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“Los Angeles” places the juxtaposition of the two images the city of Los Angeles has: one of fame, fortune, and beautiful beaches and one of the dark, dirty and dangerous places. The song slightly departures from the iconic Blink sound and incorporates a grimmer melody.
[Verse 1: Matt Skiba & Mark Hoppus]
Day in, day out, up at 3AM with the
Searchlights shining down
Day in, day out, it's the blinding light
Underneath the dirt downtown
Whoa, listen to the sound as they
Bomb the Sixth Street bridge
Whoa, listen to the sound of the
Voices south of Fifth
[Chorus: Matt Skiba and Mark Hoppus]
Hey, Los Angeles, when will you save me?
Los Angeles, when will you save me?
Los Angeles, when will you save me?
Los Angeles, I'm never coming home
[Post-Chorus: Matt Skiba]
I'm never coming home, I'm never coming
[Verse 2: Matt Skiba & Mark Hoppus]
Come down (Come down), I've been awake for days
Knocked out (Knocked out), by the sound of falling rain
Come down, yeah, we'll watch the sun just burn away the sky
We'll watch the city lights die out up on Mulholland Drive
[Chorus: Matt Skiba]
Los Angeles, when will you save me?
Los Angeles, when will you save me?
Los Angeles, when will you save me?
Los Angeles, I'm never coming home
[Bridge: Mark Hoppus]
Wake me when this war is over
Meet me where the skyline ends
Wake me when this war is over
Meet me where the skyline ends
Wake me when this war is over
Meet me where the skyline ends
[Chorus: Matt Skiba]
Los Angeles, when will you save me?
Los Angeles, when will you save me?
Los Angeles, when will you save me?
Los Angeles, I'm never coming home
[Post-Chorus: Matt Skiba]
I'm never coming home
I'm never coming home
I'm never coming home
I'm never coming home
Los Angeles was written by Matt Skiba & Mark Hoppus & John Feldmann & Travis Barker.
Los Angeles was produced by John Feldmann.
blink-182 released Los Angeles on Fri Jul 01 2016.
In a track by track breakdown recorded for NME, guitarist Matt Skiba said:
Everyday we’d go into the studio, we weren’t really sure what we were going to come up with. We had so many different kinds of songs. But ‘Los Angeles’ was the first, kind of, departure from what I think people would think o...