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Flat on my back
In a lonely sprawl
I stare at the ceiling
Because I can not fall
Asleep tonight
No not at all
Head lights flash
Across my bedroom wall
Crying eyes open
Because I can not fall
In love with you

No not at all
Walk away and taste the pain
Come again some other day
Aren't you glad you weren't afraid
Funny how the price gets paid

Busted in two
Like a brittle stick
I can not drink
Because my throat constricts
Lovesick from you
That will never do
Open my mouth
I couldn't make a sound
I could not scream
I could not shout
It out to you
Nothing to do

Walk away and taste the pain
Come again some other day
Aren't you glad you weren't afraid
Funny how the price gets paid

This may come as a shocking surprise
I have to take a walk
I have to kiss it goodbye
Goodbye my love
Goodbye my love
I am not alive

Walk away and taste the pain
Come again some other day
Aren't you glad you weren't afraid
Funny how the price gets paid
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prismpuck On Jan 19, 2002
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Cover art for Taste the Pain lyrics by Red Hot Chili Peppers

I just couldn't let this song have no comments. It is a great song, one of the best on Mother's Milk.

Cover art for Taste the Pain lyrics by Red Hot Chili Peppers

what is wrong with you people? this song is awsome, one of their best and no one commented on it! i love it.

Cover art for Taste the Pain lyrics by Red Hot Chili Peppers

most of the people here don't know who the Red Hot Chili Peppers are, they know the by the way peppers

Cover art for Taste the Pain lyrics by Red Hot Chili Peppers

evidentally this was written by anthony after hillel's death. he rented out a boathouse and shut himself in, apparently doing the last of his heroin and creating this song. thats what i heard, anyway. seems to fit..... saying goodbye to his love, both slovak and the drugs. great song.

Cover art for Taste the Pain lyrics by Red Hot Chili Peppers

wow~ this song is awsome!!Anthony Kiedis is so hot...and he has been influencsed by so much! and yeah i do think this song was written about the time he was trying to get clean~ "funny how the price gets paid"< I think hes basiclly just saying, how he didnt know what was happening/what he was getting into...and afterwards the price he had to pay for his mistakes was not what he had expected

Cover art for Taste the Pain lyrics by Red Hot Chili Peppers

this song is great!!!!!i love flea playin' the trumpet, of course anthony wrote this song after hillel's death

Cover art for Taste the Pain lyrics by Red Hot Chili Peppers

I love this song, it's simply packed with emotions, espcially since it's about saying goodbye to his love (drugs) and Hillel, of course.

Cover art for Taste the Pain lyrics by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Tony wrote it after Hillel died. "Aren't you glad you wern't afraid" is about how he never thought he didnt really think of what could ahppen to him or his friends. "Funny how the price gets paid". The price that was paid is Hillel's life. He's walking away from drugs and feeling the pain of losing Hillel. He was off drugs for quite a while. In rehab the therapist guy or whoever said that only one person out of the whole thing would stay clean from then on, and Anthony swore hed be that one person. Too bad he was wrong. But he is off them now. I love this song.

Cover art for Taste the Pain lyrics by Red Hot Chili Peppers

great tune, great meaning, also great way kiedis portrayed his feelings. 'goodbye my love...' its obviously him saying goodbye to drugs and hillel like Ryu_bread said.

Cover art for Taste the Pain lyrics by Red Hot Chili Peppers

awesum song!!!! love everything about it, it's very cool and relaxed