Lyrics for Can't Stop as interpreted by on_a_plain_11

Can't Stop Lyrics
Can't stop addicted to the shin dig
Cop top he says I'm gonna win big
Choose not a life of imitation
Distant cousin to the reservation
Defunkt the pistol that you pay for
This punk the feeling that you stay for
In time I want to be your best friend
Eastside love is living on the westend
Knock out but boy you better come to
Don't die you know the truth is some do
Go write your message on the pavement
Burnin' so bright I wonder what the wave meant
White heat is screaming in the jungle
Complete the motion if you stumble
Go ask the dust for any answers
Come back strong with 50 belly dancers

Chorus:
The world I love
The tears I drop
To be part of
The wave can't stop
Ever wonder if it's all for you
The world I love
The trains I hop
To be part of
The wave can't stop
Come and tell me when it's time to

Sweetheart is bleeding in the snowcone
So smart she's leading me to ozone
Music the great communicator
Use two sticks to make it in the nature
I'll get you into penetration
The gender of a generation
The birth of every other nation
Worth your weight the gold of meditation
This chapter's going to be a close one
Smoke rings I know your going to blow one
All on a spaceship persevering
Use my hands for everything but steering
Can't stop the spirits when they need you
Mop tops are happy when they feed you
J. Butterfly is in the treetop
Birds that blow the meaning into bebop

(Repeat Chorus)

Wait a minute I'm passing out
Win or lose just like you
Far more shocking
Than anything i ever knew
How about you
10 more reasons
Why i need somebody new just like you
Far more shocking than anything I ever knew
Right on cue

Can't stop addicted to the shin dig
Cop top he says I'm gonna win big
Choose not a life of imitation
Distant cousin to the reservation
Defunkt the pistol that you pay for
This punk the feeling that you stay for
In time I want to be your best friend
Eastside love is living on the westend
Knock out but boy you better come to
Don't die you know the truth is some do
Go write your message on the pavement
Burnin' so bright I wonder what the wave meant

Kick start the golden generator
Sweet talk but don't intimidate her
Can't stop the gods from engineering
Feel no need for any interfering
Your image in the dictionary
This life is more than ordinary
Can I get 2 maybe even 3 of these
Come from space
To teach you of the pliedes
Can't stop the spirits when they need you
This life is more than just a read thru

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Javen
07-14-2002

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DAMN! This CD top to bottom musicly, lyrically its the greates CD i ever heard. The Chili Peppers didnt return to the Blood Sugar Sex Magik sound that many ppl expected the to, but i dont think they needed to. They've been there and its moving on, that's what Californication was and this is a moving on from that. I got this CD two days ago and in listening to it, this song steped out at me. Anthony's lyrics and how they mend so well with the music is just awesome. This song is os great ause it hits on so many different levels, the first time i heard it i almost cried, the second, i got really engergized and felt like running a marathon. By far the best song on the album....and i think of their career.

Now about what the song is about. This saong seems to be a documentry of the evolution of mankind. "Use two sticks to make it in the nature
I'll get you into penetration
The gender of a generation
The birth of every other nation
Worth your weight the gold of meditation
This chapter's going to be a close one "

talking of humanity being really primitie and then. "Kick start the golden generator
Sweet talk but don't intimidate her
Can't stop the gods from engineering
Feel no need for any interfering "

and wirth the chorus "Can't stop addicted to the shin dig
Cop top he says I'm gonna win big
Choose not a life of imitation
Distant cousin to the reservation
Defunkt the pistol that you pay for
This punk the feeling that you stay for
In time I want to be your best friend
Eastside love is living on the westend
Knock out but boy you better come to
Don't die you know the truth is some do
Go write your message on the pavement
Burnin' so bright I wonder what the wave meant
White heat is screaming in the jungle
Complete the motion if you stumble
Go ask the dust for any answers
Come back strong with 50 belly dancers

Chorus:
The world I love
The tears I drop
To be part of
The wave can't stop
Ever wonder if it's all for you
The world I love
The trains I hop
To be part of
The wave can't stop
Come and tell me when it's time to "
It shows that through it all, love and music never changes. No matter how much we get caught up in the wave of evolution, love and music will always be what it is today....nothing can ever change it. Just a thought BEST RHCP SONG EVER!

