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.