"Santa Monica" is a

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, featured on the ''

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'' album. It was released as the second single in

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in June 2005, and as the fourth single in the United States on August 18, 2006. The song was heavily featured in the video game ''Fahrenheit'' (also known as ''Indigo Prophecy'').

Song meaning

The song is written from the point of view of a man who gets home from work and reads a note from his girlfriend telling him that she has left him and went to

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, to try and lead a better life. In the song, the man is looking back on the event and seems to be referring to it in the past tense: "I remember the day when you left for Santa Monica." The video plays with the ambiguity between

and the city of

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, but it's pretty clear it's the street in Los Angeles that is intended. The song has no relation to the 1995 Everclear song of the same name, however Tyler Connolly has stated during their live shows that it is one of the band's favorite songs.

Music video

In the music video, a girl is writing a note to give to her boyfriend before she leaves. When he gets home, she's gone and he's left with the note. He sometimes gets letters and post cards from her about her trip to Santa Monica, while he's home wishing she was with him. While in Santa Monica the girl has a tough time. She is eventually driven to stripping and prostitution. She finally gives up and the last shot in the video is her walking back into her ex-boyfriend's house after finally calling him and saying how miserable her life had become.

Track listing

Canadian single

# "Santa Monica" # "Santa Monica" (acoustic version) # " Got Me Wrong" (

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cover)

U.S. single

# "Santa Monica"

Associates

*The drums in the song "Santa Monica" were played by

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's Daniel Adair. *String Arrangements in "Santa Monica" were by Suzie Katayama.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Santa Monica (Theory Of A Deadman Song) 2005 singles Theory of a Deadman songs Songs written by Tyler Connolly Torch songs 604 Records singles