You know the Eagle song, well ive always wondered what the lyrics are about and what it means. Ive heard so many different stories about the song I havnt got a clue what is true and was is not!
So what do you think its about? (i love this song btw )

A hotel in california and its such a lovely place. It a hotel review song

I cant even remember all the words, gona go look it up!

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
The 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 checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave!


Purgatory? Your conscience... your very deep tonight terri!

I haven't heard that song in ages and can't really remember it well but wikipedia has this quote so i shall go with this:

Don Henley (one of the writers) called it "our interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles" and later reiterated "it's basically a song about the dark underbelly
of the American dream and about excess in America, which is something we
knew a lot about."

snoopy21 wrote:

had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
’relax,’ said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave!

the human centipede?

Love that song xx

Lol Pinky! Makes sense tho eh!
I heard it was about a mental hospital....ummm! Cba to google though!

Pinky you are hilarious!

lol Pinky, I was thinking of a brothel or whatever the rent-boy equivalent is!

pinkyd wrote:

snoopy21 wrote:

had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
’relax,’ said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave!

the human centipede?

or baby forums?

its about heaven, his ideal of heaven thats my thought anyway

I love the song too.

I have always thought it was about the luring effect that California has one people and how it can be seedy and addictive.

x