Californian Soil Lyrics
I left my soul
On Californian soil
And I left my pride
With that woman by my side
I never had a willing hand
And I never had a plan
But I'm glad I found you here
But I'm glad I've got you here
But I never had a name
And I never felt the same
They keep on trying it on
And they will keep on trying it on
And they will keep on trying it on
And I never felt the same
[Verse 2]
I'm young, I'm old
And so you do what you're told
I never had a willing hand
And so you pack up all your bags
But I'm glad I've got you here
But I'm glad I've got you here
But I never felt the same
And this life is just a game
They keep on trying it on
They keep on trying it on
And they won't keep on trying it on
Until you never feel the same
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Dan’s guitar part is so different. There’s a different kind of energy going on. It was like we had nothing left to lose. Nature and landscape have quite a lot of importance to me in terms of my writing. This is not a comment so much on California, but it was meant to be about something really, really beautiful, a landscape or a place. But then my lyrics are quite dark. I guess that’s what I wanted to say throughout the whole album, and it starts with “Californian Soil”.
It means so much to us as a band. It’s about many different things, but mainly it’s about finding yourself. Being lost in chaos and coming out on the other side
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Making this song was a real turning point for us as a band. So much so we decided to name the album after this song too 🤗
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“Californian Soil” sums up the metaphor for the whole record, something stunningly beautiful that everyone aspires to, but maybe has a dark underbelly to it
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- 1.Intro
- 2.Californian Soil
- 3.Missing
- 9.All My Love
- 10.Talking
- 11.I Need the Night
- 12.America
- 13.By The Way
- 14.Lagoon
- 15.Eternal Flame
