Chorus:
How long, how long will I slide
Seperate my side
I dont, I dont believe its bad
Slittin my throat its 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...

Centurys are what it meant to me
A cemetary where i marry the sea
A stranger thing that never changed my mind
I gotta take it on the other side
I gotta take it on take it on...

Chorus

Pour my life into a paper cup
The ashtrays full and im spilling my gut
She wanna know am i still a slut
I gotta take it on the other side...

A scarlet startlet and shes in my bed
A candidate for the soul mate bled
Push the trigger and i pull the thread
I gotta take it on the other side
Take it on the other side
Take it on
Take it on...

Chorus

Turn me on, take me for a hard ride
Burn me out, leave me on the other side
I yell it tell it that its not my friend
I tear it down, i tear it down
And then it born again

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    i figured id comment this song since no1 else has

    and uhh.. has nobody noticed tht the chilis dont hav a song called how long? these r jst the lyrics for Otherside.

    lol.

    love love xx

    sslowcheetahhon February 23, 2008   Link

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