Story Behind The Song
Upon moving back to California, I was reminded that we have very little change of seasons here. Beautiful, yes, but our desire to have our lives always so "pleasant" and "green" can make us forget that death and barren-ness also have deep and essential meaning.
Song Description
Intense, provocative tune that shows the dangers of year-round tropical bliss. Without experiencing the change of seasons in nature, we tend to get freaked out when the seasons change in our own hearts. And so we try to stay 'green' and perfect all year
| Song Length |
5:19 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock, Rock - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Tense, Disturbed |
Subject |
Life, Frustration |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
West Coast Life
People in this West Coast Life
Have a harder time it seems
Facing the seasons of this life, cause they?re
Surrounded only by green.
They?ve never seen the changing of the leaves
Preparing for the void of winter.
It?s all perfect lawns and SUV?s
Trying to push out all discomfort.
(chorus)
They don?t know why
Living things must die, when its
Only flowers all year round.
They don?t understand
This freezing feeling
When its not reflected in the ground.
O yeah, the seasons are part of the plan.
My east coast friend, Brian, has a theory
About the snowfall where he lives, he says,
?If you?ve ever had to suffer and dig yourself from that snow,
then the weather?s teaching you how to give.?
?Cause summer and spring are so one-sided
and the people here reflect this belief:
That pain and ugliness have no meaning
Without the balance winter brings.
(chorus)
Green with their money
Green with their envy
A cosmetic glance towards those below.
Keeping their pain at bay
Keeping the world away but
Never knowing the seasons we know
Yeah and we know?.the seasons are part of the plan.