To me, this song represents the despise you develop for a city in which you've lived for too long and/or have had too many negative experiences in. The protagonist of the song is obviously an introvert who spends his time observing things and has therefore come to a conclusion others fail to see.
His sensibility to his surrounding has led him to a deep hatred for the city he finds himself lost in.
We learn that he prefers to listen to conversations instead of being an active component of them; he sticks to walls and makes himself invisible in hollywood, one of if not the most attention-grabbing place in the world.
Even when he finds himself in Lexington and Vine he seems disinterested, at least for the superficial attractions tourists long to see. Instead, he becomes a passive part of Lexington neighborhood and develops an interest for the hopeless existence of pimps and prostitutes in a place that's supposed to make dreams come true. The lack of desired change of his city disappoints him to the point that he directly lashes out on L.A. for being a city which was already founded on dishonesty and couldn't find it's way out of it's covered misery. Admitting that some artists found success in this city,he also remarks the beings who found nothing but decay and whose tragic story stays in the shadow of the few succeeded
Though he hates his city so much, he stays there as a "fire escape", to warn ingenious newcomer that they should escape, and to save lost souls. Finally, even though he hates L.A, he stays there to not give up on the people who still believe in it's false idyll
Besides, Mark Foster tried to create a band in L.A and played in various Bars and Pubs to attract some attention, but no one recognized his talent. Spending his life alone in such a big and superficially glamourous city without getting anywhere, he found an escape in drugs. So I guess his antipathy for L.A sterns from this...
To me, this song represents the despise you develop for a city in which you've lived for too long and/or have had too many negative experiences in. The protagonist of the song is obviously an introvert who spends his time observing things and has therefore come to a conclusion others fail to see. His sensibility to his surrounding has led him to a deep hatred for the city he finds himself lost in. We learn that he prefers to listen to conversations instead of being an active component of them; he sticks to walls and makes himself invisible in hollywood, one of if not the most attention-grabbing place in the world. Even when he finds himself in Lexington and Vine he seems disinterested, at least for the superficial attractions tourists long to see. Instead, he becomes a passive part of Lexington neighborhood and develops an interest for the hopeless existence of pimps and prostitutes in a place that's supposed to make dreams come true. The lack of desired change of his city disappoints him to the point that he directly lashes out on L.A. for being a city which was already founded on dishonesty and couldn't find it's way out of it's covered misery. Admitting that some artists found success in this city,he also remarks the beings who found nothing but decay and whose tragic story stays in the shadow of the few succeeded Though he hates his city so much, he stays there as a "fire escape", to warn ingenious newcomer that they should escape, and to save lost souls. Finally, even though he hates L.A, he stays there to not give up on the people who still believe in it's false idyll
Besides, Mark Foster tried to create a band in L.A and played in various Bars and Pubs to attract some attention, but no one recognized his talent. Spending his life alone in such a big and superficially glamourous city without getting anywhere, he found an escape in drugs. So I guess his antipathy for L.A sterns from this...