HOLLYWOOD ZOMBIE
Hollywood Zombie: Escaping Reality in California
Lyrics
Everybody wants to run away
Expression of the common desire to escape or seek refuge.
to California
California is portrayed as a desired destination.
Cause New York is colder than it used to be
New York is depicted as colder, possibly metaphorically, less welcoming or harsher.
The city of angels will swallow you whole
Caution about the challenging nature of Los Angeles, metaphorically using "city of angels."
But you'll still go anyway
Despite challenges, the person will still pursue the journey.
Cause this world is falling apart at the seams
Commentary on the perceived disintegration of the world.
You can try and sew it up with drugs and alcohol and palm trees
Suggests attempts to mend the broken world with substances and superficial pleasures.
Your fake friends will take you party's
Fake friends and shallow relationships are formed.
Where nobody will even know your name
Parties where anonymity is preserved, reflecting a desire for escape.
So smile and wave
Encouragement to maintain a façade despite personal struggles.
Keep it together as they walk by
The act of keeping composure in public.
Don't let them that you're broke
Hide financial struggles from others.
That you're somebody else
Identity crisis: portraying oneself as someone else.
You're just a ghost in a body
Feeling detached from one's own existence.
Another Hollywood zombie
Labeling oneself as a conformist in Hollywood, losing individuality.
I see you fit right in with the wrong crowd
Association with negative influences and engaging in risky behavior.
And started doing new drugs
Experimentation with new substances but dealing with the same doubts.
with the same doubts in some strangers house
Activities in an unfamiliar environment.
Is it everything you thought it be
Rhetorical questions about the fulfillment of expectations.
Do you finally love yourself
Reflection on self-love and acceptance.
Is it getting any easier
Questioning the ease of conforming to societal expectations.
Being everybody else
The struggle of losing one's true identity by trying to fit in.
Wish I could remember the old you
Nostalgia for the genuine self, if it ever existed.
But then again I don't even know if that was the real you
Doubt about the authenticity of past connections.
Back when I really thought I knew you
Reflecting on a time when the speaker believed they understood the person.
Cause you were good at lying
Accusation of deception by the person being addressed.
I was good at being lied to
Admission of being deceived willingly or unknowingly.
And I was always hiding
Concealing one's true self as a coping mechanism.
how I never really liked you
You never told me the truth
The person's history of not being truthful.
You never followed through with anything
Failure to fulfill promises or commitments.
You never followed through
Repetition of the lack of follow-through, emphasizing unreliability.
You never told me the truth
You never followed through with anything
Continuation of the theme of unreliability and broken promises.
You never followed through
Reiteration of disappointment in unfulfilled commitments.
You're just a ghost in a body
Reiteration of feeling like an empty shell in Hollywood.
Another Hollywood zombie
There's only one way through California
Highlighting the extreme measures one might take to succeed in California.
You can sell your soul, cut off an arm or two
Metaphorical expression of sacrificing one's integrity for success.
They'll eat you alive if you come out at night
Warning about the dangers lurking in the pursuit of success, especially at night.
But you'll do it anyway
Despite the risks, the person is willing to face the unknown.
To forgot the life that you once knew
Desire to forget the past and embrace a new life.
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