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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 place)
Such a lovely face.
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (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 place)
Such a lovely face.
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (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
They 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 check out any time you like,
But you can never leave!'
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Seems like such a lovely place until you actually live there.

Yet those miserable from living there would tell you how nice it is.

Cocaine.
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If I had to guess....heroin. Or it's all meant to be taken literally and there was/is a hotel in California that's weird af
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It's about six and a half minutes long, about a third of which is a badass Felder/Walsh duo-solo at the end.

I always thought it was about dangers and temptations involved in a rock and roll life and how once the door is opened it's never really closed
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a metaphor for how the eagles suck
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It's a cliche, but it really does seem like a lot of the imagery and metaphors are for drug addiction.

It's about how great drugs seem at first, but it's hard to stop.
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It's a 1 star Yelp review with a two minute guitar solo.
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The short version is: Dude gets high, wrecks his car or motorcycle, goes to hell.

The tubby temptress

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This:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus-eaters
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Superficially addiction, then a take on the Rock and roll industry.

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