Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released: November 6, 2012

Songwriter: Josh Klinghoffer Chad Smith Flea Anthony Kiedis

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Verse 1]
Floozies at The Rainbow
Superstars that won’t get far
Who is who that we know?
Coochie Coo is at the bar

[Chorus 1]
Do you really love?
Do you love, do you love?
Do you want to make the call?
We all long, we all fall

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Shoelace for the sirens
Groupies and the tyrants ply

[Chorus 2]
Do you really want?
Do you want, do you want?
Do you want to have it all?
We all long, we all fall

[Verse 2]
I’m so tired
Well I get by
But I could use a few
I’m so tired
That I slept
Along the way

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Suitcase of perception
Rhinestones and redemption cries

[Chorus 1]
Do you really love?
Do you love, do you love?
Do you want to make the call?
We all long, we all fall

[Verse 3]
I’m so tired
The sun beats down
Upon my lonely face
I’m so tired
That I slept
Along the way

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus 3]
Do you really love?
Do you love, do you chase?
Do you take this town today?
We all long, we all face

[Verse 2]
I’m so tired
Well I get by
But I could use a few
I’m so tired
That I slept
Along the way

[Verse 4]
The sun beats down
Upon my lonely face
A perfect world
With all its perfect places
I could use a few
For just in cases

[Outro]
And I’m so tired
That I slept
Along the way

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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