Album: One Hot Minute (1995)

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• You are my god, you are my dog
  You kept me close, love never lost
  I called you hippie, you said fuck off
  Said your brother's a real punk rocker
  
  Something gonna happen
  Something very soon
  Transcending flesh could be a breeze
  Sending me oh over the moon
  
  Friends near death, you gave respect
  Sympathetic intellect
  Choices are, for one and all
  All we are is, leaves that fall (that's all)
  
  Always be loving you
  Now I'm away from you
  Always be loving you
  
  Round and round inside your head
  Smartest fucker I ever met
  Vicious fish bit at your toes
  Made you lie and numb your soul
  
  Something gonna happen
  Something very soon
  Transcending flesh could be a breeze
  Sending me over the moon
  
  Mule donkey ass you bore the load
  Of all creations tortured souls
  Choices are, for one and all
  All we are is, leaves that fall
  
  (Like no other, I love you your my brother)
  
  Water flowing and I will drink it
  I will drink for you
  A part of me left that only you knew
  Will never be understood, will never be understood
  
  Hey, gone to stay
  Entire lifetime flash before me
  In a loving stream
  Hey mother may I have lost a child
  But she gave birth
  To a loving stream
  
  Oh, never know
  When the gods will come and take you
  To a loving stream
  
  Oh, heart of gold
  The most special things you gave me were
  From your loving stream
  
  In a loving stream
  Fuck the magazines
  Fuck the green machine
  See the human being
  In a loving stream
  
  Fuck the legal greed
  Fuck the nothing scene
  See the family
  In a loving stream Writer/s: ANTHONY KIEDIS, CHAD SMITH, DAVID MICHAEL NAVARRO, MICHAEL BALZARY
  Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 8

• Nick from NyThis album gets s--t on because it's dark, and different. Peppers purists can hate it, but I LOVE this album. I was 13 when it was released and this, along with earlier albums completely formed me as a musicians. So hate it all you want, but it is AMAZING music.
• Bobbilyn from Jacksonville, FlFlea was at the club when he died. OHM is the darkest of all their albums, probably Navarro's influence, its not my fav. I'm a Mother's milk fan personally, Frusciante is my fav of their many guitarists, but I think that particular position in this band is cursed. Revolving door of tortured and addicted and talented men, tis sad. This is my fav song off this album its twisted.
• Evan from Arkansas, AlThe constant mention of "water flowing" and "stream" is obviously because it is about "RIVER" Phoenix.
• Nicky from London, EnglandThis song was written ENTIRELY for River Phoenix, by Flea about his life and death. 'Tearjerker' was written entirly for Kurt Cobain on the same album. Phoenix was closer to Flea than he was to Frusciante- they went on holiday together, Phoenix shared his malibu home whist filming and Flea played in Phoenix's band, alekas attic, at gigs on occasion- even lending bass to one of the bands few released tracks 'Note To A Friend'.
• Abby from Dublin, IrelandFlea wrote the majority of the lyrics on 'one hot minute' as Anthony was going through a kind of 'writers block'
  
  Flea was also great friends with River Phoenix since staring together in the film 'My own private Idaho'. Flea went in the ambulance with River the night he died.
• Kaitie from Ontario, Canadariver phoenix was in stand by me ...i love that movie...and this song too, its amazing
• Marko from Melbourne, Australiaflea wrote the guitar line???? lets say i believe that, he should write more songs then because that is awesome, that song is absolutely mad and so meaningful, TEARJERKER was written in memory of kurt cobain, not some girl who kiedes dated... but kurt cobain, keep in mind kurt had "pale blue eyes" and "dimple in your chin"
• Keewa from Fairbanks, AlBass player Flea wrote the song about river phoenix, not john frusciante, as frusciante was not in the band at the moment
  
  flea wrote the lyrics, guitar lines and basslines for it.

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