Otherside
Red Hot Chili Peppers Lyrics

How long, how long will I slide?
How much longer can I continue to live this way?

Separate my side, I don't
I want to distance myself from this situation.

I don't believe it's bad
I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing.

Slit my throat it's all I ever
This is all I have left to do.

I heard your voice through a photograph
I saw a picture of you and it reminded me of your voice.

I thought it up and brought up the past
I remembered things from our past together.

Once you know you can never go back
Once you know something, you can never un-know it.

I gotta take it on the other side
I have to start moving forward, away from the past.

Centuries are what it meant to me
It felt like centuries had passed since those memories.

A cemetery where I marry the sea
This place feels like a final resting place, where I'm giving up on the past and moving on.

Stranger things could never change my mind
Unexpected events or people cannot change my decision to move on.

Take it on the other side
Keep pushing forward and leaving the past behind.

Pour my life into a paper cup
I'm pouring out all of my emotions and experiences onto this surface.

The ashtray's full and I'm spillin' my guts
It feels like everything is overflowing, like I'm emptying everything out of me.

She wants to know, am I still a slut?
Someone is asking if I have changed, if I'm still the same person.

I've got to take it on the other side
I need to keep moving on and leaving the past behind.

A scarlet starlet and she's in my bed
I'm with a beautiful woman in my bed.

A candidate for a soul mate bled
This woman could be someone I have a deep connection with, but that connection has been lost.

Push the trigger and pull the thread
Make the decision to let go of the past and start fresh.

Turn me on, take me for a hard ride
Get me excited and let's embark on a difficult journey together.

Burn me out, leave me on the other side
Let's push ourselves to the limit and leave the past behind.

I yell and tell it that it's not my friend
I'm frustrated with the situation and I'm expressing that frustration.

I tear it down, I tear it down
I'm going to destroy this negative thing in my life.

And then it's born again
But it seems like it keeps coming back, and I have to keep fighting it.

How long, I don't, I don't believe it's bad
I'm not sure how long I can continue like this, but I don't think it's all bad.

Slit my throat it's all I ever
This is still my only option.