How long, how long will I slide?
Separate my side, I don't
I don't believe it's bad
Slit 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 other side
Well, centuries are what it meant to me
A cemetery where I marry the sea
A stranger thing could never change my mind
I gotta take it on the other side
Take it on the other side
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
Slit 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 wanna know am I still a slut?
I've got to take it on the other side
A scarlet starlet and she's in my bed
A candidate for the soulmate bled
Push the trigger and pull the thread
I gotta take it on the other side
Take it on the other side
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
Slit my throat, it's all I ever
Turn me on, take me for a hard ride
Burn me out, leave me on the other side
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
Slit my throat, it's all I ever had
(How long) I don't
I don't believe it's bad
Slit my throat, it's all I ever
Separate my side, I don't
I don't believe it's bad
Slit 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 other side
Well, centuries are what it meant to me
A cemetery where I marry the sea
A stranger thing could never change my mind
I gotta take it on the other side
Take it on the other side
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
Slit 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 wanna know am I still a slut?
I've got to take it on the other side
A scarlet starlet and she's in my bed
A candidate for the soulmate bled
Push the trigger and pull the thread
I gotta take it on the other side
Take it on the other side
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
Slit my throat, it's all I ever
Turn me on, take me for a hard ride
Burn me out, leave me on the other side
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
Slit my throat, it's all I ever had
(How long) I don't
I don't believe it's bad
Slit my throat, it's all I ever
Lyrics submitted by The Marine, edited by dygrvans, thomaswong
Otherside Lyrics as written by John Anthony Frusciante Michael Peter Balzary
Lyrics © MoeBeToBlame, WORDS & MUSIC A DIV OF BIG DEAL MUSIC LLC
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In this metaphorical interpretation, the meaning of Otherside may be the point where you feel healed from the bad, repressive thoughts, the place where you want to be, this is how i interpreted it when i first heard with thought, and not knowing of the drug addiction interpretation.
For the section "she wants to know am i still a slut", it was pretty obvious to me it reffered to depression, because just like drugs, you turn into depression's slut, and you seem to actually get addicted to the feeling of being depressed (just like drug addciotion), so much that you almost enjoy it, "almost" is key here...
And well for the interpretation of the rest of the lyrics, you made a great job, and its pretty much got the same meaning (except for the drug relations), i believe these two things are well related, and since not everyone is a drug addict but everyone get's through up's and down's, this would be a nice way for everyone to interpret it.
As for the "I don't believe it's bad", i see it has refference to the fact that good or bad, it's life, it's all part of what makes us what we are, and we would be only half of what we are, without the duality of good/bad, dark/light (Frusciante's Song), etc... And that we should sort of just "Go with the Flow"
I have a question - well, a theory - about a particular line that I was hoping someone could let me know if I'm on the right track. (or explain it to me ,if I am completely wrong.)
The last line from the chorus: "It's all I ever." It seems like it should be "It's all I ever *HAD*", especialy since the third line ends with "bad" and usually these two sentences would rhyme. Which would mean that "It's all I ever" ends prematurely. It abruptly trails off, like an unfinished thought. Could that be an allusion to nodding off?
Also, the word "had" is the past tense of "have." But since he is using again, he now HAS it, so the past tense 'had' no longer applies.. Like "it's all I ever had" was a mantra he used to repeat, but this time as he says it, he realizes it is no longer true, so he stops himself mid-sentence from finishing....
Have you ever heard someone talk about your DOC and you actually feel a bit jealous? Hey, it’s very difficult if not impossible to tell the difference between a love relationship with another person and an addiction to a specific chemical. Switch out the two and see if you can telll a difference in their desire, their obsession, their LOVE for that person, thing, behavior, etc. What does that say about love?
See you there..love Marcia in Modesto????