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The Longest Wave - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Album: The Getaway

genre: Alternative Rock Funk Rock

Throw me all around
Like a boomerang sky
Whatever you do
Don’t tell me why
Poppies grow tall
Then say bye bye
The wave is here

A seamless little team
And then we tanked
I guess we’re not so sacrosanct
The tip of my tongue
But then we blanked
The wave is here
Waiting on the wind
To tell my side

Ready set jet
But she never gets far
Listen to your skin
From the seat of my car
Two centipedes stuck
In one glass jar
The longest wave
Waiting on the wind
To tell my side

Whatcha want?
Whatcha need?
Do you love?

Maybe I’m the right one
Maybe I’m the wrong
Just another play, the pirate, and the papillon
Time to call it a day

Maybe you’re my last love
Maybe you’re my first
Just another way to play inside the universe
Now I know why we came

Sterile as the barrel
Of an old 12 gauge
Under my skin
And half my age
Hotter than the wax
On a saxifrage
The longest wave
Waiting on the wind
To turn my page

Steady your sails
For the butterfly flap
Whatever you do
Don’t close that gap
I’m dreaming of a woman
But she’s just my nap
Your ship is in
Waiting on the tide so I can swim

Whatcha want
Whatcha need
Do you love

Maybe I’m the right one
Maybe I’m the wrong
Just another play, the pirate, and the papillon
Time to call it a day

Maybe you’re my last love
Maybe you’re my first
Just another way to play inside the universe
Now I know why we came

Now I know why we came
Now I know

Lyrics added by Isabelle P.

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The Getaway Danzig album lyrics
Anthony Kiedis stated about "The Longest Wave": "I went away by myself and got in touch with my feelings and kind of woke up in the middle of the night hurting over a relationship that just didn’t pan out, and sat there next to my bed with some stupid little old boom box with batteries running out and played that song over and over and found my rhythm – my vocal rhythm – and melody. And within that rhythm, the words came. So, sometimes if you get your cadence the words will just suggest themselves. And being in the state of mind that I was, the images and everything just sorts of flowed and I was very happy to go home and show that to the boys and make Josh [Klinghoffer] proud."
Song details
  • Publishing: Warner Bros.
  • Co-Production: Danger Mouse
  • Recording: Kennie Takahasi
  • Mix Engineering: Nigel Godrich, Samuel Petts-Davies
  • Composition: Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Josh Klinghoffer, Chad Smith
  • Vocals: Anthony Kiedis
  • Release Date: June 17, 2016