Otherside
Red Hot Chili Peppers Lyrics

How long, how long will I slide?
How much longer will I continue to struggle and feel unstable?

Separate my side, I don't
I don't want to be divided or separated from myself.

I don't believe it's bad
I don't think my situation is necessarily negative or harmful.

Slit my throat, it's all I ever
Being self-destructive is the only release I've known.

I heard your voice through a photograph
Your voice resonates with me even through a still image.

I thought it up and brought up the past
I imagined and revisited memories from the past.

Once you know you can never go back
Once you gain awareness, you can't return to ignorance.

I gotta take it on the other side
I have to face my challenges and find a different perspective.

Well, centuries are what it meant to me
It feels like an eternity of pain and struggle to me.

A cemetery where I marry the sea
A metaphorical connection between death and embracing the unknown.

A stranger thing could never change my mind
No unfamiliar or bizarre experience can sway my thoughts.

Pour my life into a paper cup
I invest all my energy and emotions into something fragile and temporary.

The ashtray's full and I'm spillin' my guts
The accumulation of negative experiences is overwhelming me, and I'm expressing it all.

She wanna know am I still a slut?
She questions if I still engage in promiscuous behavior.

I've got to take it on the other side
I must confront these judgments and perceptions from a different angle.

A scarlet starlet and she's in my bed
An attractive and seductive woman is with me intimately.

A candidate for the soulmate bled
Someone who could potentially be my soulmate has caused me pain.

Push the trigger and pull the thread
Indulging in destructive behavior despite being aware of its consequences.

Turn me on, take me for a hard ride
Excite and challenge me, even if it's difficult.

Burn me out, leave me on the other side
Push me to my limits and let me find a new perspective.

I yell and tell it that it's not my friend
I express my frustration and remind myself that it's harmful.

I tear it down, I tear it down and then it's born again
I try to dismantle these destructive patterns, but they always resurface.

Slit my throat, it's all I ever had
Engaging in self-destructive behavior is all I've ever known.

(How long) I don't
I don't know for how much longer.

I don't believe it's bad
I don't necessarily see it as negative.

Slit my throat, it's all I ever had
Engaging in self-destructive behavior is all I've ever known.