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The mission bell refers to a church so when Martian “catches the ball” by the church it’s another way of saying she died.

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“blood flowers” refers to the roses for a funeral.

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Clara is the name of Flea’s daughter.
This line is going back to times when he had to ask the dog to stop hogging the bed, so that both the dog and his daughter could be with him.
This shows extreme love for the dog.

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Martian was known for eating everything. Flea reported in an interview that one time they were sitting on the couch watching TV when Martian coughed up a wind up toy.

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The band would sometimes get together at Flea’s house and work on music in the garage while Martian was around. Therefore, “your garage” could refer to:
1) Martian’s dog house
2) The fact that Martian was always in the garage, almost like it being hers
3) Anthony addressing Flea, talking about Flea’s garage.

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Martian was a large dog (about 200lbs as mentioned in an interview) so her paws were very large and she was playful.

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The song is about the death of bassist Flea’s dog Martian. Martian was an integral part of the band in regards to morale and love that when she died it was quite tragic. Along with Martian passing away, lead singer Anthony Kiedis' dog Buster also died during the recording of Stadium Arcadium. Buster had helped Anthony recover from drug abuse so his death was also a blow to the band.

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Jesse almost died during heart surgery when he was 4 months old.

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Could refer to A) Jesse telling Billy he wants to go home (after their evenings of playing games or watching Billy play sports) B) Billy wanting to go back home to see Jesse C) Home could mean getting away from everything and just going to a safe place

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Referring to the previous line: Regardless of how Jesse viewed Billy they would always be seen as outcasts

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