West Coast

Quick story... I spent 15 minutes last night analyzing song lyrics with Owen. The song was "West Coast" by Coconut Records. Owen wanted to know why he said "I miss you/I'm going back home to the west coast." We created an elaborate story about this guy (and this might be accurate) that he broke up with a girl he loved to move to the east coast. Then he realized he missed her and shouldn't have left. Owen's reaction was charming... "He had a job on the west coast working as a lifeguard at the lake, and moved to the east coast for a regular kind of job." We then concluded it was better to not only be on the west coast, but to work at the lake and be with the person you wanted to be with.

He also really liked the idea that the guy would "talk out loud like you're still around." To quote Owen "It's like he thinks she's still there, and wants to tell her something and then... oops I'm on the east coast now."