In 1996, Maynard James Keenan envisioned the current state of affairs in Los Angeles:

Some say the end is near

Some say we'll see Armageddon soon

I certainly hope we will

I sure could use a vacation from this

Bullshit three-ring

Circus sideshow of

Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call L.A.

The only way to fix it is to flush it all away

Any fucking time, any fucking day

Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay