West Of California - Music

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: West of California

The-Brobecks - Goodnight And Have A Pleasant Tomorrow

Sung And Written By Member Micheal Gross This Song Is About The Overwhelmingly Negative Emotions During The Period After/leading Up To A Breakup With Someone You Love D Deeply And The Ever-Present Desire To Cease To Exist. Gross' Lyrics Insinuate Not Only Devastating Heartbreak But Also The Possibility Of Suicide Specifically The Lines "I'll Make A Home Inside Of The Ocean//West Of California Where It's Warm " Which Is Assumed To Be A Reference To The Expression 'swimming With The Fishes ' Implying Death . There Is A Very Sincere Undertone To The Song However Gross Invites His Lover To His New Home In The "ocean " But Reminds Them That It's Just A "visit" And That They Can Leave "You Can Visit Me If You Want To//If You Think It Suits You Under There" . This Sincerity Is Also Evident In Gross' Desire To Choose A Relatively Pleasant Exile- A "warm" Ocean As Opposed To A Cold One. All He Wants Is Peace. The Heavy And Agonizing Lyrics Are Greatly Juxtaposed By The Light And Almost Cheery Instrumentals. This Adds To The Sincerity And Wholeheartedness Of The Song Since The Lyrics Address The Past Lover Directly Through The Use Of The Pronoun "you " The Song Comes Off As A Genuine Expression Of Love And The Resulting Suffering. Gross Delivers The Song As Positively As He Can Almost So As To Not Upset His Past Lover. Although None Of These Implications Are Confirmed This Song Is Undoubtedly One Of The Saddest Brobecks Songs If Not One Of The Saddest Most Sincere Songs To Ever Be Written.