Universally Speaking Lyrics
I saw your face
Elegant and tired
Cut up from the chase
Still, I so admired
[Verse 2]
Bloodshot your smile
Delicate and wild
Give me she-wolf style
Rip right through me
[Pre-Chorus]
Silveretta, the jets of a lifetime
Go and get her, I've got her on my mind
Nothing better, the feelin' is so fine
Simply put, I saw your love stream flow
[Chorus]
(Ooh) Come on, baby, 'cause there's no name for
(Ooh-ooh) Give it up and I got what I came for
(Ooh-ooh) Universally speaking, I...
(Ooh) Take it back and you make me nervous
(Ooh-ooh) Nothing better than love and service
(Ooh-ooh) Universally speaking, I...
(Ahhh) Win in the long run
[Verse 3]
I saw your crime
Dying to get high
Two of a kind
Beats all hands tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
Silveretta, the jets of a lifetime
Go and get her, I've got her on my mind
All the better, to make it so fine
Simply put, I saw your love stream flow
[Chorus]
(Ooh) Come on, baby, 'cause there's no name for
(Ooh-ooh) Give it up and I got what I came for
(Ooh-ooh) Universally speaking, I...
(Ooh) Take it back and you make me nervous
(Ooh-ooh) Nothing better than love and service
(Ooh-ooh) Universally speaking, I...
(Ahhh) Win in the long run
[Bridge]
Silveretta, the jets of a lifetime
Go and get her, I've got her on my mind
Nothing better, the feelin' is so fine
Simply put I saw your love stream flow
Simply put I saw your love stream flow
Let's go
About
Discography speaking, “Universally Speaking”, was the fifth and last single off the Red Hot Chili Peppers eighth album, By The Way.
The song captures traditional RHCP themes – melancholy, substance abuse and relationships – but adds it to a new musical exploration. By The Way is the second album released after the band’s reconciliation with their longtime guitarist, John Frusciante, who fully recovered from drug abuse.
Lyrically speaking, the song is sung through a first person’s perspective on the relationship with a prostitute. This personal story touches on a larger idea, sex is a universal language. One can even argue that during sex, it’s a physical communication of love, meaning love is the universal language.
The “I” in the song shares his observations of the facial details and body language from his lover.
Q&A
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- 1.By the Way
- 2.Universally Speaking
- 4.Dosed
- 7.Can’t Stop
- 9.Midnight
- 11.Cabron
- 12.Tear
- 13.On Mercury
- 14.Minor Thing
- 15.Warm Tape
- 16.Venice Queen