice to see someone with the facts right there for a change. ♥