Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers Lyrics

Psychic spies from China
People who try to manipulate you and control your thoughts

Try to steal your mind's elation
Attempt to take away your happiness and positivity

And little girls from Sweden
Innocent girls who aspire to be like their favorite celebrities

Dreams of silver screen quotation
Desire to be famous and use popular quotes in everyday life

And if you want these kind of dreams
If you desire this type of lifestyle

It's Californication
You should move to California because it caters to these desires

It's the edge of the world
California is the place where everything happens

And all of western civilization
It represents everything that the western world desires

The sun may rise in the East
Although the sun appears to rise in the east, it ultimately sets in the west

At least it settles in the final location
California is the final destination where everything comes together

It's understood that Hollywood
We all know that Hollywood is the place

Sells Californication
Where desirable dreams are sold and fulfilled

Pay your surgeon very well
Compensate your doctor for helping you look young and beautiful

To break the spell of aging
To remove the effects of getting old

Celebrity skin is this your chin
Inquiring if a celebrity's face is altered or natural

Or is that war your waging
Asking whether they are at war with aging and trying to maintain their youthfulness

First born unicorn
The first of its kind

Hard core soft porn
Something that is both intense and mild

Dream of Californication
Aspire for the California dream

Marry me girl be my fairy to the world
Marry me and help me achieve my dreams

Be my very own constellation
Be the one who leads me to my destiny

A teenage bride with a baby inside
A young girl who is married and pregnant

Getting high on information
Obsessed with gathering knowledge and information

And buy me a star on the boulevard
Purchase a symbolic star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

It's Californication
This is what the California dream is all about

Space may be the final frontier
Outer space is the ultimate and unreachable frontier

But it's made in a Hollywood basement
Even outer space can be achieved and simulated in Hollywood

Cobain can you hear the spheres
A reference to Kurt Cobain, asking if he can hear the heavenly bodies

Singing songs off station to station
Communicating and spreading messages across different mediums

And Alderaan's not far away
A reference to Star Wars where the fictional planet Alderaan once existed

It's Californication
It is all happening in California

Born and raised by those who praise
Influenced by those who have similar aspirations and desires

Control of population everybody's been there and
Everybody is trying to achieve what California offers

I don't mean on vacation
This is not just a temporary escape

Destruction leads to a very rough road
When things fall apart, it can be a difficult and tumultuous journey to heal and rebuild

But it also breeds creation
But with destruction comes the opportunity for new beginnings and creation

And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar
Even earthquakes can make a girl's music sound more exciting

They're just another good vibration
Earthquakes create good vibrations that can be used positively

And tidal waves couldn't save the world
Even natural disasters can't prevent the effects of the Californication dream

From Californication
It is such a strong force

Sicker than the rest
Being more infatuated with the Californian lifestyle than anyone else

There is no test
There is no way to objectively measure or judge this infatuation

But this is what you're craving
This insatiable desire is what you want and need, even if it's not necessarily logical or healthy