I started a songmeanings.net account to write this comment, and I listen to the song as I write it.
Many reviewers on here write decent interpretations, but I think many are too literal (i.e. - "its about heroin") or too abstract (i.e. "all songs are up to opinions"). This song definitely has a point. The point is that there are forces out there - whether people, drugs, LA, emotions - that work to make you do things. Angeles as a force here is kind of like the devil, telling you "I can make you satisfied in everything you do." This is a muse singing to someone - telling you they will take care of you, "no one's gonna fool around with us" But it is a destructive muse. Elliott knows it is a bad muse. Maybe it is LA. Maybe it is drugs. Maybe it is a person. Doesn't really matter. It is a force that is ALWAYS trailing some new kill. Someone new to hypnotize into their world with promises of fame and money and beauty. And this pursuit is NOT a game...it is skill. Like the devil in "Sympathy for the Devil" by The Rolling Stones, this is a deliberate pursuit.
What I appreciate about this song the most is that he sings in 2 voices: his own voice at the beginning, describing the situation he is in as he sits watching Angeles woo his prey ("Someone's always coming around here trailing some new kill), and in the first person voice OF Angeles at the end ("I could make you satisfied in everything you do / All your "secret wishes" could right now be coming true).
He is watching it go down: to himself and to everyone.
I started a songmeanings.net account to write this comment, and I listen to the song as I write it.
Many reviewers on here write decent interpretations, but I think many are too literal (i.e. - "its about heroin") or too abstract (i.e. "all songs are up to opinions"). This song definitely has a point. The point is that there are forces out there - whether people, drugs, LA, emotions - that work to make you do things. Angeles as a force here is kind of like the devil, telling you "I can make you satisfied in everything you do." This is a muse singing to someone - telling you they will take care of you, "no one's gonna fool around with us" But it is a destructive muse. Elliott knows it is a bad muse. Maybe it is LA. Maybe it is drugs. Maybe it is a person. Doesn't really matter. It is a force that is ALWAYS trailing some new kill. Someone new to hypnotize into their world with promises of fame and money and beauty. And this pursuit is NOT a game...it is skill. Like the devil in "Sympathy for the Devil" by The Rolling Stones, this is a deliberate pursuit.
What I appreciate about this song the most is that he sings in 2 voices: his own voice at the beginning, describing the situation he is in as he sits watching Angeles woo his prey ("Someone's always coming around here trailing some new kill), and in the first person voice OF Angeles at the end ("I could make you satisfied in everything you do / All your "secret wishes" could right now be coming true).
He is watching it go down: to himself and to everyone.
Winner winner, chicken dinner.
Winner winner, chicken dinner.
@unicornlover69 Yeah exactly, shouldn't be viewed so literal. The lyrics were gathered over a long period from different thoughts at different times.
@unicornlover69 Yeah exactly, shouldn't be viewed so literal. The lyrics were gathered over a long period from different thoughts at different times.
@unicornlover69 Yeah exactly, shouldn't be viewed so literal. The lyrics were gathered over a long period from different thoughts at different times.
@unicornlover69 Yeah exactly, shouldn't be viewed so literal. The lyrics were gathered over a long period from different thoughts at different times.
@unicornlover69 Yeah exactly, shouldn't be viewed so literal. The lyrics were gathered over a long period from different thoughts at different times.
@unicornlover69 Yeah exactly, shouldn't be viewed so literal. The lyrics were gathered over a long period from different thoughts at different times.