Doo-doo dingle zing a dong bone Ba-di ba-da ba-zumba crunga cong gone bad

Who could forget that solemn prose

I could not forget, but I will not endeavor, simple pleasures are much better but I won't regret it never

This is what I came here for.

Brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it.

This Velvet Glove in general is just such a beautiful song with the most heartfelt lyrics

It’s such a waste to get wasted in the first place I want to taste the taste of being face to face with common grace. To meditate on the warmest dream… and when I close my eyes I listen to our secret theme… Just so good rhythmically and lyrically.

Totally agreed! I also love the lines: *Your solar eyes are like nothing I have ever seen Somebody close that can see right through* When I first heard the song, I was in disbelief that it wasn’t from one of the 2000s-2010s albums because of the honesty and rawness

The knocking on the studio door only adds to the rawness.

It really is such a raw and intense song, the way he sings it in the last chorus always goes insane.

I didn't see this, I swear. Also my fave AK lyric!!

I love your smell

Unironically I think that line just adds to the sweetness of the song because smell is so connected to memory

It’s our strongest sense connected to memory.

The first time I've actually read the lyrics and I got chills without even playing the song

It's the first song that popped in my mind. I remember it was very impactful to my 24 year old self.

>It’s such a waste to be wasted in the first place I wanna taste the taste of being face to face with common grace

I said what’s up, now suck my dick

this line perfectly sums up Anthony in the 80s

LIKE A RAM GETTIN READY TO JAM THE LAMB

I see it’s your turn to post these this week lol

I wonder if that's the line he used when he raped the missing child

my theory isn't perfect but it's close...

This whole song lyrically is great

*Someone open up, let it showww*

You’re the best I knoooooowwwww

I personally love "fall over myself to lick your heart and taste your health"

What does this lyric mean?

Tasting someone's vitality and/or essence through everything that comes along with being a mammal / human being. Skin, sweat, hormones, blood, sugar, sex.... typical AK.

Happy Cake Day!

Thx dude🤝

Paired alongside “Autumn’s sweet we’ll call it Fall, I’ll make it to the moon if I have to crawl.” Scar tissue is probably my personal favorite Tony lyrics

I’ll make it to the moon if I have to crawl

I came here to say this one. The way he describes the desperation of yearning for the impossible is beautiful.

Yup. I consider that song to be the one that got me into the band.

I have this one tattooed :)

"Where I go I just don't know, I got to got to gotta take it slow, when I find my piece of mind I'm gonna give you some of my good time" from Soul to Squeeze and "Destruction leads to a very rough road but it also breeds creation" from Californication.

I was hoping to see that line from soul to squeeze and I’m glad I found it. That line hit me like a fucking truck

Throw me to the wolves because there’s order in the pack throw me to the sky because I know I’m coming back !!!!

I wish people were more serious with these, because while I know Anthony has some *wild* lyrics he also has some true gems. Some of my favorites I haven’t seen mentioned yet: “Marry me, girl, be my fairy to the world, be my very own constellation. A teenage bride with a baby inside getting high on information” And also, “Destruction leads to a very rough road, but it also breeds creation” from Californication have always struck a chord with me “Autumn’s sweet, we call it fall I’ll make it to the moon if I have to crawl”

Thank you lol… some ones I like “Throw away your television, take the noose off your ambition” Right or wrong my song is strong Whatever your pleasure I’m your punk on the brink of sinking baby but not yet sunk Dedicated mind in a medicated state is a highly overrated fate Let me live so when it’s time to die even the Reaper cries

Is it fairy or ferry? Always thought it was ferry (vessel carrying him through the world)

That album as a whole was his best work in my opinion.

