Otherside

"Otherside" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, released in 2000.[1] It was the third single from their album Californication, and confronts the battles ex-junkies have with their prior addictions. The single was highly successful peaking at number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100, the fourth highest ever for the band; and number one on the US Modern Rock Tracks, which was at the time the fifth for the band. The song remained at number one on this chart for thirteen consecutive weeks, one of the longest runs at the top of that chart. In addition, the song was featured in the 1999 Van Damme film, Universal Soldier: The Return.

[Chorus] 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 [Verse 1] I heard your voice through a photograph I thought it up it brought up the past Once you know you can never go back I gotta take it on the otherside [Verse 2] 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 otherside [Pre-Chorus] Take it on the otherside Take it on, take it on [Chorus] 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 [Verse 3] 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 [Verse 4] A scarlet starlet and she's in my bed A candidature for the soul mate bled Mmm, push the trigger and I pull the thread I gotta take it on the otherside [Pre-Chorus] Take it on the otherside Take it on, take it on [Chorus] 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 [Instrumental Break] [Bridge] 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 [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] 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 [Outro] (How long?) I don't, I don't believe it’s sad A-slittin' my throat, is all I ever