Behind the Sun

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This song features an early melodic riff, rarely used in the RHCP’s early material. In his autobiography Scar Tissue Anthony noted that it inspired the group to create… Read More

Sep. 29, 19871 viewer6.3K views

Behind the Sun Lyrics

[Verse 1]
One day while bathing in the sea
My talking dolphin spoke to me
He spoke to me in symphony
From freedom's peace beneath the sea

[Pre-Chorus 1]
He looked to me eyes full of love
Said, "Yes, we live behind the sun"

[Chorus 1]
Behind the sun
Behind the sun
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Behind the sun

[Chorus 2]
The sun goes up and the sun gets down
But like the heart of the sun, my heart continues to pound

[Chorus 1]
Behind the sun

[Verse 2]
Now while I shower in the rain
I watch my dolphin swim away
The one who listens to the surf
Can feel the pulse beat of the earth

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[Pre-Chorus 2]
And like my dolphin swims so free
The sun does swim into the sea

[Chorus 1]
Behind the sun
Behind the sun
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Behind the sun (hahahaha)
Behind the sun

[Verse 3]
An island flying through the sky
One day your son might ask you why
And if your son should be a girl
She too might ask you of this world

[Pre-Chorus 3]
The sun shines sweet upon your beach
And yes my dolphin loves to teach

[Chorus 1]
Behind the sun
Behind the sun
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Behind the sun

[Chorus 2]
The sun goes up and the sun gets down
But like the heart of the sun, my heart continues to pound

[Chorus 1]
Behind the sun

[Outro]
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About

This song features an early melodic riff, rarely used in the RHCP’s early material. In his autobiography Scar Tissue Anthony noted that it

inspired the group to create “pretty” songs with an emphasis on melody. – page 204.

At the time, producer Michael Beinhorn had high expectations that the song could become popular.
Despite the band’s intentions for the song to become a single and years later eventually becoming one, the song has only been performed one time in 1987. Flea explained in an interview that the band wasn’t pleased with how the song sounded live.

In 1999 was released the Hillel’s biography and named: “Behind the Sun: The Diary and Art of Hillel Slovak”.