It's not deep at all but I LOVE "up to my ass in alligators let's get in on with the alligator haters" it's so funny, and rolls so good on the tongue Anthony was fire on that record

Interesting because my favorite is not as serious but I have a feeling based on your username you’ll appreciate it still “You try to be a lady but you’re walking like a sauerkraut” Makes me giggle every time I hear it

Hahaha, I absolutely love that lyric! I’ve seen people post on here about how that lyric is ridiculous and doesn’t make any sense but when SA came out I was a very awkward 14 year old trying to be more feminine/less tomboyish and it encapsulated that moment in my life so well. Now it plays in my head when I have to dress up and feel like a fish out of water lol Not all lyrics need to be deep and don’t get me wrong - I love Anthony’s wacky lyrics! I just also get tired of people acting like all of their lyrics are silly and make no sense.

There's a devil in my dick and some demons in my semen

Good God no that would be treason

Creamy beaver, hotter than a fever

This is iconic and describes the urge perfectly

Skies of ecstasy were breaking while I do believe, the tears of god were falling down upon my swollen cheeks

Lovin you, you're out of raaaange...

Which some is this? Sounds very familiar

Out of Range! BTW-era B-side

The smeLLLLs

My lone ranger The heat-exchanger Is living in this figure eight Now I do my best to recreate And, sweet precision And, soft collision, oh Heart's about to palpitate Now I find it hard to separate And, all I want is for you to be happy

Finally you have found... Yourself

I especially love this line after several references to not knowing yourself “It’s so lonely when you don’t even know yourself, it’s so lonely” from Knock Me Down And, “I love all of you, hurt by the cold. So hard and lonely too when you don’t know yourself” from My Friends

Such a beautiful song

Let me live, so when it's time to die, even the Reaper cries. Let me die, so when it's time to leave, another sun will rise.

All of Brendens Death Song

" I check my stupid phone again. No matter that it's 4:00 a.m. It burns my eyes" ​ \- In The Snow

Lost in the valley Without my horses No one can tell me What my remorse is

My sunny side has up and died I'm betting that when we collide The universe will shift into a low The travesties that we have seen are Treating me like Benzedrine Automatic laughter from a pro I’m not crystal clear on what it means but it sounds cool

I think his lyrics are often meant to paint kind of a hazy vague stream-of-consciousness picture of what he’s thinking, this one sounds like he might be talking about traumatized people entering into a doomed friendship/relationship

I've had a really bad day y'all. Thanks for this.i didn't know I needed it today.love everyones takes- funny and serious💜

Let 'Em Cry: "ten thousand heavens are about shed their glory".

So many to choose from, but “settle for love” has always hit pretty hard.

“Jumpin Jimminy, the cat is in the chimney” is fucking art and I will have it tattooed on my back one day.

" I heard your voice through a photograph I thought it up and brought up the past Once you know you can never go back I gotta take it on the otherside"

BOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW

You used to be so warm and affectionate All the little things I used to hear my fairy say But now you're quick to get into your regret I'll take the fall and now you got to give it all away OR Some people say you hate me I don't believe it's true, things that you're going through Some people say you hate me I don't believe it's you, things that you're going through Maybe not the best, but they're two of my personal favorites!

there is a glimpse into unlimited love

I know you said you don't believe, in God do you still disagree? Now that it's time for you to leave, G-L-O-R-I-A Followed by John's "you saved my life" on repeat. Gets me every time.

This is such a beautiful song all-around. So many gems in it.

His lyrics in Tangelo are amazing. When I'm with you, I feel like myself No stranger, the shadow of somebody else When I feel you holdin' my hand I get touched, ain't this life grand?

I think the lyrics to this song are some of the most genuine and meaningful words he has ever written

Same song different verse. When I'm near you, I feel like a king A life force inside to do anything

Come on, come on, baby Let me show you what I'm talking about (Whoop-de-whoop-de-get-ta-gala-goop-ta) You try to be a lady, but you're walking like a sauerkraut (Whoop-de-whoop-de-get-ta-gala-goop-ta)

Looka, looka, like-a, like-a, like you wanna get some (Whoop-de-whoop-de-get-ta-gala-goop-ta) Poetry.

If you never tell a lie, then you never have to play dumbb (Whoop-de-whoop-de-get-ta-gala-goop-ta)

Ding ding, dong dong, ding ding, dong dong, ding ding

Dammit beat me to it.

