Red Hot Chili Peppers - Slow Cheetah Lyrics






Waking up dead inside of my head
Will never never do there is no med
No medicine to take

I've had a chance to be insane
Asylum from the falling rain
I've had a chance to break

It's so bad it's got to be good
Mysterious girl misunderstood
Dressed like a wedding cake

Any other day and I might play
A funeral march for Bonnie Brae
Why try and run away

[Chorus:]
Slow cheetah come
Before my forest
Looks like it's on today

Slow cheetah come
It's so euphoric
No matter what they say

I know a girl
She worked in a store
She knew not what
Her life was for
She barely knew her name

They tried to tell her
She would never be
As happy as the girl
In the magazine
She bought it with her pay

[Chorus]

Everyone has
So much to say
They talk talk talk
Their lives away
Don't even hesitate

Walking on down
To the burial ground
It's a very old dance
With a merry old sound
Looks like it's on today

[Chorus 2x]





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  1. M.... L....

    Awesome #FAMÍLIAMESQUITA

  2. r.... 4....

    Who's here after hearing the news? Never thought John would rejoin the band, especially after josh only releasing 2 albums

    r.... 4....

    I'm here because of that. What an amazing moment...

  3. V.... R....

    VUELVE JOHN!

  4. K.... M....

    Welcome back John. I'm happy to be here again.

  5. W.... G....

    When you realize this voice combo is back ❤️

  6. J.... M....

    John is back!

  7. M.... P....

    The beginning is so peaceful

  8. S.... S....

    Weird hearing my name in a big song..:P

  9. B.... S....

    So mellow and yet says this world

  10. T.... M....

    Another awesome song by the Chilli’s

  11. J.... P....

    For sure in the top 10 of all their songs.

  12. P.... K....

    Was my go to song for snowboarding at night. Love it.

  13. C.... A....

    my favorite rhcp song. the feels

  14. J.... G....

    This band is just on another level like the beatles, Zeppelin, Stones and Who were.

    Anthony, Flea, and John are all S class at there positions. Chad is good too, but those 3 were the 90's version of Mick Jagger, Keith Richard's and Mick Taylor.

    Or Plant, Page Bonham

    Or Daltrey, Townsend, Moon which ever you prefer

  15. R.... ....

    Bought this album yesterday and this is a song I wish they played on the radio more.

  16. r.... ....

    One of their most beautiful songs

  17. L.... S....

    2 more likes for 10,000!!!

  18. A.... G....

    that outro!

  19. r.... k....

    When I was little, I had sleep paralysis and that last bit was playing on my speaker, it scared me so much lmao

  20. W.... ....

    One of the best RHCP albums! It Came out not that long ago (2006) yet seems so 90s, nostalgic and familiar. The lyrics are also superb.

  21. M.... l....

    I remember my 12/13 years old when listened this album very heavily. Basically none of my friends listened rock and RHCP and YT were my besties. In vacation and in weekend i passed alone in my bedroom and this was all what i got. I learned english reading YT comments and also got friends for life here. I started playing guitar by my own, I wrote some songs and studied about rock bands and sometime ahead metal bands. Back then, everything was pretty painful to live, but now as an adult and with friends that have same music taste i have, I see it was a pretty good knowledge. :)

  22. x.... ....

    each of this album is a jewel

  23. B.... C....

    best meditation chorus lol

  24. A.... K....

    This song was never played live...

  25. c.... ....

    Here’s a theory: this song is actually about heroine and when it says “they told her she’d never be as happy as the girl in the magazine... she bought it with her pay...”, they meant she bought the drug, not the magazine, because she realized that indeed she would never be that happy... I think this is really a depressing song... But that’s just my interpretation

    c.... ....

    That's a really good interpretation one of the their most beautiful songs

  26. J.... C....

    Obra maestra ..

  27. P.... K....

    Minha música favorita... minha salvadora... "Eu tive a chance de quebrar", mas não fiz.

  28. t.... d....

