Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tearjerker Meaning

Tearjerker Lyrics

My mouth fell open
Hoping that the truth
Would not be true
Refuse the news

I'm feeling sick now
What the fuck am I
Supposed to do
Just lose and lose

First time I saw you
You were sitting
Backstage in a dress
A perfect mess

You...

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   #1 top rated interpretation:
   dnauge01

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   Mar 30th 2009 !⃝

   This song is a tribute to Kurt Cobain, a man Anthony Kiedis truly admired but that love never proved to be reciprocal. Nirvana opened for RHCP in the early nineties and the first time he saw Kurt, he was in a torn dress backstage, strung out on heroin.
   
   "My mouth fell open
   Hoping that the truth
   Would not be true
   Refuse the news"
   
   He was called in the middle of the night by the band manager and close friend to inform him of Cobain's death. He denied it and refused to beleive it.
   
   "I'm feeling sick now
   What the fuck am I
   Supposed to do
   Just lose and lose"
   
   When it really started to hit him, he was throughly upset and felt lost. The world lost a man he really admired and wished he was closer to.
   
   "First time I saw you
   You were sitting
   Backstage in a dress
   A perfect mess"
   
   Like I said the first time AK saw Kurt Cobain, he was backstage in a torn dress strung out on heroin, right after opening when they toured together.
   
   "You never knew this
   But I wanted badly for you to
   Requite my love"
   
   He always wanted to be closer to Kurt Cobain.
   Requite my love- He wanted Kurt to love him like he did.
   
   The Chorus
   "Left on the floor
   Leaving your body
   When highs are the lows
   And lows are the way
   So hard to stay
   Guess now you know
   I love you so"
   
   Talking about his dead body found on the floor. The heroin highs were low points in life, but they were the way and hard to stray from. Now Kurt knows of AK's love for him.
   
   "I liked your whiskers
   And I liked the
   Dimple in your chin
   Your pale blue eyes"
   
   AK continuing to admire Kurt Cobain.
   
   "You painted pictures
   Cause the one
   Who hurts
   Can give so much
   You gave me such"
   
   He found Kurt Cobain inspirational. The ones you love you hurt the most...but this time it worked the other way around.

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   anonymous

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   Sep 6th 2008 !⃝

   This song is about how much Anthony loved Kurt Cobain, about how he first met him, and it's basically an all out tribute to Cobain. A wonderful song, very deep.
3. grayson

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   Nov 16th 2017 !⃝

   It's a tribute to Kurt Cobain. great song. this album is VERY under-rated in my opinion.
4. latifah.azmie

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   Dec 27th 2014 !⃝

   A hard song, deep meaning,uniqui.
5. anonymous

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   Nov 5th 2007 !⃝

   It's about his love for the late Kurt Cobain,he wrote this after Cobain's suicide.

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway

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