Album: By The Way (2002)

Charted: 27

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• I saw your face
  Elegant and tired
  Cut up from the chase
  Still, I so admired
  Bloodshot, your smile
  Delicate and wild
  Give me she-wolf style
  Rip right through me
  
  Silveretta, the jets of a lifetime
  Go and get her, I've got her on my mind
  Nothing better, the feeling is so fine
  Simply put, I saw your love stream flow
  
  Come on, baby, 'cause there's no name for
  Give it up and I got what I came for
  Universally speaking
  I take it back and you make me nervous
  Nothing better than love and service
  Universally speaking
  I win in the long run
  
  I saw your crime
  Dying to get high
  Two of a kind
  Beats all hands tonight
  
  Silveretta, the jets of a lifetime
  Go and get her, I've got her on my mind
  All the better, to make it is so fine
  Simply put, I saw your love stream flow
  
  Come on, baby, 'cause there's no name for
  Give it up and I got what I came for
  Universally speaking
  I take it back and you make me nervous
  Nothing better than love and service
  Universally speaking
  I win in the long run
  
  Silveretta, the jets of a lifetime
  Go and get her, I've got her on my mind
  Nothing better, the feeling is so fine
  Simply put, I saw your love stream flow
  Simply put, I saw your love stream flow, let's go Writer/s: ANTHONY KIEDIS, CHAD SMITH, JOHN FRUSCIANTE, MICHAEL BALZARY
  Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 12

• Gfunk05 from Sydney Australia I think the song is about a female menstual cycle.
• Heza from Australia I reckon it could mean all of the reviews drugs love the joy of life, universally speaking.
• Sam from UkIt’s actually about recovery and narcotics anonymous, “nothing better than love and service “ “universally speaking , i win in the long run” it’s about when he finally gave himself up to NA , and his higher power
• Nikola from Banja Luka, Bosnia And HerzegovinaI'm with you ziggy, the lines "Still I waited for chance of the lifetime, go and get her, I got on her my mind" make me think that its got a bit of love meaning or something like that
• Alyssia from Spring, TxI think this song is about a person wo is a former drug user being around somebody who doing drugs right in front of them. They are tempted and they are remembering what the feeling of the drug was like, but they dont take the drugs, so they "win in the long run".
• Layton from Paris, Txgreat song had a great beat.hahaha i did it
• Shannon from Hamilton, OhThis is not about drugs. Judging from the lyrics and the intent, it is more than obvious to me that this is about female ejaculation.
• Mark from Worcester, MiThe initial inspiration for this song came from Flea. Rob seek help. I'm with Ziggy in that I just don't see the drug references here at all.
• Robert from Los Angeles, Cacorrrect young ziggster, a song does mean whatever you want it to. that's the beauty in it all. rob, you're sick. i'm prretty convinced you're the only one who thought that, you pervert.
• Rob from Palmyra, Vai always thought this song was about watching a girl pee!!!---"i saw your love stream flow"
  but what do i know?
• Ziggy from Flagstaff, AzI dont think this one is about drugs. This was written after everyone was clean i think, and most of their drug songs are a little more mellow and reflective. I think this is just about being in love and feeling alive, and living life to its fullest (like many of their songs). Perhaps there are some references with the "cut up form the chase" and other bits, but i dont think drug usage is really the point of the song. Of course, a song means whatever you want it to mean really, lol
• Josh from New York, Nydoes the interlude before the 2nd verse sound like something out of the little mermaid? it starts around 1:43 into the song.

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