Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released: May 5, 2006

Songwriter: Chad Smith John Frusciante Flea Anthony Kiedis

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Verse 1]
Looks to me like heaven sent
No lullaby kid, no five percent
Anyway you want to cut that cake
She's dying from the likes of abandonment

[Bridge]
Lost in the valley without my horses
She needs somebody to hold

[Chorus]
It looked to me like heaven
Sent this for your roughest night
She looks to me, she looks to me, all right

Who's going to take you home
And hold you when things aren't so bright
She looks to me, she looks to me, all right

[Verse 2]
It's a long walk down those tracks
It's a dirty walk in, it's a dirty walk back
Going to learn a way too much
Shooting dope in the back of a Cadillac Jack

[Bridge]
Slow down the road to my back 40
She needs somebody to hold

[Chorus]
It looked to me like heaven
Sent this for your roughest night
She looks to me, she looks to me, all right

Who's going to take you home
And hold you when things aren't so bright
She looks to me, she looks to me, all right

[Bridge]
Down in the South seas
Give me your mouth please
Resuscitation
Is the way I found these
I give you major
You give me minor
Don't fade away
Like an ocean liner, now

[Pre-Chorus]
Lost in the valley without my horses
No one can tell me what my remorse is
God made this lady that stands before me
She needs somebody to hold

[Chorus]
She shows the world up with a smile
And then she throws the fight
She looks to me, she looks to me, all right
Down on the bathroom floor
She's searching for another light
She looks to me, she looks to me, all right

[Outro]
She looked to me like heaven
Sent this for your roughest night
She looks to me, she looks to me, all right

Who's going to take you home
And hold you when things aren't so bright
She looks to me, she looks to me, all right

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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