Psychic spies from China
Try to steal your mind elation
Little girls from Sweden
Dream of silver screen quotations
And if you want these kind of dreams
Its Californication

It’s the edge of the world
And all of western civilization
The sun may rise in the east
At least it settles in a final location
It’s understood that Hollywood
Sells Californication

Pay your surgeon very well
To break the spell of aging
Celebrity skin is this your chin
Or is that war your waging

First born unicorn
Hard core soft porn
Dream of Californication
Dream of Cailfornication

Marry me, girl, be the fairy to the world
Be my very own constellation
A teenage bride with a baby inside
Getting high on information
And buy me a star on the boulevard
It’s Californication

Space may be the final frontier
But it’s made in a Hollywood basement
Cobain can you hear the spheres
Singing songs off station to station
And Alderaan’s not far away
It’s Californication

Born and raised by those who praise
Control of population everybody’s been there and
I don’t mean on vacation

First born unicorn
Hard core soft porn
Dream of Californication
Dream of Cailfornication

Destruction leads to a very rough road
But it also breeds creation
And earthquakes are to a girl’s guitar
They are just another good vibration
And tidal waves couldn’t save the world
From Califonication

Pay your sugeon very well
To break the signs of aging
Sicker than the rest
There is no test
But this is what you’re craving

First born unicorn
Hard core soft porn
Dream of Californication
Dream of Cailfornication



Lyrics submitted by The Marine, edited by Yazardshir

Track duration: 05:30


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  • +1
    General Comment:while I'm reading this lyric, there are some commercials like "universal Hollywood studio" and "laser surgery institution" on page !!! maybe "your comments cant save songmeanings from Californication"
    Flag Yazardshiron March 28, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:Hard to know you were fucked up and wrote the best lyrics of your life. You will never top this.

    Long live Keidis
    Flag bkabbotton March 07, 2013   Link
  • +3
    General Comment:I think it is pretty obvious.

    The song is about everything that is wrong with hollywood.
    Everything is fake, everyone is made by plastic surgery.
    And Hollywood is changing the ideals of little girls from "unicorns" to "hardcore softporn"

    The song is also sceptical about hollywood being so nationalistic about the USA.

    Sorry for bad english.
    Flag Jonah95on September 07, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:"And Cobain can you hear the spheres singing songs off Station to Station?"

    Who, or what, are, "the spheres?"
    Flag formeaton August 25, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:even though this song was made a while ago, it is very similar to the current situation in our society, the media and our world. great song, a classic!
    Flag robformalon August 02, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:even though this song was made a while ago, it is very similar to the current situation in our society, the media and our world. great song, a classic!
    Flag robformalon August 02, 2012   Link
  • 0
    Link(s):allof of stuff in here but mostly: west is not california but america> and just like Alderaan, this is the destruction of america
    youtube.com/…
    Flag duane2064on July 05, 2012   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:This song is amongst the most well written songs I have ever come across. It combines the fantasy dreams that are associated with California to our internal desires and dreams.

    Psychic spies of china try to steal your minds elation
    (products made in China that create a synthetic and temporary high)
    little girls from sweden dream of silver screen flotation
    (referring to the pornography business in hollywood, and swedish pornstars)
    If you have these kind of dreams its californication

    The end of the world and all of western civilization
    (looking on a map, california is the most western placed state and place)
    The sun may rise in the east, but it settles in the final location (the west)
    if you want these kind of dreams its californication

    Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of aging
    (plastic surgery reference to stay young)
    Celelbrity win is this your win or is this war your waging
    (how much are you willing to put on the line)
    First born unicorn (you can be unique)
    Hardcore softcore porn (the reality)

    More of the references include, the conspiracy of the first moon landing being staged in a basement, being slaves to the concept of self-fulfillment and more. A great reference for anyone who is looking for more should read Anthony Keidis's book "Scar Tissue"

    Peace and Love!
    Flag doronee11on June 21, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Listened to this song a few times but never took the time to really listen to the lyrics. I don't think it's a difficult song to decipher. I think it's about wanting superficiality...desiring that which is empty stuff (the wrapping paper of life). We want instant beauty but not the kind that is from nature (or God). We want...period.
    Flag ILUVUon May 27, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:I saw these guys live in STL on 5/25/12 and on the screen behind the band it showed pills like falling during the refrain and in a few parts it showed pill bottles with "happiness", "beauty", etc. on the labels. It was one of the coolest things I've ever seen! That really confirmed my opinion about how people try to "Californiacate" themselves to become the perfect person when they're really just destroying themselves, hence the drug reference.
    Flag AmericanaFUBARon May 27, 2012   Link

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