Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released: May 5, 2006

Songwriter: Chad Smith Anthony Kiedis John Frusciante Flea

Producer: Rick Rubin

[Verse 1]
She's the one she's the only one
She's got ripped back light
Gonna make me come
I say when I smile I'm a really smile
I got dreams so wide like a country mile

[Chorus 1]
I said now, I'll take it
It's better for you
Somehow we'll make it
'Cause that's what we do

[Verse 2]
Pick a star in the open sky
I see you see me and that is why I
Hop along to the cowboy beat
When I feel your fire jump up to meet

[Chorus 1]
I said now, I'll take it
It's better for you
Somehow we'll make it
'Cause that's what we do

[Chorus 2]
Something out there where love is your only friend and
We are the ones that will make you feel better and
Someone to spare when love is the only end and
We are the ones that will make you feel better

Oh yeah!

[Verse 3]
In a world that has run amok
I've got to set my sights just to get struck
I walk away from the rank and file
With a punched out mouth and a pack of style
I say... she's the one she's the only one
Make me search myself until I'm done... and
Tell me now in a telegram
Do the sea of stars make a diagram... and

[Chorus 2]
Something out there where love is your only friend and
We are the ones that will make you feel better and
Someone to spare when love is the only end and
We are the ones that will make you feel better, oh yeah

Oh yeah hey hey
Oh yeah

[Verse 4]
So alive I arrive on dust
You can search my mind
For the red on rust... I said
Take me there and she really cares
Lighten up for me goinna hear my prayers, I said

[Chorus 1]
I said now, I'll take it
It's better for you
Somehow we'll make it
'Cause that's what we do

[Chorus 2]
Something out there where love is your only friend and
We are the ones that will make you feel better and
Someone to spare when love is the only end and
We are the ones that will make you feel better, oh yeah

[Outro]
We are the ones that will make you feel better
We are the ones that will make you feel better
We are the ones that will make you feel better and
We are the ones that will make you feel better now

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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