anonymous January 29th, 2006 07:13AM  
The chorus was actually written by Flea, and the song's based on an old gospel song "Jesus is my Aeroplane" that Flea listened to when he was younger. He's not religious in that sense any more, but he feels that music is his Aeroplane.

anonymous October 23rd, 2006 06:09PM  
The 1st time I heard this song, I too thought it was about drugs. But you really have to listen to the words and understand them clearly, "I like pleasure spiked with pain and music is my aeroplane." clearly portrays the messege that music is their aeroplane and what puts them in a better place. Away from the difficulties of everyday lifestyle.

anonymous January 14th, 2007 03:14PM  
The kids voices and the kids from the music video is actually flea's daughter Clara's preschool or kindergarten class I can't remember. Hehe how sweet. Oh! and on under the bridge it his mothers gospel group or something like that his mothers choir she sang with. daw. I love flea.

anonymous March 11th, 2007 08:18PM  
2nd guy, I think your thinking about either "by the way" or "I could have lied" ( they both are)

anyway..... the song may not not be completely about it but he was on heroin during this song after 7 and 1/2 years of being clean and that it revealed in the lyrics "Sitting in my kitchen...I'm turning into dust again...My melancholy baby...The star of mazzy must...Push her voice inside of me" which reffers to kiedis's kitchen where he did most of his drugs.

if you agree with me post a 1 at the top of your interprition

anonymous May 18th, 2007 05:25AM  
Yea it's about there love of music. By the way its not Flea's mum in under the bridge it's John's mum's church choir group.

anonymous May 20th, 2007 01:12AM  
Its obvious Kiedis was clean at the time of this song and he is saying rather than drugs getting him high its muic so there is no need for drugs.

anonymous February 4th, 2008 05:22PM  
In Ak's book he said he was using OHM to try and tell the other band mates that he was using again through the lyrics..

anonymous February 10th, 2008 08:44PM  
It's mostly about how much music means to them and how it's their aeroplane and I heard, too, that it was Flea's idea. However there is a lot of drug related issues. Keidis was abusing drugs heavily at this time and he used his songs as an output for that.

'Sitting in my kitchen, hey girl, I'm turning into dust again'
That's about Keidis getting high all the time and pissing his girlfriend off.

'I'm overcoming gravity, it's easy when you're sad to be'
Overcoming gravity is obvious, he's getting high is what he means. It's easy when you're sad to be means he didn't want to but he couldn't help himself, in a way it was a cry for help.

someonesister September 21st, 2008 01:44AM  
Music is their aeroplane. it is how they get off. It is their E ticket. It is what makes them happy. Music. It takes them places.......happy places. =)

anonymous February 27th, 2009 01:25PM  
This song is not about drugs at all. "I like pleasure spiked with pain" refers to their music. Making music is pleasurable to them. The pain part is how critics judge their song. The Aeroplane refers to playing music and getting away from troubles..

anonymous December 29th, 2009 11:15AM  
If you read Anthony's book you will realize that although the song isnt all about drugs the second verse is full of clues to him going back on drugs after 7 and a half years of being clean. who ever says this song has nothing to do with drugs obviously doesnt know anything about the Chili Peppers...sorry