Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released: August 9, 1995

Songwriter: Dave Navarro Chad Smith Flea Anthony Kiedis

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Intro]
My tendency
For dependency
Is offending me
It's upending me
I'm pretending see
To be strong and free
From my dependency
It's warping me

[Verse 1]
So much love
So rare to dare
Afraid of
Ever being there
Take me home
I need repair
Take me please
To anywhere

[Chorus 1]
Descend
All the way
All the way
Everyday
Warped

[Verse 2]
Descended from
Demented men
Struggle with
The art of Zen
Please don't look
Too close at me
You might not like
What you see

[Chorus 2]
Descend
All the way
All the way
Everyday
Warped
And scared
Of
Being
There

[Verse 3]
Night craving
Sends me crawling oh
Beg for mercy
Does it show
A vacancy
That's full of holes
Hold me please
I'm feeling cold

[Chorus 2]
Descend
All the way
All the way
Everyday
Warped
And scared
Of
Being
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.

more tracks from the album

One Hot Minute

From the albums

One Hot Minute (1995)
Crossing All Over! Vol. 4 (1996)

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