The story behind the creation of this song is not clearly documented, but like many Red Hot Chili Peppers songs, it likely explores themes of love, loss, and personal experiences of the band members.
Key: Am
Introduction:
Am
F
C
G
x2
Am
F
I'm an ocean in your bedroom
C
G
Make you feel warm, make you wanna re-assume
Am
F
C
G
Now we know it all for sure.
Am
F
I'm a dancehall, dirty breakbeat
C
G
make the snow fall up from underneath your feet.
Am
F
C
G
Not alone, I'll be there, tell me when you wanna go!
Am
F
I'm a meth lab, first rehab
C
G
Take it all off and step inside the running cab
Am
F
C
G
There's a love that knows the way
Am
F
I'm the rainbow in your jail cell
C
G
All the memories of everything you've ever smelled.
Am
F
C
G
Not alone, I'll be there, tell me when you wanna go!
Am
F
Sideways falling, more will be revealed my friend
C
G
Don't forget me, I can't hide it
Am
F
C
G
Come again get me excited
Am
F
I'm an inbred and a pothead
C
G
Two legs that you spread inside a tool shed
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F
C
G
Now we know it all for sure.
Am
F
I could show you to the free field
C
G
Overcome and more will always be revealed
Am
F
C
G
Not alone, I'll be there, tell me when you wanna go!
Am
F
Sideways falling, more will be revealed my friend
C
G
Don't forget me, I can't hide it
Am
F
C
G
Come again get me excited
Am
F
Sideways falling, more will be revealed my friend
C
G
Don't forget me, I can't hide it
Am
F
C
G
there's a match now let me let me light it
Am
F
C
G
Am
F
I'm the bloodstain on your shirtsleeve
C
G
Coming down and more are coming to believe.
Am
F
C
G
Now we know it all for sure.
Am
F
Make the hair stand up on your arm
C
G
Teach you how to dance inside the funny farm
Am
F
C
G
Not alone, I'll be there, tell me when you wanna go.