I think that the song is a pretty straightforward take on feeling like you're never going to get away from the town you grew up in. "There's the part you've braced yourself against, and then there's the other part." You can prepare yourself for some of the bad things that happen in your life, but then you'll get blindsided by something else when you least expect it.
And if the place you grew up in is California, of course you're going to be thoroughly sick of Hotel California being mentioned every time you think about leaving.
I think that the song is a pretty straightforward take on feeling like you're never going to get away from the town you grew up in. "There's the part you've braced yourself against, and then there's the other part." You can prepare yourself for some of the bad things that happen in your life, but then you'll get blindsided by something else when you least expect it.
And if the place you grew up in is California, of course you're going to be thoroughly sick of Hotel California being mentioned every time you think about leaving.