I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
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 viewin'
With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
Push me up against the wall
Young Kentucky girl in a push-up bra
Fallin' all over myself
To lick your heart and taste your health 'cause
With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
With the birds I'll share this lonely view
Blood loss in a bathroom stall
A southern girl with a scarlet drawl
I wave goodbye to ma and pa
'Cause with the birds I'll share
With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
Soft spoken with a broken jaw
Step outside but not to brawl and
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 viewin'
With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
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 viewin'
With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
With the birds I'll share this lonely view
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 viewin'
With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
Push me up against the wall
Young Kentucky girl in a push-up bra
Fallin' all over myself
To lick your heart and taste your health 'cause
With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
With the birds I'll share this lonely view
Blood loss in a bathroom stall
A southern girl with a scarlet drawl
I wave goodbye to ma and pa
'Cause with the birds I'll share
With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
Soft spoken with a broken jaw
Step outside but not to brawl and
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 viewin'
With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
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 viewin'
With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
With the birds I'll share this lonely view
Lyrics submitted by The Marine, edited by corim, lilnasx
Scar Tissue Lyrics as written by John Anthony Frusciante Michael Peter Balzary
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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my interpretation comes completly from personal belief and experiance i am 17 years old and straight out of rehab for a 3 year addiction to herion and perscription pain killers this song hits the heart for me i believe the first line (scar tissue that i wish you saw) represtents his wish for people to see what he has been through due to his addiction and when you shoot up it leaves scar tissue a physical reminder permantetly attached to your apperance to show someone means its real and it has happened. the second line (sarcastic mister know it all) is his way of feeling towards the still suffering addict im the same way sometimes when it comes to my friends that still use i pretend to know it all including everything that has to do with using and getting clean. the third line (close your eyes and ill kiss you ) meaning dont judge me for my past or my scars and ill love you always. the bridge (with the birds ill share this lonely view) represents the feeling of lonliness and emptyness while using its all most like looking down at the world and seeing everything but not really feeling it any emotions what soever numbness. (push me up against the wall young kentucky girl in a push up bra) is when he falls in love with this girl. (falling all over myself) i think represents his self obsession that comes along with being an addict and most addicts believe that to be truely close to someone your love has to do what you do (to lick your heart) and she appearently wasnt an addict at the time but he wanted her abstinence( to taste your health). (blood loss in a bathroom stall southern girl with a scarlet drawl) stands for the first time she shot up must have been in a bathroom cuz the bathroom is the junkies best friend a scarlet drawl is to see the blood seep into the needle like a fountain from the vain its a beautiful but evil thing. her loss of innocence is to (say goodbye to Ma and Pa). (soft spoken with a broken jaw) he wants her to quit but cant say much considering he does it to. he has to leave her so maybe shell go back to the way she was but he doesnt want to fight or hurt her (step outside but not to brawl). Herion is so sweet it is the most incredible feeling imagine someone covering your body with warm honey starting at you head and you feel it trickle down to your toes but it is a down fall of life it can destroy everything you have and everything you are( autums sweet but we call it fall). a true junkie will do anything and everything to get their fix (ill make it to the moon if i have to crawl) like i said mostly all of this is from personal experiance but from the words of one recovering addict to another this is what this song represents in my own words.
I've never thought of it this way, but I love it. I know when I was in detox there was something i related to about it, and it was stuck in my head the entire week. It still is the first to pop into my head whenever I'm craving. Learning this on bass was the first thing I did when I got home, and it still calms me down to play it.
"Soft spoken with a broken jaw" is john frusciante
@fornow17 - I don't even care what the song means anymore. I can't imagine I'll ever hear it again without thinking of you. I straight up sobbed reading your interpretation. As far as I'm concerned, you nailed the meaning. Thank you.
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@fornow17 That was a perfect interpretation. I never experienced any dealings with Herion, but I see the same thing in the meaning of this song. I know a lot of their songs are relating with the experience. Good job on your thoughts, Thank You.
@fornow17 The second and the third line: "Sarcastic mister know it all/Close your eyes and I'll kiss you 'cause [...]" refer to Dave Navarro, a former band member of RHCP. He and Kiedis famously made out in the music video "Warped". Kiedis also called Navarro "the king of sarcasm" (according to songfacts.com).
@fornow17 you alright?