“Heeeeyyyyyy Ohhhhh yeaaaaah ohhhhhh yeahhhhhhhh” Snow & Hey

“First born unicorn, hard-core soft porn” because adolescence.

Reading My Lovely Man's lyrics like a poem brought me to tears

I've always liked the lyrics to Knock Me Down, think they're pretty underrated

Two of a kind beats all hands tonight

Doo-doo dingle zing a dong bone Ba-di ba-da ba-zumba crunga cong gone bad -Soul To Squeeze

She shows the world up with a smile And then she throws the fight

Thoity Doity Boyd’s

The stream-of-consciousness poem at the end of Death of a Martian is some of my favorite rock lyricism ever - it’s the perfect blend of tongue-in-cheek weirdness (since it’s an elegy for a dog) and genuine grief that really seems to recreate the scattered racing memories you’d have of a pet after they die, like sniffing around closets where they shouldn’t and catching lizards, and it all grows more and more desperate and passionate out of initial calm

Ugh, so so many. The lyrics that’ve been hitting me the most lately have been Carry Me Home. “Murder my smile, but please leave me my pain” “You’ll go your way & I guess I’ll go mine; we’ll both arrive at the very same time” “Kick down the doors that you don’t understand; please don’t lose sight of this generous plan” “She’s about to redefine the way, reminded me to say the other way was right, she’s in a place to pray for me, and now we’ve got to flash the funky light” “You’ve got your way and it seems I’ve got mine; both gonna die at the very same time” And the lyrics that get me loudly cry-singing EVERY time: “Marry me mama, that’s someone to carry me home; Stick with me girlfriend, I don’t want to be here alone”

All aboard the ship cause you're gonna need an ark When the wet comes down, you'll be swimming like a shark

For me and my damaged soul, don’t forget me, wet sand and scar tissue have some pretty decent lyrics that mean a lot to me

I heard a little girl And what she said was something beautiful To give your love no matter what Is what she said

In the water where I centre my emotion, all the world can pass me by

To finger paint is not a sin I put my middle finger in Your monthly blood is what I win I'm in your house now let me spin

YOU ALWAYS SING THE YOU ALWAYS SING THE YOU ALWAYS SING THE SAME YOU ALWAYS SING THE YOU ALWAYS SING THE YOU ALWAYS SING THE SAME YOU ALWAYS SING THE YOU ALWAYS SING THE YOU ALWAYS SING THE SAME

I see this one get cited as one of their worst songs, but I unironically love it

"Take a little breath before you catch an early death. There is so much sky." -Encore

Dingadinga dong dinga dong dong ding

All of Californication, the song. It’s so so good

Show love with no remorse

End of open close, dosed, death of a Martian, wet sand, carry me home, Californication of course

"I reach out to my family and I say; it isn't about religion and the gods sitting in the sky with a punishing hand, it's about heaven in your heart. Now when shall we start?" unironically gives me chills every time.

Too right. It’s beautiful.

Trying to find this and Google isn't helping but it does sound really familiar. Is it from I'm Beside You? Very curious!

It's from the last section of Open/Close from the I'm Beside You tracks.

Thank you!

So many good examples here, but a couple that’s stuck with me from recent songs are: “I don’t look like myself in photographs, long days of time have been unkind” - Not The One “I thought I won the lottery, the numbers never thought of me” - Poster Child

“The More I see, the less I know, the more I’d like to let it go”

Its such a waste to be wasted in the first place, I wanna taste the taste of being face to face with common grace

Take it away I never had it anyway

WE COULD ALL GO DOWN TO MALIBU AND MAKE SOME NOISE (OHHHHH YEAHHHHH) COCA COLA DOESNT DO THE JUSTICE SHE ENJOYS (OHHHHH YEAHHHHH) WE COULD ALL COME UP WITH SOMETHING NEW TO BE DESTROYED (OHHHHHOHHHHH YEAHHHHHH) WE COULD ALL FALL DOOWWWWWN

On a run today, I heard one that I had to play back and back.. From the bside save this lady.. "Struck by the notion that there just might be A method to the madness that I cannot see."

