Lyrics for Under the Bridge as interpreted by dsfire

Under the Bridge Lyrics
Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel like my only friend
Is the city I live in, the city of angels
Lonely as I am, together we cry

I drive on her streets because she's my companion
I walk through her hill because she knows who I am
She sees my good deeds and she kisses me windy
I never worry, now that is a lie

I don't ever want to feel like I did that day
Take me to the place I love, take me all the way
I don't ever want to feel like I did that day
Take me to the place I love, take me all the way

It's hard to believe that there's nobody out there
It's hard to believe that I'm all alone
At least I have her love, the city she loves me
Lonely as I am, together we cry

I don't ever want to feel like I did that day
Take me to the place I love, take me all the way
I don't ever want to feel like I did that day
Take me to the place I love, take me all the way

(Under the bridge downtown)
Is where I drew some blood
(Under the bridge downtown)
I could not get enough
(Under the bridge downtown)
Forgot about my love
(Under the bridge downtown)
I gave my life away

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soodamncold
01-05-2002

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lol@michael

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bug_zapper
01-05-2002

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I always think of this as a song to try and get through those hard times...you know..."avoid under the bridge" so to speak...

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complete_loner
01-25-2002

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i saw anthony on some documentary saying that he was driving along the freeway in L.A once and he was really depressed. He felt like there was no one he could connect with and he was completely alone in the universe, so he started singing to himself, and this is what he sung. The verses at least.
The chorus is about how he didn't want to feel that lonely ever again, he wanted to go to the place he loves, which was being in a band, making music, and "making love with beautiful women" :).
the under the bridge downtown part is about when he was a drug addict, his only friend in the world was a drug contact called mario, and they lied to a mexican gang or something to be able to pass through this alley to get under a bridge in downtown L.A to use their drugs that they'd just got, and he said he regarded it as a real low point in his life.
So there you have it, under the bridge is about being lonely and depressed.

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Lem
05-17-2002

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I heard the same thing as complete loner. That this is about Anthony's drug addiction and the hell he went through as a result of it. This song always makes me cry. I was an exchange student for a year in Finland, on the opposite side of the world from my family in Australia. Every time I listened to "I don't ever wnt to feel like I did that day," I would start thinking about all the shit things that had happened in my life, like my mother getting cancer, my homesickness, the guy I loved breaking up with me , my host mother's mistrust, my inability to speak the language, my suicide attempt and the hellish night I was assaulted. But then I would also hear "Take me to the place I love, take me all the way." and start thinking about all the incredible things in my life, like my family, my infinitely beautiful friends, my dog, my family my home, my incredible oppourtunities, my beautiful life and the incredible thrill of living andthe wonderful things I was exploring, and the good always far outweighed the bad. I was able to live through and vent all of my emotions and come out the other end feeling wonderful. And it still works.

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Dread Girl
05-22-2002

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THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL AND FOREVER LIVING SONG!!!! I LOVE IT SOOOO MUCH! RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS ARE MY FAVORITE BAND AND THIS IS MY FAVORITE SONG BY THEM. ANYONE WHO HATES THIS SONG SHOULD BE SHOT. :) HEEHEE..JUST KIDDING. THEY SHOULD JUST BE PUT IN A MENTAL INSTITUTION.

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stevedaddy13
05-23-2002

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Might be my all time fav song. Everyone already knows its about his herion addiction and the loniless he felt in the time after Hillel died.

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WeezerChic
05-29-2002

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This is my favorite Red Hot Chili Peppers song. It makes me feel better when I'm lonely.

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simplyunaverage
06-02-2002

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I CAN SO REALATE TO THIS SONG DUDES..

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logan_6969
06-07-2002

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dude no way. oh my gosh. me too. thats like so freaky. maybe we r twins or something. jk anywho this song kinda makes me feel sad sometimes. i thinks its the slow beat and the lyrics.

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Polak
06-12-2002

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I realised that this song actually makes me more depressed when i listen to it, but it kinda cheers me up too..its a twisted paradox.. Still my favourite song of all time, favourite band of all time

P.S. If u guys like this song, get 'Black' by pearl jam and read the lyrics while listening for the first time, itll give u the same kick that under the bridge did. Post and let me know if im right

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punkindrublic18
06-19-2002

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yea polak i think you are right about "black" by pearl jam...except to me "under the bridge" is kinda depressing yet gives you hope, and "black" is a little sadder...but both are awesome songs

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Zepfloyd12
06-20-2002

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this is my alltime favorite song and has been for the last like, i dunno, 5 years at least and recently i've been going thru hard times, feeling lonely and depressed and it has made me think of this song and realize how much i finally relate to it.

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UseYourIllusion
06-21-2002

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my fav RHCP song. Its really calming and cool. 5 rating

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atarisemokid
06-22-2002

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This song is so amazing, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have done it again. Whenever I'm upset I listen to this and it's just like everything goes away..

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Frusciante_Forever
07-03-2002

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Originally a poem Anthony wrote which Rick Rubin stumbled upon when he was looking them over one day. Anthony was kind of hesitant of showing it to the other members but he sang it and instead of laughing and making fun of it Flea and John went to their instruments and started playing. When they go to the "Under the bridge downtown" part they had nothing. So John called his mom up and she brought her Church choir to sing that part.

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MetalKronic
07-06-2002

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This is a great song both musically and poetically, it's about feeling alone and left out and the effects of drug addiction. I think this is the only good song on the cd, but that's just for my taste.

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syd_Mel
07-08-2002

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The only RHCP song I like (and can stand)

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rhcprule
07-08-2002

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hey syd mel listen man all the chili pepper songs are great are u crazy this one is especially good though

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HappinessNA
07-12-2002

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This song always makes me think of my friends and the way things used to be. and those days will never be back. when i hear this song (one of my friends play it on acoustic, hes awesome) i just want to hear Donalds voice and tell him to come home....but things happen for a reason, so I cant change that.

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Smoke
07-13-2002

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Definitely nostalgic.

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mrclean
07-18-2002

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in my top 10 songs of all time...amazing

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bshburn
07-19-2002

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listen to the song transition from the opening verses to when the bass sinks in....musical genius

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Xxalk3headxX
07-19-2002

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i know what anthony said and all but the way i think/thought about this song was: he swims around in this busy city, and its so great but hes all alone. his only companion was her the city. and under the bridge was like what she was all about. and under the bridge was where everything went away. thats my opinion. what anthony says is right because he wrote the song but thats what i always thought it ment

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DJ_Meat
07-21-2002

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This song is powerful...... I've been close to tears many times over it, because I can relate to it....... I feel like I'm alone too, and I've seen other people's lives destroyed by drugs, so yeah, this song means alot to me

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EfenStef
07-31-2002

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not only is this song powerful, poetic, and played beautifully, but it was the first RHCP song i ever heard. so, along with the deeper meaning, it brings me back ten years. okay, so maybe i was 8 and didn't see the underlying allusions to heroin addiction, but i loved it--and still do. ahhh, anthony kiedis has got to be the sexiest man alive.

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