Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge

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  General Comment:I always thought it was about a homeless guy.

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  General Comment:Keidis left a worthy girl and blamed drugs. Needles under the bridge.

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    He was depressed cause Flea and John smoked weed and chilled and he wasn't part of it.

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  General Comment:Amazing song, Amazing lyrics, So much made up bullshit about what these lyrics mean, If you want to find out what they actually mean, get his book 'Scar Tissue', it's explained in there. It's also an amazing book that I would highly recommend .

  Flag Gutterzon February 02, 2013   Link

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  General Comment:I know the real meaning of the song as it relates to Anthony's drug habit but it has a real meaning to me too.
  My wife had left me for someone else and filed for divorce. I moved to a place of my own in a city miles away. At that time I had few local friends and was very alone. There was one day when I was gripped with loneliness unlike anything I had ever known. I set about to make sure I never felt like that again.
  I would spend many hours walking the streets and neighborhoods.
  I really loved the city. It was beautiful and I almost felt that the city loved me too. It was all I had.
  I heard this song again recently and boy did it hit home. I felt like that at one time and sometimes still do. Almost exactly except for last verses.
  i especially love when he says "It's hard to believe there's nobody out there. It's hard to believe that I'm all alone". That was me.
  
  But the city, she loved me and I wasn't alone.
  
  Sound a little crazy even to me sometimes but it sure makes me relate to this song.

  Flag mpw604on October 21, 2012   Link

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  My Opinion:This is one of my most favorite songs of any gener.
  
  Eveyone has felt the feeling of loneliness or isolation. Its not a good feeling!
  
  He makes refrence that he found companionship in the great city of Los Angeles.
  
  Maybe he's making refrence to drugs, but whatever the refrence is, I think a lot of people can relate to makeing self destructive decioness at low times.
  
  I like how he is alomst bragging about his new found companion, alomst like he saying to whoever it is that caused him this pain; "I dont need you!"

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  My Opinion:This is my favorite song of all time, and when I am doing something (usually menial labor) or I'm bored I will just randomly start singing this.

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  My Opinion:i think the gutair solo at the beginning and the end of this song is awesome, the skill is amazing!

  Flag robformalon August 02, 2012   Link

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  General Comment:this song is about anthony's drug addiction to heroin i believe, under a bridge where he bought the drug. I believe it glorifies a famous bridge in los angeles, but i cant for the life of me remember the name of it. This song helps me, i felt the exactly same, i used to have an addiction to alcohol and whenever i hear it just reminds me of why i cant drink. I feel the same way when i hear it, and even i drank under a bridge, alone while it rained. It was super depressing, but its nice to hear it in song :)

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  General Comment:The song is obviously about his drug use in relation to his friendship with flea and John. ''Sometimes I feel like I dont have a partner'',at the time the song was written John and Flea were becoming closer friends, whereas Anthony felt set apart. He went to a common 'shooting up' place, which happened to be under a bridge, and shot up and then began freestyling the lyrics to this song, relating the city to being his only friend. The last verse is the most blatent drug referenced verse, ''Undert the bridge downtown, is where I drew some blood; I could not get enough; I forgot about my love; I gave my life away'', he injected heroin (drawing blood), addicted yet poor (couldnt get enough), breaking apart from the band (forgetting his love), surrendered his life to drugs (Gave his life away).
  
  
  I got most of this source from Anthony's book 'Scar Tissue'

  Flagged Dyer94on November 17, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:A lot of people can relate to feeling isolated
  or when you lose the friends you used or got used by and you still have the habit.

  Flag DesignTheAdaptionon September 19, 2011   Link

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