Lirik lagu Red Hot Chili Peppers - This Is the Place dan Terjemahan
"This Is the Place" menggali emosi yang dalam, mengangkat tema cinta, kehilangan, dan keinginan untuk dikenang. Liriknya menyampaikan rasa duka dan refleksi, dengan baris yang menyentuh "on the day my best friend died I could not get my copper clean" yang mengungkapkan momen kehancuran emosional. Struktur lagu ini ditandai dengan vokal harmonis dan aransemen melodius yang berkembang melalui berbagai tahap.
Lirik Terjemahan
This is the place where all the junkies go
Where time gets fast but everything gets slow
Can I get some Vaseline? Step into a modern scene
Take a chance on that which seems to be the making of a dream
I don't wanna do it like my daddy did
I don't wanna give it to my baby's kid
This is my calling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
Hammers are falling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
This is the place where all the devils plead
Their case to take from you what they need
Can I isolate your gene? Can I kiss your dopamine?
In a way I wonder if she's living in a magazine
I don't wanna say it if it isn't so
I don't wanna weigh it but I've got to know
This is my calling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
Hammers are falling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-whoa-whoa
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-whoa-whoa
I saw you out there yesterday, what did you wanna say?
A perfect piece of DNA caught in a flashing ray
I caught you out there in the fray, what did you wanna say?
A master piece of DNA caught in a flashing ray
Can I smell your gasoline?
Can I pet your wolverine?
On the day my best friend died
I could not get my copper clean
I don't wanna take it up with little Joe
I don't wanna fake it but I've gotta know
This is my calling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
Hammers are falling, I said, my darling
Shocking, appalling all I can do to you
I am a misfit, I'm born with all of it
The fucking ultimate of love inside the atom split
I'm in a flash ray, a mash of DNA
Another popping Jay who thinks he's got something to say
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-whoa-whoa
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-whoa-whoa