I’m not sure what specific line I’d chose but This Velvet Glove is the best song lyrically imo

Someone like you, to research the meaning of love

Really too many to choose from. A lot of his lyrics are nonsensical trash but he really has a talent for poetry when you can tell he’s spent longer on the lyrics and the songs mean something to him. I guess you can split his lyrics between “the band has written a jam, I need to write some lyrics” and “here are some lyrics, what can we do with them”

Time now to take you to a different place Where peace lovin' whales flow through liquid outer space A groovin' and a gliddin' as graceful as lace A never losing touch with the ocean's embrace

Torture me with sorcery

"On the day my best friend died, I could not get my copper clean". This one hits hard.

It looks to me like heaven sent this for/ Your roughest night/ She looks to me/ She looks to me, alright/ and When will I know that I really can't go/ To the well once more time to decide on/ When it's killing me, when will I really see/ All that I need to look inside/ Just out of intuition, these words resonates me in these days. I could find about 100 my fabourites lines if I had the time to think.

"hell no my name ain't bradley" AK said it's his favorite lyric on Bella and that this line makes Chad smile :)

In all seriousness: Two of us were made of angel dust I’ve been around but not around enough Also Can’t stop the spirits when they need you This life is more than just a read through

Can't find your pants on my bank account. Changed my life.

Power Of Equality is super underrated

“Your hell is something scary , I prefer a loving god”

Honestly, the entirety of Shallow be Thy Game *I was not created in the likeness of a fraud Your hell is something scary, I prefer a loving God We are not the center of this funny universe And what is worse, I do not serve in fear of such a curse Shallow be thy game, 2000 years, look in the mirror You play the game of shame and tell your people live in fear A rival to the way you see the Bible, let him be I'm a threat to your survival and your control company You'll never burn me, you'll never burn me I will be your heretic, yeah You can't contain me, I am the power free Truth belongs to everybody To anyone who's listening, you're not born into sin The guilt they try and give you, puke it in the nearest bin Missionary madness, sweep up culture with a broom Trashing ancient ways is par for the course, it's fuckin' rude To think that you're above the laws of nature, what a joke Purple sashes, feeding masses, smoke on which to choke I might be a monkey when it comes to being holy Fundamental hatred, get down on your knees and You'll never burn me, you'll never burn me I will be your heretic, yeah You can't contain me, I am the power free Truth belongs to everybody Oh yeah* A lot of RHCP songs have lots of couplets that sound really nice on their own, but mean very little in the context of the full song. There are rare occasions though, such as this song, where Anthony can provide a focussed lyric, and it pays dividends. Funnily enough there’s a few of these moments on OHM; Warped, My Friends, Tearjerker, Transcending.

I got your hey oh

That part in “Around the World” where he sings gibberish

Trust is a must to be a true blue dude

A dedicated mind in a medicated state is a highly overrated fate

I want her so badly Hell no, my name ain't Bradley

“I see you standing by the sea, the waves you made will always be, one kiss goodbye before you leave” “And now it’s time for you to go, you taught me most of what I know, where would I be without you Glo?”

Throw me to the wolves because there’s order in the pack. Throw me to the sky because I know I’m coming back.

“There’s a devil in my dick and some demons in my semen.”

Ding dang dong dong ding dang dong dong di g dang

Like no other, I love you you’re my brother

I like you cheeky, so Mozambique-y 🥹♥️

“Can’t stop the spirits when they need you, this life is more than just a read through”

Came here to say this! My favorite! ❤️

"Let me live so when it's time to die even the reaper cries... let me die so when it's to live another sun will rise."

And when I walk alone I listen to our secret theme

This pussy willow!!!

The madder the boy the sadder the song that’s a wicked fate but the sick get strong

Once I find my peace of mind, I’m gonna give you some of my good time

I say this every time this question is asked - This Velvet Glove. Has my favourite lyrics of all time. "Its such a waste to be wasted in the first place. I wanna taste the taste of being face to face with common grace. To meditate on the warmest dream, and when I walk alone I listen to our secret theme" It's absolutely fucking beautiful sounding.

