“Malibu” is the second single from Hole’s third studio album, Celebrity Skin, and was released on December 29, 1998 on Geffen Records.
“Malibu” was one of the Hole’s most commercially and critically successful songs. The song peaked at number three on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, and garnered a...
[Verse 1]
Crash and burn
All the stars explode tonight
How'd you get so desperate?
How'd you stay alive?
Help me, please
Burn the sorrow from your eyes
Oh, come on be alive again
Don't lay down and die
[Chorus]
Hey, hey
You know what to do
Oh, baby, drive away
To Malibu
[Verse 2]
Get well soon
Please don't go any higher
How are you so burnt
When you're barely on fire?
Cry to the angels
I'm gonna rescue you
I'm gonna set you free tonight, baby
Pour over me
[Chorus]
Hey, hey
We're all watching you
Oh, baby, fly away
To Malibu
Cry to the angels
And let them swallow you
Go and part the sea, yeah
In Malibu
[Bridge]
And the sun goes down
I watch you slip away
And the sun goes down
I walk into the waves
And the sun goes down
I watch you slip away
And I would
[Interlude]
And I knew love would tear you apart
Oh, and I knew the darkest secret of your heart
[Chorus]
Hey, hey
I'm gonna follow you
Oh baby, fly away, yeah
To Malibu
Oceans of angels
Oceans of stars
Down by the sea
Is where you drown your scars
[Outro]
I can't be near you
The light just radiates
I can't be near you
The light just radiates
Malibu was written by Courtney Love & Eric Erlandson & Billy Corgan.
Malibu was produced by Michael Beinhorn.