    UPIアーカイブ 1990年4月3日

    歌手アンソニー·キーディスは性的暴行、下品な露出で有罪判決を受けた





    レッドホットチリペッパーズのリードシンガー、アンソニー·キーディスがステージでライブを行います。 CL Cornish / UPIによるファイル写真| ライセンス写真



    フェアファックス、バージニア州-ロックグループのレッドホットチリペッパーズのリードシンガーは、ワシントンDC郊外でのコンサート後、性的バッテリーと下品な露出で有罪判決を受けました

    ロサンゼルスのアンソニー·キーディス(27歳)は、1989年4月21日にフェアファックス郡のジョージ·メイソン大学でのコンサートの後、ペニスで女性の顔に触れたと非難されました。





    大学のプログラム委員会の委員を務めたGMUの学生である女性は、この事件はコンサート後にバンドの楽屋の外で起こったと言いました。

    巡回裁判所のju審員は、Kiedisに各請求につき1,000ドルの罰金を科すことを推奨しました。 彼は最大60日間の刑務所に入れられたかもしれません。

    マイケル·マクウィニー裁判官は金曜日に判決を下した。 バージニア州の法律の下で、マクウィニーは '審員の推薦を課したり、減らすことができますが、増やすことはできません。

    巡回裁判所の裁判は下級裁判所判事による判決の控訴であり、彼は両方の容疑でキーディスを有罪とし、60日の刑を宣告した。

    キーディスは女性に触れたことを否定したが、他の人は事件を見たと言い、バンドのメンバーは彼が心強い声明を出したと認めた。

    音楽が「ホワイトファンク」と呼ばれるロックバンドのファンは、2日間の証言の間に法廷を満員にしました。

    バンドの最新アルバム「Mother's Milk」には、ヒット曲「Knock Me Down」と、スティービー·ワンダーの曲「Higher Ground」のリメイクが含まれています。







    ディスカバードセックスオブ 2017年11月18日3:30:15 GMT  

    見積もり

    sublime92による投稿2017年11月18日3:30:15 GMT

    レッド·ホット·チリ·ペッパーズのアンソニー·キーディスのようなより現代的なロックスターも、法的なレイプを何の影響もなくコミットすることを自慢しています。 2005年の自伝Scar Tissueで、キーディスは14歳のカトリック系の女子校生との性的関係について語っています。 キーディスは当時23歳でした。 そして彼女の年齢を学んだ後、彼は再び彼女とセックスを始めました。 彼は書く、 



    「翌日、私たちはバトンルージュに行きました。もちろん、彼女は私たちと一緒に来ました。 私たちが舞台裏に出た後、彼女は私のところに来て言った。 私が行方不明になったので、父は警察署長で、ルイジアナ州全体が私を探しています。 ああ、それ以外に、私はたった14歳です。」 私は信じられないほど怖がりませんでした、私のやや妄想的な心の中で、彼女が警察署長に彼女が私を愛していると言ったら、彼は私を野原に連れて行って撃つつもりはないことを知っていましたが、私はしましたすぐに家に帰りたい。 ですから、もう一度セックスをしました。」 



    彼らの関係は、レッドホットチリペッパーズの1985年の曲「カトリックスクールガールズルール」に影響を与えました。これは最近2007年にバンドによってライブで演奏されました。スカーティッシュでの公認入場後、キーディスと彼のバンドはロックスターの地位を享受し続けました。 彼らはグラミー賞を受賞し、見出しを掲げ、スーパーボウルでカメオを作りました。 2012年、レッドホットチリペッパーズはロックンロールホールオブフェームにintoられました。
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  29. N.... ....

    This is a RHCP top 5 song and it not even close. Such a great song.

  30. R.... C....

    Can’t find a live video of this anywhere...

  31. d.... ....

    I feel bad for having appreciated this record fully only during the last three years,at the beginning I didn't really understand it

  32. G.... H....

    I've heard an interview where Anthony says that there is a "big metaphor" in the chorus. I can't seem to work it out. Maybe somebody can help me out. Who or what is the "slow cheetah?"

    G.... H....

    A slow cheetah is an oxymoron. Cheetahs are normally fast so someone who is a Slow Cheetah is a person who doesn’t “fit in”, eg. “she knew not what her life was for”, “they tried to tell her she’d never be as happy as a girl in a magazine”. The forest represents the escape of being unashamed and non-conformist.

