While everyone will have their own assumptions of this song, I presume that it is about drugs. In the very first stanza, it mentions the word ’’colitas’’. Colitas are also known as the bud of marijuana; therefore, I believe that diction sets the mood for the rest of the song. Another example for diction is when they said ‘’bends’’. The Eagles are telling us that the mind is morphed by drugs. In the first refrain of the song, it says ‘’You can find it here’’. I assume the Eagles are talking about drugs when they say ‘’it’’. Later on in the song it says ‘’some dance to forget’’. Marijuana can cause people to forget things for short periods of time. In stanza five, it says ‘’You can checkout any time you like But you can never leave!’’ I assume