This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Kick back a little just to watch and see
Getting sicker by the minute with debauchery
Whatever your pleasure I'm your punk
On the brink of sinking baby, but not yet sunk
How I listened, low when you told me
That I was all you had to hold
I wish it were so when you told me
That you were solid gold
Gravity-free is she, look at her
Hottest on the map she's full of anti-matter
You never left a very mellow impression
Your smell or your go to hell expression
Quixoticelixer might
But it will probably not fix your bite
Tell me now, tell me how
Did I get your lipstick on my kite?
I love this weather, it's the perfect storm
Just keep it coming in its perfect form
I love this weather 'cause it keeps me warm
Just keep it coming in its perfect form
Everyday depression in a beautiful dress
Oh, lady made a beautiful mess I guess
Dedicated mind did a medicated state
Is a highly overrated fate
Terrible is a soul
When she told me there is such a thing
Do you know that you glow when you go
From winter to the spring?
I love this weather, it's the perfect storm
Just keep it coming in its perfect form
I love this weather 'cause it keeps me warm
Just keep it coming in its perfect form
The madder the boy, the sadder the song
That's a wicked fate but the sick gets strong
Mad boy, sad song
A wicked fate, but the sick gets strong
Nobody's right and everyone's wrong
I refuse to punt on fourth and long
Mad boy, sad song
Wicked fate but the sick gets
Kick back a little just to watch and see
Getting sicker by the minute with debauchery
Whatever your pleasure I'm your punk
On the brink of sinking baby, but not yet sunk
How I listened, low when you told me that
I was all you had to hold
I wish it was so when you told me
That you were solid gold
I swear to God, I could not hurt you
I've got to be inside your virtue
I can't contain my urge to search you
I stand before there's not no curfew
I long to be inside your virtue
My heart is swollen when I search you
I swear to God, I could not hurt you
My heart is swollen when I search you
I swear to God, I could not hurt you
I swear to God, I could not hurt you
I've got to be inside your virtue
I can't contain my urge to search you
Getting sicker by the minute with debauchery
Whatever your pleasure I'm your punk
On the brink of sinking baby, but not yet sunk
How I listened, low when you told me
That I was all you had to hold
I wish it were so when you told me
That you were solid gold
Gravity-free is she, look at her
Hottest on the map she's full of anti-matter
You never left a very mellow impression
Your smell or your go to hell expression
Quixoticelixer might
But it will probably not fix your bite
Tell me now, tell me how
Did I get your lipstick on my kite?
I love this weather, it's the perfect storm
Just keep it coming in its perfect form
I love this weather 'cause it keeps me warm
Just keep it coming in its perfect form
Everyday depression in a beautiful dress
Oh, lady made a beautiful mess I guess
Dedicated mind did a medicated state
Is a highly overrated fate
Terrible is a soul
When she told me there is such a thing
Do you know that you glow when you go
From winter to the spring?
I love this weather, it's the perfect storm
Just keep it coming in its perfect form
I love this weather 'cause it keeps me warm
Just keep it coming in its perfect form
The madder the boy, the sadder the song
That's a wicked fate but the sick gets strong
Mad boy, sad song
A wicked fate, but the sick gets strong
Nobody's right and everyone's wrong
I refuse to punt on fourth and long
Mad boy, sad song
Wicked fate but the sick gets
Kick back a little just to watch and see
Getting sicker by the minute with debauchery
Whatever your pleasure I'm your punk
On the brink of sinking baby, but not yet sunk
How I listened, low when you told me that
I was all you had to hold
I wish it was so when you told me
That you were solid gold
I swear to God, I could not hurt you
I've got to be inside your virtue
I can't contain my urge to search you
I stand before there's not no curfew
I long to be inside your virtue
My heart is swollen when I search you
I swear to God, I could not hurt you
My heart is swollen when I search you
I swear to God, I could not hurt you
I swear to God, I could not hurt you
I've got to be inside your virtue
I can't contain my urge to search you
Lyrics submitted by Anti_Emo_Kid, edited by rrr29, DoWhatThouWilt
Quixoticelixer Lyrics as written by John Frusciante Anthony Kiedis
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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Ok so first off, the title quixoticelixer. Quixotic is a hallucination state of mind. It could be imagination, it could be intoxication. An elixer is a potion, more leaning on intoxication. So plainly, its about drugs.