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pinkoptimism
07-15-2002

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:) this song. wow.
i can't articulate how pleased i am with this album without sounding like a raving lunatic.

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pot
07-18-2002

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this CD is the best !!! really i think that is better than "Californication". I mean all the song are so damn good, all the song has the same level of work. but in californication 4 songs are too good and are far away compare with the others. I mean in by the way all the song are so good, and not just 4 songs are so too good,.

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ComeAsYouAre
07-21-2002

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Awesome song. Awesome CD. Awesome Band. I love this song, the story of my life.

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sean7711
07-21-2002

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its such a good driving-to-a-party song

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ledzepp115
07-26-2002

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Go get the CD.

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Dread Girl
08-01-2002

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i love this album too! and i think that this song....is about enjoying life all the way through no matter what generation your in. "this life is more than just a read thru!"


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shadowcml
08-01-2002

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Javen is right. I think they don't have any need to go back in time and make music like in BSSM. I think they've evolved but that each of their Cd's has been great and unique. I love every thing these guy's have made in their lives (music)., and i love every single song they've done till now, and i guess i'll love the next one too. This song is Incredible, i just can't stop hearing it. Thanx John, Anthony, Flea, and Chad (and ex peppers) for all you've gave to my life.

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SLATE
08-06-2002

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I think the lyrics are incorrect where it says:
Cop top he says I'm gonna win big
I think he says Drop top he says I'm gonna win big.

Anyone agree or disagree?


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Cipolini2b
08-13-2002

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the verse (bridge?) that starts with "wait a minute i'm passing out win or lose" makes this a powerful song. And an interesting note...those lyrics are not printed in the booklet. Also...this was one of the last songs (the last?) to be recorded on the album. I'm thinking that verse was added by anthony because of stuff that really happened. I went through a similar situation. "wait a minute i'm passing out win or lose...just like you" Great song, best on this album.

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fathom500
08-14-2002

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BALLS

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burntcherries
08-14-2002

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this is SUCH a good album, it really kicks ass and it kind of grows on you, you know? the more i listen to it the more i like it. Someone told me this song makes them think of me (chorus) and i'll never get it out of my head :-)

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sarahf14
08-16-2002

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this cd is possibly the most amazing one of it's genre. or simply of all time. :)

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Germinator
08-18-2002

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i dont really know what to say.....this song and this entire cd basically blows everything what is out there. this is even better than i could have ever imagined. we listen to this shit in germany too......;)

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Cornerstone
08-31-2002

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This is the most amazing song I've heard by them in a while! I can't belive it wasn't their first single! The first 7 songs on the album are amazing and the rest is all solid! It's very mellow, unlike their old stuff, but it's still just as great! Good job Peppers.! The're on pace to be one of the 10 best bands ever, if they're not already there! They're already my #1!

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ANC7459
09-11-2002

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itz a great song...

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GrafetePymp
09-27-2002

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THE BEST FREAKING CD EVER!!! Sorry if you disagree, but I think it's the greatest RHCP album. It captures the musical genius of the artists, past, present, and future

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jellybelly666
10-14-2002

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it's such a great song. One of my fave's on the album. No fuck that cus all the songs on the album are excellent! I thought Calafornication couldn't be beaten, but then out came by the way!
as for this song... I think it's kinda about life as a whole. that sounds strange but you know.. it just sums it up. Life. And how you have to go with the flow of everythin that happens:
The world I love
The tears I drop
To be part of
The wave can't stop
Ever wonder if it's all for you
The world I love
The trains I hop
To be part of
The wave can't stop
Come and tell me when it's time to...
that's what i think anway :)

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Darktoss
03-03-2003

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Is it true that the band is about to break up?

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suckmykiss
03-03-2003

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I will probably commit suicide if they break up.

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Aerobabe
03-06-2003

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i don't think so darktoss,

i like this song, i think anthony sings better on this CD altough i loved the californication album more

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Aerobabe
03-06-2003

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i don't think so darktoss,

i like this song, i think anthony sings better on this CD altough i loved the californication album more

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Germinator
03-06-2003

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i love this song.....the new cd is awesome, the best piece of music ever produced!!!
i just saw them live 3 weeks ago and they were fantastic....unbelievable
best band

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J Knoksville
03-10-2003

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This song is definitly about the "punk" state of mind.

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smallthoughts
03-15-2003

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i like the vid.

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