    It also could be a metaphor for death. In certain native beliefs cheetahs are the ultimate predator. Death is the slow killer of us all ultimately, eg. “waking up dead inside my head”, “no medicine to take”, “walk on down to the burial ground”, “looks like it’s on today”. The forest represents the escape of oblivion.

    To use a real life example; Van Gogh was a Slow Cheetah, discarded by his society, but also in the words of Van Gogh - “Someday death will take us to another star”.

  33. A.... J....

    Ok... who farted?!

  34. C.... M....

    este album genial

  35. F.... ....

    I swear I’ve heard that intro someplace else

  36. A.... ....

    My family always went on road trips that would take days, and we would literally play this entire album over and over and I never really knew it was an entire album and every single song on this album is super fucking nostalgic

  37. M.... ....

    its so bad its got to be good god that line means so much to me

  38. S.... ....

    That slow cheetah baby. Relapse is always right behind you. Its so euphoric no matter what they say

  39. t.... m....

    this is my top rhcp mosh pit

  40. c.... c....

    ....This was probably the last cd I went out and bought....that was over a decade ago...

  41. j.... e....

    i was listening to this through a car speaker and the guitar wasn’t there and it was actually pretty cool

  42. G.... M....

    Chitarra e voce di John Frusciante....poesia ❤️❤️

  43. T.... F....

    RHCP is my inspiration, I thrive to make music different how they do especially like John Frusciante. If you love RHCP, Nirvana, sublime, slighty stoopid, funky music and experimental please check me out!. If you are an artist and would like to collab hit my line on here. I'm in college right now and on the grind, I work and on my spare time i make music. I'm a producer, sound engineer, song writer, singer and guitarist. I'm self taught and have been doing it only for two years. I dedicate my life to music because i view music on a spiritual level as Frusciante would! Thank you for taking the time to read this if you did haha I'm just tryna self market man and get my music out there I don't have money to pay for shit it all goes towards new music equipment and my car ! I appreciate the support from anybody, it means the world to me because music is my world my hope and dream! love you guys !! https://soundcloud.com/yg_blackburn/caught-up-in-the-storm-1

  44. C.... ....

    I wonder what the comment section says

  45. S.... ....

    This song was always my partnah when I was high outta my mind

  46. A.... C....

    this band inspires me with the highest feelings

  47. J.... A....

    This seems like such a melancholy album...

  48. M.... ....

    This song is just phenomenal! Especially the last chorus when the guitar solo chimes in. One of my favorites RHCP songs for sure.

  49. A.... U....

    This sounds way too much like Alice Cooper's Ballad of Dwight Fry.

    A.... U....

    its not even the same chord progression..

  50. F.... F....

    2019 anyone ??

  51. J.... A....

    I fucking love it.RHCP are awesome

  52. J.... ....

    For the last part:
    B 9th + low E 6th,
    E 6th,
    B 9th,
    G 6th + low E 9th,
    D 6th,
    G 6th,
    B 6th + A 6th,
    G 8th,
    B 6th + A 6th,
    G 8th

  53. N.... H....

    red hot chilly peppers are too good man... every song is a listen-

    N.... H....

    Nerf Heads chilly

  54. T.... O....

    such an under-rated song

  55. N.... C....

    Stadium Arcadium is my favorite Red Hot Chili Peppers album.

    N.... C....

    doesn't get better

  56. R.... U....

    List your favorite RHCP song(s)

    R.... U....

    1. This one
    2. Knock me down (another personal favourite, so powerful)
    3.probably Californication
    4. Definitely Dani California (even though considered a bit cheesy by some)
    5. Transcending - another underrated as hell song
    6. Taste the pain and By the way and so many more...

    R.... U....

    Could have lied, don't forget me, tear, wet sand, strip my mind...

    R.... U....

    Robin Uhrynowski the majority of this album

  57. r.... t....

    Beginning sounds like dreaming California cation

  58. S.... M....

    Thanks Danny!

  59. M.... V....

    Quem conta até quatro no começo ?

  60. A.... W....

    Looks like it’s on today

  61. J.... W....

    It's not that slow of a cheetah if you speed up the video

  62. r.... c....

