What does "See you on the flipside" mean to you?

seeUontheflipside · August 2003

Just wondering how eveyone see's this in their own way....

Let the discussions begin...

pleadthe5th2 · August 2003

if said casually, could mean just see you later, but taken more seriously, it's like saying see you in the afterlife. but then you'd have to believe in an afterlife to begin with...

CHLOE DANCER · August 2003

Could mean, see ya in the 2nd HAlF of this Life...or third ex......

worldwidebrian · August 2003

i always thought Off He Goes was about a cat

brain of c · August 2003

means later dude!!!

myblood2 · August 2003

hmmmmm

well to me....ive always thought...without really relating it to the song specifically but just the idea of seeing you on the flipside

....meaning the afterlife....and in some cases...its directed to oneself...as in you will see yourself on the flipside

also hinting that it isnt really that bad a place

elusive_one · August 2003

I sometimes sign off my emails to ppl w/ 'see you on the flipside', just as a cute way of saying 'see ya later'... especially if it's too a fellow PJ fan. Maybe I should re-consider that... I'd hate for ppl to think I was gonna top myself and I'm saying that I'll see them in the afterlife... but then, in that context, as an email sign off, I guess that wouldn't really make too much sense. Hmmmm, I honestly never really thought of it as a 'see you in the afterlife' type thing, but I can definitely see how you would get that.

justam · August 2003

I think its just a casual expression that means something like "I'll see ya later." I don't know if its regional, but I knew someone in SF that used to use that expression. Clearly its a reference to turning a record over.

TI LEAVES · August 2003

i think it means see you later
but then
"its like his thoughts are too big for his size"
i think they realize- hey this is our friend who always gets us thinking real deep
so it must mean more....

Veddrman · August 2003

see you on the flip side = the other side...break on through through the other side yeah.........the after life

peace_rocks · August 2003

I'm thinking afterlife . . .

SleightOfHand562 · August 2003

this is a really aweosme thread.

kc_pj · August 2003

I think it's see you in the next life in the context of the song, but outside of that I could see it being said as see you later.

lunaticpauper · August 2003

Part of the lexicon of grunge, isn't it?

kenny olav · September 2003

it means "see ya later".

unless, you say it like "SEE YOU ON THE FLIP SIDE, MOTHERFUCKER!" and then it means, you'll see him when he's done fucking his mother.

VEDHEAD27 · September 2003

"see ya on the flipside"...YES..the other side. The next time our paths collide.

in eds tree · September 2003

i have always thought of this song as like, an homage to the other side of the narrator. at least that's how i would have meant it if i were the narrator...
"and now he's home...and we're laughing...like we always did...my same old, same old friend..." i dunno like a split personality thing, same w/ the "said he'll see me on the flip side..it's like his thoughts are too big for his size...he's been taken...where? i don't know..." but then again i am crazy so, ya know...IT'S ALL IN MY HEAD

Huddie Ledbetter · September 2003

Take it literally: it obviously refers to flipping over an vinyl record (tried the flipside of a cd yet?). What's on the flipside of a record? Either another song or a different part of the album. It's not the end of music when you flip the record, just different music. That's what I guess it means: Changes are gonna come and the situation will no longer be the same. Maybe we won't even be the same people by that time. But we WILL see eachother again, you can trust in that, this is not the end.

keven 33 · September 2003

i was thinking about jesus and the story
of love and sacrifice of life
i was very much feeling spiritual
within the thought of the loving jesus

then i was thinking if the spirit had no
name and the story was the same
then would we hurt each other
into believing in our beliefs

i'm not christian

OceansJenny · September 2003

I agree with Huddie Ledbetter; I took it as a literal flipping over a vinyl record (since Eddies a fan of them himself), but I think it's more like "See you next time I come back" which would be the continuation of their friendship but it's a whole different "song".

Flizank · September 2003

Originally posted by Kenny Olav
it means "see ya later".

unless, you say it like "SEE YOU ON THE FLIP SIDE, MOTHERFUCKER!" and then it means, you'll see him when he's done fucking his mother.

Um, what the fuck? heheh

Alive Again · September 2003

As this is a song about a person who often drifts off into their own deep thoughts, I would suggest it means to see you again when I'm back to my old, casual self.

pearl_bug · September 2003

I agree that this line means difference. The flip side of a record. Two very different people in the song. The narrator being some what reserved and the other fella should be on ritilin. They get together every now and then and catch up on each others lives. Off he goes without his ritilin.

alobar · September 2003

Here's a suggestion.......

Maybe refers to listening to a vinyl record......does anyone know if Off He Goes is the last song on the 1st side of No Code???

Rats · September 2003

I believe this is where it came from
See you on the flip side is a variation
of the phrase catch ya on the flip side
made popular in the 70`s with the CB radio craze
it meant talk to ya on the return trip/talk to ya later

BhagavadGita · September 2003

if you open a door in your dreams

oh yea, anyway if you do what i did last night
you would see that everything is upside down'

i wasflyinguntil some gentle angels said and popped me awake to

what time do you want to get up

thisismylastexit · September 2003

back to the reference of off he goes being about a cat...would a cat have unkept clothes? *chuckles*

brain of c · November 2003

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What does "See you on the flipside" mean to you?

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