I Could Die For You

Album: By The Way (2002)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song is about true love for a person, so passionate that you'd risk your own life for them. Anthony Kiedis wrote it for his girlfriend at the time. >>
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    Michael - winchestersonville, WA

Comments: 3

  • Seth from TuscaloosaIf you read Scar Tissue, Anthony truly seemed to love the women that he dated. So, I truly don't think this one is about drugs. He truly seems to be a genuine, loving person.
  • Carson from NyI heard that Kiedis wrote this song about his heroin addiction that he could die of.
  • Justin from Boston, Maso, i can relate to this seeing as how i feel this way about someone
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