| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Lately Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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So I listen to this and it makes me think of the kinda dance you're doing with a girl where you're hanging out all the time, fucking ("A pendulum inside of my bed") and having fun but you're not "dating" and as much fun as you have with this girl, you're considering if you would even want to seriously date her or if she would want to seriously date you ("All along the woman's gotta want it"). Lyrics like "I drive forever never get far" and "I paddle through the shadow and fog" hint at a futile situation. "The 45 is slowly getting loaded" shows some awareness that the situation is coming to it's conclusion "The overflow is slow but not enough no" as he's not wholly satisfied with her. Maybe because he knows he's not the only guy in the picture ("We all walk your pavement", "To ponder all of those who came before me") or there is another incompatibility ("The light of day will never tell lies"). The situation could be rectified by an honest conversation ("If I call you lately, I could be your man") but he doesn't want to have this kind of serious conversation with her ("I shut it down the look in my eyes") because there's still so much more out there ("California mountains in the mornin, stitch it up and get it all") so ultimately it's just another experience in the journey of life ("Another piece for building my arch"). I'll go one step further and suggest that the usage of John's backing vocals in the chorus implies that this feeling is mutual even if neither of them know the other one feels the same way. |
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