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ELI5: The lyrics to Hotel California

Edit: Wow, I never expected it to be this popular. Thanks, everyone!
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I always thought that this song was about drugs, and that the "hotel" is the metaphorical place you go when you are high.


He is felling depressed about something (dark desert highway) A girl introduce him to drugs (she showed me the way), it's great at first (such a lovely place, any time of year, etc ...).

He meets other drug addicts (some dance to remember, some dance to forget), have parties with the captain, and slowly take the road of addiction (we are all just prisoners here, of our own device).
At some point he realizes that drugs is not a solution to any of his problem or in fact any problem (they just can't kill the beast).

So he's running for the door, and tries to quit drugs. You can indeed try to quit drugs for some time (you can check out anytime you like), but you will have that addiction deep in your body and mind for the rest of your life (you can never leave [the hotel])


So TIL that there are other reasonable explanations.