What do you think By The Way means?

Red Hot Chili Peppers: By The Way Meaning

Tagged:   No tags, suggest one.
Album cover for By The Way album cover

Song Released: 2002


By The Way Lyrics

Standing in line
To see the show tonight
And there's a light on
Heavy glow
By the way I tried to say
I'd be there... waiting for
Dani the girl
is singing songs to me
Beneath the marquee... overload

Steak Knife Card Shark
Con Job Boot...

  1. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Mar 11th 2007 !⃝

    dani is not real but is a person also reffered to in californacation as the "teenage bride with a baby inside" and her story ends in the song dani california.

  2. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Jan 11th 2007 !⃝

    i believe that "dani" is not a real person in this song but drugs because think about it why the hell would he be beneath a marquee with a girl singing songs to him I believe that dani is drugs and he's down there by himself doing drugs instead if being where he says hed try to be that's what I think...
    -shane sadd-

  3. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Dec 10th 2006 !⃝

    Oh yeah right Ms. Kiedis, of course that's wot it means. no this song is about wot would've happened if rhcp hadn't made it and weren't famous. when its like 'dani the girl is singing songs to me' its like anthony can't sing but his girlfriend sings to him and when its like 'standing in line to see the show tonight' that's about them having to queue (shock horror) to see someone else's concert cause their not famous. So mz kiedis you need 2 sort your ideas out.

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
  4. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Nov 18th 2006 !⃝

    I think the song is about him and his drug addiction about how he is nearly beaten the addiction " by the way I called to say I will be there", Dani is a made up characters which represents all the girls he knows, maby he is trying to say they helped him fight his addiction "dani the girl is singing songs to me me beneath the marque". This is what I think

  5. mz.Kiedis
    click a star to vote
    Nov 5th 2006 !⃝

    The song describes the L.A. scene on any given night at any place - the music, the queues, the lights, the people...

  6. anonymous
    click a star to vote
    Sep 13th 2006 !⃝

    In this song, anthony is talking about his time in the band before becoming fully clean for the first time. "by the way I tried to say i'd be there" is a reference to his irregularities when it came to pitching for rehearsals and shows, which eventually ended up with him being fired from the band briefly. It also is another song that refers to the enigmatic "dani" (as in "dani california", and in this song,"dani the girl that's singing songs to me beneath the marquee")i think this is one of the songs that best sums up rhcp's funk and rock ethos.
    Bryce perrett

12 next ›



More Red Hot Chili Peppers songs »


 


Latest Articles

 


Submit Your Interpretation

[ want a different song? ]




Just Posted

Amnesia anonymous
Your Smiling Face anonymous
You Should Be Dancing anonymous
Washing Machine Heart anonymous
Souvenirs anonymous
Art Deco anonymous
Let It Go anonymous
The Greatest Show anonymous
Vampire anonymous
Vampire anonymous
Sippy Cup anonymous
A Place For My Head anonymous
I Hope You Dance anonymous
Metaphor anonymous
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) anonymous

(We won't give out your email)