| John Frusciante – What I Saw Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This song is written about the death of River Pheonix and Frusciantes imapact upon his final moments. John was believed to have given river some heroin in a nightclub bathroom on the night of his death. River overdosed from this and in turn caused his death. Fruscante feels the pain of his impact upon rivers death and this song is simply written to express his sorrow and pain. He admits that the song wont fix anything "this love song, its whats wrong, it means Jack" yet he writes it anyway. Its fairly clear how john recalls the night and its impact There's one room There's one light There's one night In the fire In the pain In the wire *(setting the scene - they are at a club called the viper room) This from me This one lie That seems right Time cant climb It can't be It can't see I seem to be right I fall down tonight I go to hell to be what I sell *(john selling the heroin to river - clearly regretting his actions) Failing again is such a welcome end Can the end of today be more than tonight Echoes of these far reaching sights *(expressing how monumental this night was - can the end of the world be any worse than what happened tonight?) And the pain of knowing you should have tried Give me your hands And wel'll never die *(it is said that john actually fled the scene of the final moments when river was overdosing and having seizures outside the club - he knows he has done wrong and this clearly caused john an imense feeling of greif and pain. "give me your hands and we'll never die" maybe john was saying this to river as he began to freak out, or could be that john will join him in death and they will live forever in eternity the rest is pretty self explanitory ;) |
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