    Started like a tom petty song

  63. B.... N....

    This song sounds so damn good with headphones

  64. W.... L....

    Chester from the Cheeto bag upped this song

  65. L.... A....

    I only come for the guitar solo

  66. A.... K....

    The outro is reversed?

    A.... K....

    yes I think so :)

  67. D.... J....

    This song is special to me. Help get it to 1M !! Come on it’s the best song they’ve made

  68. S.... ....

    The last minute of the song is the best part

  69. z.... ....

    To BE HONEST, THANK YOU. RHCP,FOR SINGING MY THOUGHTS, EVERYDAY ME AND YOU.U KEEP ME ALIVE.THANK U.

  70. n.... c....

    that outro....

  71. W.... ....

    John F is brilliant

  72. k.... r....

    turn it up louder, it's cool if your ears bleed, the music stays in your head and plants it's seed, all of a sudden going deaf is worth it, turn it up again my ears are still perfect

  73. A.... C....

    "slow cheetah come before my forest", I'd like to tatoo this sentence...💗

  74. d.... r....

    320 people blew past this song like cheetahs

  75. S.... ....

    I was trying to find this song for months. I heard a little bit of the chorus but never got the name of the song. Really glad I'm finally listening to the rest of the song.

  76. z.... ....

    My love.everyday!

  77. A.... ....

    This is one of those songs i hope plays when i pass from this world. Absolutely glorious.

  78. J.... G....

    10k views of this video have to be just by me playing this song so much

  79. j.... ....

    The guitar at the 3:38 mark omg!

    j.... ....

    jchevy42 The... Solo?

  80. h.... a....

    This album came out probably when I was in sixth grade and it gave me hope that music and rock ‘n’ roll weren’t dead. just dormant and waiting for the right people. One of the only albums you don’t have to skip any of the songs

  81. D.... ....

    If only everybody would listen to more than just the popular RHCP songs

  82. p.... ....

    This song really reminds me of nature for some reason, it's so beautiful

  83. C.... ....

    favorite rhcp song, stadium arcadium is their best album.

  84. E.... F....

    I put out a funk banger guy on my channel called Future Funk check it out if you like phat phunk

  85. J.... G....

    Amazing

  86. C.... ....

    This song actually helped me during a heartbreak. Thanks Red Hot Chili Peppers!

    C.... ....

    Haha same

  87. Z.... D....

    This song shows how muisic used to be so dope

    Z.... D....

    zoomom thanks for understanding so well

    Z.... D....

    Zane Deckard you’re a dense idiot. Maybe take the time to explore “today’s” music before making rash generalizations. Enjoy your life of willing ignorance because you have a superiority complex towards music.

    Z.... D....

    Zane Deckard music is still dope, you just have to look for it.

    Z.... D....

    I like music from this time period more than recent music too, but it's not because this is better, or music now is worse. It's just different, and I like this genre more. Music now is still good, I just don't enjoy it and the same probably goes for you.

    Z.... D....

    6ixthony 9inetano exactly

  88. c.... k....

    Stadium Arcadium I would have to say is my fav love all the peppers have done ! For those of you that love John's voice & guitar their are isolated tracks with just him ! Tks to Annie 💛

  89. l.... F....

    Kept me alive one more minute today ,thank you rhcp

    l.... F....

    lunacat Fitzner Not sure what you’re going through friend, but with god all things are possible. Things will get better.

    l.... F....

    ONE HOT MINUTE🤣🤣🤣

    l.... F....

    Estamos en la misma

  90. M.... S....

    Flea's trumpet at the 3min mark break is spine tingling... & that ending is like, WHAT!!! One of my faves

    M.... S....

    Hanzo Stone
    I’m actually pretty sure that’s a guitar but you’re right, it does sound A LOT like a trumpet. I actually never noticed how much.

    M.... S....

    I always thought it was some form of keyboard part.. regardless it’s awesome..

  91. J.... L....

    Caught the Holy Spirit the first time I heard 4:23 and I still get chills to this very day every time it comes on

    J.... L....

    Get exactly what u are saying lol

  92. s.... 8....

    Man Anthony is a master of word's! They are a rare bread of musician's and artist's!

    s.... 8....

    couldn't agree more!

    s.... 8....

    🥐🍞🥖

    s.... 8....

    Breed or bread