Lirik lagu Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside dan Terjemahan
Secara lirik, "Otherside" menggali tema kecanduan, kehilangan, dan perjuangan untuk mengatasi konflik batin. Imaji yang kuat dan nada yang sendu mencerminkan siklus pahit kehancuran diri serta pencarian penebusan. Melalui narasinya, lagu ini mengajak pendengar untuk menghadapi sisi gelap kehidupan sambil memberikan secercah harapan agar dapat muncul di sisi lain dari kesulitan.
Lirik Terjemahan
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