Open/Close Lyrics - Red Hot Chili Peppers

1 So we were down in Brazil and, man, that place is wild.

2 We were in Rio de Janeiro, and uh, we had this, this sort of, uh,

3 security-guard type guy, and he was supposed to take us around and say hey,

4 could, you know, could you take us to the,

5 the favelas and show us the prostitution and the drug deals and the night fights and the,

6 you know, the street life of your town, and he said sure, so we, we pull up to this hooker,

7 and she's wearing some kind of a, a bright green miniskirt, and it turns out it's a transsexual,

8 and he says "Get over here!" and she comes over and she thinks she's busted, but she's not busted.

9 Naw, she's not busted, he just wanted to smack her on the ass a few times and say "Hey, what's up, girl?"

10 I get out of bed

11 And I clear up my head

12 I don’t want to go

13 But I do it instead

14 We are dreams

15 Within a dream

16 I get into bed

17 And I turn off my head

18 I started to float

19 Was it something she said

20 We are dreams

21 Within a dream

22 So I remember we got our driver's license, and my friend Hillel had this little Dodson, painted green, and...

23 Hollywood would get so crazy in the winter--the rains would come and the hills would just kind of melt down into the city lights,

24 and, well, you know, we smoked weed and we'd go up in the hills and we'd listen to progressive rock music and just kind of trip out and...

25 well, we would dream, you know, we would dream, and we would talk about what we wanted to do, and we would talk about girls and music,

26 and, you know, Hillel wanted to be a rock star--I didn't even know what that was, I was like, whatever you wanna do, man, I'm coming with you.

27 I'm right with you, my friend.

28 I get out of bed

29 And I clear up my head

30 I don’t want to go

31 But I do it instead

32 We are dreams

33 Within a dream

34 I get into bed

35 And I turn off my head

36 I started to float

37 Was it something she said

38 We are dreams

39 Within a dream

40 Why in the world would you want it to be, why would you wanna take it so... so literally?

41 All these things that come down from the sky, raining upon your head, make you stop and wonder why ah!

42 Can't they just spell it out, make it clear, make it easy to read for the simple man like me?

43 I don't think so

44 I reach out to my family and I say

45 It's not about religion and the God sitting in a chair in the sky

46 With a punishing hand, oh

47 It's about heaven in your heart

48 Now when shall we start?

49 I wanna choose love instead of fear

50 Won't you come right now over here and be a part of my...

51 (Ah)

52 This time

53 I love you