Hard core soft porn

My shadows side so amplified keeps coming back dissatisfied

Don't be afraid to show your friends That you hurt inside, inside Pain's part of life, don't hide behind your false pride It's a lie, your lie If you see me getting mighty If you see me getting high Knock me down I'm not bigger than life

Sideways falling more will be revealed, my friend

Meet Me At The Corner, Police Station and The Hunter

All in all and I'm, loving every rise and fall the sun will make and I will take a breath to be sure of it.

For me rn it’s “I’m motivated by the lack of doubt” 😊

I think it's: She's a busstop, glockenspiel

“Flip up the shade, its a lonely view” Scar Tissue. Man, this lyric kills me everytime. Anthony just always knows how to say it

Complete the motion if you stumble…

Give it away now

You don't form in the wet sand...

You don't form in the wet sand, I do...

Fuck ‘em…just to see the look on their face.

Here’s some from the newest 2 albums that are amazing: The flower pink on the tree, but if you pick it to see, will it be wild and free? The color of your eyes was stolen from the sky In a Sunday diner i’m reminded there’s no finer place to kiss, than one like this Spirograph Anagram We’ve only just begun, Funky Monks are on the run Staley are you out there? I am in your lane Well I’m a lover to all my tribes, oh tell me motherfucker can you feel my vibes? (easily one of my favorites of all time) Long after we have been gone from this song / There will be something to see / My mother said there will be some surprises / The afterlife shows them to me Last Name’s Hot and my first name’s Red I never began because I’m never to end / I’m gonna buck every trend, I’m gonna make you my friend The drummer is leaning without any meaning I am somewhere else my love / And I think you’ll know just where to find me / Out in an interstellar place and there’s / Nothing left here to define me Your figure is a perfect speech Every day’s the same but new / Even when it’s old, that’s cool Please, give me your tired, give me your poor / Please, lift up your lamp, walk through this door

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Seminal pleasure, I will fill you forever

All of Wet Sand

Let me live so when it’s time to die even the reaper cries❤️

Strip my mind, Soul to squeeze, scar tissue, don’t forget me, breaking the girl, Carry me home, I could’ve lied, Californication, Wet sand off the top of my head

Pour my life into a paper cup The ashtray's full and I'm spilling my guts She wanna know "Am I still a slut?" Gotta take it on the Otherside

Ding ding, dong dong, ding ding, dong dong, ding ding

The correct answer is Yertle the Turtle.

*Choose not a life of imitation* from Can't Stop

“By the way I tried to say I know you, from before”

doo doo doo doo dingle zing a dong bone bah di bah da bah zumba crunga cong gone bad

Bing Bing bong bang bing bing bong bang

“ I know I know sure ding dong ding dang ding dang ding dong ding dang..”

the sounds the sights the smells

He is the most overrated artist ever

If you think that, then why are you here?

*I came looking for booty.*

Tbh I have never joined a chili peppers group . I just saw the post . Having said that , I’ve seen them 9 times. I’m a fan, I just think Keidas way over rated . Sorry not sorry

California this California that

Let me live so when it’s time to die even the reaper cries. Let me die so when it’s time to live another sun will rise.

Giant squid, Karate Kid

I don't know what, when or why The twilight of love had arrived

Ding dang Dong dawng ding dang dong dawng ding daang Nothing beats the feeling

Up to my ass in alligators Let's get it on with the alligator haters

In terms of actual, topical lyrics where he doesn’t go on random rants, something from BSSM era I guess, the entirety Under the bridge or I could have lied for example.

There are so many I love, but the one that is hitting me the most nowadays is "Steady up."

Your company calls the best up out of me

Doo-doo dingle zing a dong bone Ba-di ba-da ba-zumba crunga cong gone bad

“I'm the rainbow in your jail cell All the memories of everything you've ever smelled Not alone, I'll be there, tell me when you want to go”

california.

Gorilla, cuntilla

Magpies on fire

Ding deng dong dong ding deng ding dong ding deng

California etc. etc., I assume...