Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released: July 23, 2013

Songwriter: Josh Klinghoffer Chad Smith Flea Anthony Kiedis

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Verse 1]
Death
Let me catch my breath
Let me see what's left
Let me see what's true
Do I really want to
Run from my depths?
Will I have regrets?
Will I ever find you?
Will I ever find the words
That give me motive to express?

[Verse 2]
Bread
Will I go unfed?
Will I be that fool who rushes on in
To where angels fear to tread?
Was it me who bled
On the new death bed
And there is no fear
When you're leaning on love
Those grateful dead

[Chorus]
Someone like you
To research the meaning of love
Someone, I do
To be there when push comes to shove
I know that you know
The ending numbers

[Verse 3]
Chess
Let me play my best
When I do regress
Let it all unwind
'Cause we're never confined
To the board unless
There's a second guess
Look into the sky
Where we all comply
With something higher than the
Rest my love, sail through

[Chorus]
Someone like you
To research the meaning of love
Someone, I do
To be there when push comes to shove
I know that you know
The ending, the must
Someone like you

[Bridge]
Sky all around
Fell to the ground
Now I'm a child
Stayed for a while

[Verse 4]
Flesh
Is it meaningless?
But we all protest
To the last request
Is there anything you
Could now suggest?
Did I do my best?
Did I leave it better?
Even though we look to be
Just mildly obsessed with you
Sail through

[Chorus]
Someone like you
To research the meaning of love
Someone, I do
To be there when push comes to shove
I know that you know
The ending, the must

[Outro]
Someone like you
To be there

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a rock band based in Los Angeles, CA that incorporates elements of rap, funk, punk, and rock into their work, mainly classified as an alternative rock band. They made it mainstream off the success of their 1991’s fifth studio album Blood Sugar Sex Magik, led by singles “Give it Away” and “Under the Bridge.” After losing guitarist John Frusciante and losing popularity following the release of the less successful One Hot Minute, the band reunited for 1999’s Californication. The title track and hit singles “Around the World,” “Scar Tissue” and “Otherside” propelled them back to the fame. After 2002’s solid release By the Way and 2006’s double-disc Stadium Arcadium, Frusciante once again left the band to further pursue his solo career. The band added Josh Klinghoffer to help fill his void, and released I’m With You in 2011.

In December 2019, the band announced via Instagram that Klinghoffer had left after 10 years, and Frusciante would be rejoining.

Their lyrical content was mostly centered around sex, drugs, and the Los Angeles lifestyle, and lead singer Anthony Kiedis mostly rapped them as he wasn’t confident as vocalist. Most members of the band also suffered from drug addiction, as Kiedis and Frusciante had to check themselves into rehab for heroin addiction at various points in their lives. But Californication marked a change in the band’s content matter and lifestyle. The band was sober for the most part, and the lyrics had shifted to songs about love and the pains of addiction, the title even criticized the city they loved so much. In addition, Kiedis had started to sing his lyrics much more often as he finally felt comfortable with his voice. That change has allowed the band to stick around for over 20 years despite multiple changes to their lineup and is part of why they remain relevant.

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