Well I don't believe that there is ANY hyper specific story behind this song. Good lyrics are poetry and the Dan usually delivers in spades! "Babylon Sisters" obviously refers to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Both cities are referred to in each verse. The verses themselves are loose brushstrokes referencing decadence, from simply driving with loud music blaring (Sunset to the sea) to love triangles (loves not a game for three) on to the inevitable reflection on what has gone down (watches his bridges burn). We're forced to fill in the details and looks like many here have.
The chorus is brilliant - Babylon Sister (LA or SanFran) Shake it (both cities are earthquake centers!) so fine (they are two beautiful cities) so young ( yes they are two of the youngest cities in the world, relatively speaking) tell me I'm the only one (another decadence reference, completeing the pun they'd begun with so fine so young;))
Well I don't believe that there is ANY hyper specific story behind this song. Good lyrics are poetry and the Dan usually delivers in spades! "Babylon Sisters" obviously refers to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Both cities are referred to in each verse. The verses themselves are loose brushstrokes referencing decadence, from simply driving with loud music blaring (Sunset to the sea) to love triangles (loves not a game for three) on to the inevitable reflection on what has gone down (watches his bridges burn). We're forced to fill in the details and looks like many here have. The chorus is brilliant - Babylon Sister (LA or SanFran) Shake it (both cities are earthquake centers!) so fine (they are two beautiful cities) so young ( yes they are two of the youngest cities in the world, relatively speaking) tell me I'm the only one (another decadence reference, completeing the pun they'd begun with so fine so young;))