"Otherside" lyrics

"Otherside"

How long, how long will I slide?
Well, separate my side
I don't, I don't believe it's bad
Slittin' my throat, it's all I ever

I heard your voice through a photograph
I thought it up and brought up the past
Once you know you can never go back
I gotta take it on the otherside
Well, centuries are what it meant to me
A cemetery where I marry the sea
The stranger things that never change my mind
I gotta take it on the otherside

Take it on the otherside
Take it on, take it on

How long, how long will I slide?
A-separate my side
I don't, I don't believe it's bad
A-slittin' my throat, it's all I ever

Pour my life into a paper cup
The ashtray's full and I'm spillin' my guts
She want to know am I still a slut?
I gotta take it on the otherside
A scarlet starlet and she's in my bed
A candidate for my soul mate bled
Mmm, push the trigger and I pull the thread
I gotta take it on the otherside

Take it on the otherside
Take it on, take it on

How long, how long will I slide?
Separate my side
I don't, I don't believe it's bad
A-slittin' my throat, it's all I ever

Turn me on, take me for a hard ride
Burn me out, leave me on the otherside
I yell and tell it that it's not my friend
I tear it down, I tear it down, and then it's born again

How long, how long will I slide?
Separate my side
I don't, I don't believe it's bad
A-slittin' my throat, it's all I ever had

(How long?)
I don't, I don't believe it's sad
A-slittin' my throat, it's all I ever


Writer(s): Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith, Flea, John Frusciante, Michael Peter Balzary
The third single from their album "Californication". It is one of their top-ten most-performed songs.
These lyrics refer to former band member Hillel Slovak, who died of a heroin overdose on the 25th of June 1988.
The single of this song peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the US Modern Rock Tracks.
The music video was shot in black-and-white Gothic style and shows a young man's dream sequence. It was inspired by Robert Wiene's film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1920).
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