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Hip, hip (x 4)
When you're on a holiday
You can't find the words to say
All the things that come to you
And I want to feel it too
On an island in the sun
We'll be playin' and havin' fun
And it makes me feel so fine
I can't control my brain
Hip, hip (x 2)
When you're on a golden sea
You don't need no memory
Just a place to call your own
As we drift into the zone
On an island in the sun
We'll be playin' and havin' fun
And it makes me feel so fine
I can't control my brain
We'll run away together
We'll spend some time forever
We'll never feel that anymore
Hip, hip (x 3)
On an island in the sun
We'll be playin' and havin' fun
And it makes me feel so fine
I can't control my brain
We'll run away together
We'll spend some time forever
We'll never feel that anymore
Hip, hip
We'll never feel that anymore
Hip, hip
No, no
Hip, hip
We'll never feel that anymore
Hip, hip
No, no
Hip, hip
No, no
When you're on a holiday
You can't find the words to say
All the things that come to you
And I want to feel it too
On an island in the sun
We'll be playin' and havin' fun
And it makes me feel so fine
I can't control my brain
Hip, hip (x 2)
When you're on a golden sea
You don't need no memory
Just a place to call your own
As we drift into the zone
On an island in the sun
We'll be playin' and havin' fun
And it makes me feel so fine
I can't control my brain
We'll run away together
We'll spend some time forever
We'll never feel that anymore
Hip, hip (x 3)
On an island in the sun
We'll be playin' and havin' fun
And it makes me feel so fine
I can't control my brain
We'll run away together
We'll spend some time forever
We'll never feel that anymore
Hip, hip
We'll never feel that anymore
Hip, hip
No, no
Hip, hip
We'll never feel that anymore
Hip, hip
No, no
Hip, hip
No, no
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Throw back to my Mary-Kate and Ashley days.. One of my favorite songs.
ppl die and go to heaven, so they don't need to feel bad anymore.
Hip hip
Hip hip
Hip hip
When you're on a holiday
You can't find the words to say
All the things that come to you
And I want to feel it too
On an island in the sun
We'll be playing and having fun
And it makes me feel so fine
I can't control my brain
Hip hip
Hip hip
When you're on a golden sea
You don't need no memory
Just a place to call your own
As we drift into the zone
On an island in the sun
We'll be playing and having fun
And it makes me feel so fine
I can't control my brain
We'll run away together
We'll spend some time forever
We'll never feel bad anymore
Hip hip
Hip hip
Hip hip
On an island in the sun
We'll be playing and having fun
And it makes me feel so fine
I can't control my brain
We'll run away together
We'll spend some time forever
We'll never feel bad anymore
Hip hip
We'll never bad anymore
No no
We'll never bad anymore
No no
No no
No no
I think "hip" is a reference to the slang meaning to smoke opiates, and that "I can't control my brain" is a reference to wanting to revisit or to "enter the zone", not to get high but to perceive alternate possibilities than reality cannot offer. This can be seen in:
"When you're on a holiday
You can't find the words to say
All the things that come to you
And I want to feel it too"
As far as the way the song sounds, I pick up a touch of melancholy from the chord progression and the angst in Rivers' voice suggesting that although this form of escape can yield positive outcomes it can also leave one homesick for reality.
which means it sucks.