anonymous January 24th, 2009 03:31PM  
first of all, its alderaan not alderson. Alderaan the planet princess Leia was from in Star Wars. Alderaan was destroyed by The Empire, implying that the world is being destroyed.

vitja February 24th, 2009 10:11PM  
Ok, english isn't my mothertongue, but I'll try: I think that the essential text line for the sound mood is in verses "...the tidal waves could't save the world from californication..." (-ruffly or exactly): So, it's about spookiness of the way of living in USA and in California (actually-in the West in general), which started with the invasion of the europeians (who then made the genocide killing the natives, etc, etc, until the present structure of society in California)which was PREDESTINED, since it happened, which shows even more spooky and mercyless picture of the world and of possible Creator which allowes such things...THAT is a aroma of our world, not the idilic children church singing... Funny enough-the group and the singer ARE from L.A. and from that very culture, not just that but-they MAKE LIVING exactly by fokusing on California things... And finaly: I have a hunger to understand singer's world view, he's giving it in many songs, especially in in Give It Away, in Higher Ground: Is there anywhere a proffesional analysis of his texts, like they study Dilans text in universities? Take care.

anonymous April 23rd, 2009 07:31PM  
Oh my. This song is about a lot of things but centers around the influence of Hollywood on the world.

Psychic spies from China-Try to steal your mind's elation
(The entire world wants the influence and power Cali has)
Little girls from Sweden-Dream of silver screen quotations
(Everyone wants to be a Star)
And if you want these kind of dreams-It's Californication
(To have that power and own that dream, You have to adapt to Cali's lifestyle)

It's the edge of the world-And all of western civilization
(Farthest Location West... Except HI but who cares about HI)
The sun may rise in the East-At least it settles in the finer location
(Burn on New York)
It's understood that Hollywood-sells Californication
(Hollywood sells a lifestyle)

Pay your surgeon very well-To break the spell of aging
(Plastic Surgery)
Celebrity skin is this your chin-Or is that war your waging
(Metaphor for the need of perfection)

First born unicorn
(A fantasy, A Dream)
Hard core soft porn
(A secondary Career)

Marry me girl be my fairy to the world
(Marrying a girl to make your dreams come true)
Be my very own constellation
(being a star- if only just to myself)
A teenage bride with a baby inside-Getting high on information
(Innocence corrupted, looking for answers)
And buy me a star on the boulevard
(Walk Of Fame)

Space may be the final frontier
But it's made in a Hollywood basement
(Anything can come true with a little Hollywood Magic)
Cobain can you hear the spheresthe world)
(Cobain -From Nirvana- Being praised by
Singing songs off station to station
And Alderon's not far away
(Princess Leia's home planet)

Born and raised by those who praise
(taught to follow pop culture blindly)
Control of population everybody's been there
I don't mean on vacation

Destruction leads to a very rough road
But it also breeds creation
And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar
They're just another good vibration
(Saying that Earthquakes to Cali-Natives are not big deal-- Good Vibration is a metaphor for masturbation saying she does what ever makes her feel good without thinking what it does to others)
And tidal waves couldn't save the world
From Californication

Pay your surgeon very well
To break the spell of aging
Sicker than the rest
There is no test
But this is what you're craving
(wanting to be just like the people you love to hate)

anonymous October 12th, 2009 03:08AM  
Someone mentioned somewhere here that part of it is talking about the war in Iraq. First of all there in no lyric in the song that sounds like they are talking about an actual war (We can argue for years about how they might be talking about the war against real culture by a superficial sub-culture created by the media). Also it is in no way possible because chronologically the song was released before the war in Iraq and before 9/11. So, there is no way they could ever be talking about the war in Iraq and even though the song is not new, it is not anywhere old enough to be talking about George Bush Senior's interventions in Iraq.

anonymous December 20th, 2009 12:12AM  
California sells sex and brainwashes the people because they pretty much control the way we dress and act because everyone wants to be like them but most of them are fake and plastic.

anonymous February 15th, 2010 11:58AM  
first of all when he says chin hes not refering to china, he means what he says, the actual meaning of the lyric is that the world is so fake and messed up that you cant tell whats what anymore using the face as a metaphor and also the bit about alderans not far away isnt about the world being destroyed but rather a reference to the line "space may be the final frontier but its made in hollywood basement" implying that if the government told people that they had landed a man on alderan the state of the world is so poor that most people would probably belive them.