So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
On a lonely day I look out on the freeway
I can fantasize 'bout the car I drive
Don't need the light on I can find my way
It's been so long now I have to say
I'm going to California
I'm gonna live the life
Sipping on tequilla
Night after night
Dreaming of the moment
When everything is right
A little bit of love goes a long way tonight
I'm on my way (I'm on my way)
Heading for the sun
That's where I'll stay (That's where I'll stay)
I'm never going back home
Do you ever feel like you need a change?
Hang out where no one knows your name
I'm going to California
I'm gonna live the life
Sipping on tequilla
Night after night
Dreaming of the moment
When everything looks right
A little bit of love goes a long way tonight
Would you like to meet me there?
We'll be dancing on the sand
These days will never end
No they will go on and on and on
On a lonely day I look out on the freeway
I can fantasize about the car I drive
Don't need the light on I can find my way
It's been so long now I have to say
It's been so long now I have to say
I'm going to California
I'm gonna live the life
Sipping on tequilla
Night after night
Dreaming of the moment
When everything looks right
A little bit of love goes a long way tonight
I'm going to California
I'm gonna live the life
Sipping on tequilla
Night after night
Dreaming of the moment
When everything looks right
A little bit of love goes a long way tonight
A little bit of love, A little bit of love
A little bit of love goes a long way tonight
Oh yeah on my way
I can fantasize 'bout the car I drive
Don't need the light on I can find my way
It's been so long now I have to say
I'm going to California
I'm gonna live the life
Sipping on tequilla
Night after night
Dreaming of the moment
When everything is right
A little bit of love goes a long way tonight
I'm on my way (I'm on my way)
Heading for the sun
That's where I'll stay (That's where I'll stay)
I'm never going back home
Do you ever feel like you need a change?
Hang out where no one knows your name
I'm going to California
I'm gonna live the life
Sipping on tequilla
Night after night
Dreaming of the moment
When everything looks right
A little bit of love goes a long way tonight
Would you like to meet me there?
We'll be dancing on the sand
These days will never end
No they will go on and on and on
On a lonely day I look out on the freeway
I can fantasize about the car I drive
Don't need the light on I can find my way
It's been so long now I have to say
It's been so long now I have to say
I'm going to California
I'm gonna live the life
Sipping on tequilla
Night after night
Dreaming of the moment
When everything looks right
A little bit of love goes a long way tonight
I'm going to California
I'm gonna live the life
Sipping on tequilla
Night after night
Dreaming of the moment
When everything looks right
A little bit of love goes a long way tonight
A little bit of love, A little bit of love
A little bit of love goes a long way tonight
Oh yeah on my way
Lyrics submitted by thewhitepony33
California Lyrics as written by Dave Thomson Ben Dunk
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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yeah i agree with what everyone has said so far....
this is a pretty happy/summer song - it makes me nostalgic for summer, when the days are sunny and this song makes me feel so much more carefree...
ahh good times, good band are they canadian? that's where i heard them and i was wondering...