"Kick back a little bit just to watch and see Getting sicker by the minute with debauchery"
at first, cool this is fun yeah! but as time goes by, you fall in its trap.
"Whatever your pleasure I'm your punk" Later in Anthony's life, alot of his musical pursuits are put on hold due to drugs, the punk to his pleasure.
"You never look at very mellow impressions Smell you with your going to hell expression Quixoticelixer might But it will probably not fix your bite" I'm not sure but i think he is reffering to his old girlfriend Jennifer. They had heroin sex sessions and she always got angry at Anthony and there relationship was in turmoil. Not even the quixotic elixer can "fix her bite."
"Dedicated mind did a medicated state Is a highly overrated fate" Again back to his musical pursuits, he had all thes great ideas that were put on hold because he always got high.
As for the chorus, "I love this weather It's a perfect storm Just keep it coming In its perfect form" I think his high let him fade away his problems temporarily. It's perfect, and he doesn't want to face reality. He wants to be high forever.
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I'm not sure either but instead of "the seat gets drawn" I hear "the sick get strong"
@Melancholy Mechanic I'm a little late to the party, but I hear this too
Okay, I first have to say this is one of my favorite RHCP songs and I can’t believe it hasn’t gotten on Californication.
Now, on to the meaning: I think it’s about being in love with someone and knowing they have to leave and that you’re gonna miss them. At first, the rhythm. You know it’s gonna happen, sad, slow, then faster and faster… until the pression builds up and explodes in the end. The verses… “Kick back a little just to watch and see Getting sicker by the minute with debauchery” Again, it’s getting worse and worse by the minute. “On the brink of sinkin' baby, but not yet sunk” Sinking is inevitable, it just hasn’t happened yet “Quixoticelixer might But it will probably not fix your bite” You can try and stop all that’s happening but you will most probably not succeed. “I love this weather It's the perfect storm Just keep it coming In its perfect form I love this weather 'Cause it keeps me warm Just keep it coming In its perfect form” Not wanting anything to change, wanting to freeze the moment “That's a wicked fate but the sick gets strong” Again, pressure building up “Nobody's right and everyone's wrong I refuse to punt on fourth and long” Wanting it to be over as soon as possible so you quit “punting fourth and long” “I swear to god I could not hurt you I've got to be inside your virtue I can't contain my urge to search you I stand before you there's no curfew” Finally facing the moment, which is very tensioned That’s how I get it (:
Sorry if someone allready said this but in Anthonys autobiography he said he was very dissapointed this song didn't make it onto the album.
Sorry if someone allready said this but in Anthonys autobiography he said he was very dissapointed this song didn't make it onto the album.
Sorry for the double post. IN my opinion that would also fit in with the rest of the lyrics such as "Getting sicker by the minute with the bunch of me".
Yeah, those lyrics arn't right man Firstly it's 'getting sicker by the minute with debauchery' Then there is a bunch of stuff that need fixin' but i think that the lyrics to the song are talking about how people need to stop being greedy and only worrying about themselves; which flows quite well with the theme of the ablum[Californication]. But then its talking about those who arn't greedy will end up on top because they won't be destroyed by overwhelming themselves.
Yeah i hear "with debauchery" as well. My take on the song is a feeling of really wanting to be with someone and not wanting the feeling to go away.
"I love this weather It's a perfect storm Just keep it coming In its perfect form I love this weather 'Cause it keeps me warm Just keep it coming In its perfect form"
Sounds like he is happy in this state and doesnt want it to change.
Yeah i hear "with debauchery" as well. My take on the song is a feeling of really wanting to be with someone and not wanting the feeling to go away.
"I love this weather It's a perfect storm Just keep it coming In its perfect form I love this weather 'Cause it keeps me warm Just keep it coming In its perfect form"
Sounds like he is happy in this state and doesnt want it to change.
Where does this song come from the new album? B/C I have like all the B-Sides..................?
iTunes Californication bonus track