Warped Lyrics

[Intro]
My tendency for dependency
Is offending me
It's upending me
I'm pretending see to be strong and free
From my dependency
It's warping me


[Verse 1]
So much love, so rare to dare
Afraid of ever being there
Take me home, I need repair
Take me please to anywhere

[Chorus 1]
Descend
All the way, all the way
(Woah!)

[Verse 2]
Descended from demented men
Struggle with the art of Zen
Please don't look too close at me
You might not like what you see


[Chorus 2]
She said
All the way, all the way
Everyday
Warped and scared
Of being there, of being there
[Verse 3]
Night craving sends me crawling, woah
Beg for mercy, does it show?
A vacancy that's full of holes
Hold me please, I'm feeling cold


[Chorus 2]
She said
All the way, all the way
Everyday
Warped and scared
Of being there, of being there

[Instrumental Outro]

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” is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, from their 1995 album, One Hot Minute.

It was released as the first single from the album. It is the first track on One Hot Minute, beginning with an unusually quiet intro, before suddenly kicking into a very heavy, crunching riff, and ends with a mellow, melodic outro.

Vocalist

' vocals are distorted and echoed throughout, and contrast dramatically with the rapping present on the band’s previous material, especially on their more fast-paced songs such as this; short lines are stretched to fill an entire measure. The musical style is of an unpredictable and unsettling nature, which is generally maintained throughout the entire album.

The lyrics describe Kiedis' confused feelings about drugs, starting already in the first lines with: ‘my tendency/for dependency/is offending me’.

Despite being the album’s first single, neither the song nor the accompanying video was included on the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Greatest Hits compilation.

The B-side “

” also appears on the soundtrack to the 1996 movie, Twister, as well as on the Japanese pressing of One Hot Minute.

During live performances of “Warped”, the band sometimes played a sample of the song “

” by (former band of then-guitarist ) at the end of the song. This song made its live debut at the Woodstock Festival in 1994, although with much different lyrics.

Like the majority of songs from One Hot Minute, it has not been played live since 1996.

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Warped [Official Music Video]:

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Credits
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Percussion
Bass
Recording
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Recorded At
The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California
Release Date
August 9, 1995
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