Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Great Apes Lyrics
Lyrics Translation
The lyrics of "The Great Apes" explore themes of self-reflection and the complexities of life. Some fans believe that "she" in the song refers to Mother Nature, given the numerous references to animals and natural phenomena within the lyrics.
Song lyrics
She's a box car
Rolling by
Like a black star
In the sky
She's a failure
Once or twice
Like a trailer
Spinning out upon dizzy ice
Flowers fly
When we grow old
Snakes get high
Or so I'm told
She's an eagle
Out on the road
Like my favorite
Beatle everyone
Bought and sold
All my love and half my kisses
Superstar go do the dishes
I just want the great apes to be free
Come on now you lazy cowboy
Heads or tails but not right now, boy
I just want the great apes to be free
She's a rain bird
On the prowl
Like an urge to be yourself
That you won't allow
She's a forest
That we burned
Just a blueprint for a life
That we never learned
Flowers fly
When we grow old
Snakes get high
Or so I'm told
She's a lynch mob
On the street
Take another step
And I will kill the beat
All my love and half my kisses
Superstar go do the dishes
I just want the great apes to be free
Come on now you lazy cowboy
Heads or tails, but not right now, boy
I just want the great apes to be free
She's a bus stop
Glockenspiel
She's a simulation life
That you thought was real
She's an image
That we blurred
It's a pixelated panther
Now let it purr
All my love and half my kisses
Superstar go do the dishes
I just want the great apes to be free
Come on now you lazy cowboy
Heads or tails but not right now, boy
I just want the great apes to be free
I just want the great apes to be free
I just want the great apes to be free