This Velvet Glove

Album: Californication (1999)
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  • Close to my skin, I'm falling in someone who's been
    Sittin' by the phone, I'm left alone in another zone
    John says to live above hell, my will is well
    No one is waiting for me to fail and my will could sail, yeah

    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
    To meditate on the warmest dream
    And when I walk alone I listen to our secret theme

    Your solar eyes are like nothing I have ever seen
    Somebody close that can see right through
    I'd take a fall and you know that I'd do anything
    I will for you

    Sailin' for the sun, 'cause there is one that knows where I'm from
    I care for you, I really do, I really do
    Come closer now so you can lie right by my side
    I sit alone in the sun, I wrote a letter to you gettin' over myself, yeah

    Your solar eyes are like nothing I have ever seen
    Somebody close that can see right through
    I'd take a fall and you know that I'd do anything
    I will for you
    Your solar eyes are like nothing I have ever seen
    Somebody close that was made for you
    I'd take a fall and you know that I'd do anything
    I will for you

    Close to my skin, someone who's been, I'm falling in
    Disasters are just another star falling in my yard
    John says to live above hell and my will is well
    Long to be with someone to tell, "I love your smell" Writer/s: Anthony Kiedis, Chad Gaylord Smith, John Anthony Frusciante, Michael Peter Balzary
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Eloquentracer92 from MarsClaire Essex is actually Yohanna Logan.
  • AnonymousClaire Essex is just a pseudonym for Yohanna.
  • John from Pittsburgh, Pawhat does a velvet glove have to do with anything?
  • Jill from Dumfries, Vathis song is keidis's way of showing frusciante how much he meant to him. john was anthony's confidant and most influental source of inspiration to kick his bad drug habits (which resulted in his hepititus c diagnosis).
    you can tell how much respect and love anthony has for john in the very fist line of the song (close to my skin, i'm falling in, someone who's been.)
    i think it's a sweet way to show that your friendship to someone can even withstand serious problems.
  • Kyle from Fresno , CaAnthony Keidis wrote this song about guitarist John Frusciante and how happy and grateful he was to have him back in the band.
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