Otherside is a reflection on addiction and the struggle of the bands member, Hillel Slovak, who passed away from a heroin overdose. The lyrics delve into themes of isolation, despair, and the pursuit of redemption.
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Introduction:
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How long, how long will I slide?
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Separate my siiii-iiide
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I don't, don't believe it's baaa-aaad
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Slittin' my throat it's all I ever
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I heard your voice through a photograph
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I thought it up and brought up the past
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Once you know you can never go back
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* I've got to take it on the otherside
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Centuries are what it meant to me
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A cemetery where I marry the sea
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Stranger things never change my mind
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I've got to take it on the otherside
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Take it on the otherside
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* Take it on
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* Take it on
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How long, how long will I slide?
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Separate my siiii-iiide
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I don't, don't believe it's baaa-aaad
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Slittin' my throat it's all I ever
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Pour my life into a paper cup
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The ashtray's full and I'm spillin' my guts
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She wants to know am I still a slut
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* I've got to take it on the otherside
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Scarlet starlet and she's in my bed
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A candidate for a soul mate bled
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Push the trigger and pull the thread
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I've got to take it on the otherside
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Take it on the otherside
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* Take it on
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* Take it on
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How long, how long will I slide?
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Separate my siiii-iiide
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I don't, don't believe it's baaa-aaad
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Slittin' my throat it's all I ever
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* Turn me on take me for a hard ride
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* Burn me out leave me on the otherside
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* I yell and tell it that it's not my friend
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* I tear it down I tear it down, and then it's born again