RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - SCAR TISSUE

SCAR TISSUE

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS

SONGWRITERS: ANTHONY KIEDIS; CHAD SMITH; FLEA; MICHAEL PETER BALTAZAR & JOHN ATHONY FRUSCIANTE

WHERE: LIVE SLANE CASTLE 2003

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: CALIFORNICATION

LABEL: ALTERNATIVE ROCK

GENRE: ROCK AND ROLL

YEAR: 1999

"Scar Tissue" is the first single from the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers' seventh studio album Californication, released in 1999. It is one of their most successful songs, spending a then-record 16 consecutive weeks on top of the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, as well as 10 weeks at the top of the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and reached number 8 on Billboard Hot 100 Airplay. It peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the UK, the song reached number 15 on the UK Singles Chart. It won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2000. The song is notable for its mellow intro guitar riff and for its slide guitar solos throughout. Guitar World placed the guitar solo 63rd in its list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Solos".

"Scar Tissue" is considered to be representative of the new, more melodic rock sound the band experimented with on Californication (in contrast to the psychedelic One Hot Minute, and dry funk of Blood Sugar Sex Magik).

Scar tissue that I wish you saw

Sarcastic mister know-it-all

Close your eyes and I'll kiss you 'cause

With the birds I'll share

With the birds I'll share

This lonely view

With the birds I'll share

This lonely view

Push me up against the wall

Young kentucky girl in a push-up bra

Fallin' all over myself

To lick your heart and taste you health, 'cause

With the birds I'll share

This lonely view

With the birds I'll share

This lonely view

With the birds I'll share

This lonely view

Blood loss in a bathroom stall

Southern girl with a scarlet drawl

Wave good-bye to ma and pa, 'cause

With the birds I'll share

With the birds I'll share

This lonely view

With the birds I'll share

This lonely view

Soft spoken with a broken jaw

Step outside but not to brawl in

Autumn's sweet we call it fall

I'll make it to the moon if I have to crawl and

With the birds I'll share

This lonely view

With the birds I'll share

This lonely view

With the birds I'll share

This lonely view

Scar tissue that I wish you saw

Sarcastic mister know it all

Close your eyes and I'll kiss you 'cause

With the birds I'll share

With the birds I'll share

This lonely view

With the birds I'll share

This lonely view

With the birds I'll share

This lonely view.