Red Hot Chili Peppers - Taste The Pain Lyrics






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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  1. J.... T....

    Omg, who's watching in 1865??

  2. N.... S....

    Director: Alex Winter. \m/
    \o/

  3. h.... ....

    I loved this song

  4. N.... M....

    This is such an underrated track and clip. I think it is one of the true formative moments for the band moving forward. The lyrics, the themes, the genre blending. No wasted time in this song. A mature piece that captures the period perfectly. Love it!

  5. M.... R....

    Flea at the trumpet 💪🏼!

  6. S.... B....

    Flea as Chet Baker!!

  7. A.... M....

    You can’t spell funk without fun and these guys always bought that to their sound and performance will always be one of my biggest inspirations in music

  8. K.... R....

    🤤🤤🤤♥️I LOVE This song so fucking much!!!!! 2019!!

  9. J.... P....

    Its amazing Johns energy so early on

  10. C.... T....

    OMG! What is this bass! So good

  11. L.... ....

    Why it's too quiet god damnit?!

  12. F.... D....

    Amigo, volte a postar vídeos dos Peppers por favor 🙏🏾 e vamos Fazer uma parceria ? O que acha? Abraços!

  13. B.... d....

    Oh no pls repost this video with sound i love it :D

  14. P.... S....

    Flat on my back In a lonely ☹️ sprawl
    I stare at the ceiling
    Because I can not fall
    Asleep 💤 tonight
    No not at all
    Headlights flash
    Across my bedroom wall
    Crying 😢 eyes 👀 open
    Because I can not fall
    In love 😍 with you, I know 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

    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 2
    Like a brittle stick
    Because my throat constricts
    Lovesick 🥰 from you
    That will never do
    Open my mouth 👄 I couldn’t make a sound
    I could not scream 😱 and no 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

    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

    Yeah, yeah
    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

    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

    Oh oh how the price gets paid
    Well I got to pay 💰 I got to pay 💰 the price
    I think 💭 I’ll walk away
    ‘Cause I couldn’t survey, I couldn’t pay 💰
    I couldn’t price

  15. I.... C....

    Love rhcp but Anthony is mentally retarded. Like Lars with Metallica. The band was his friend so they couldn't just get rid of him.

  16. P.... S....

    29 years ago

  17. f.... ....

    What a lot of fans may not realize is that Phil "Fish" Fisher of the immortal Fishbone -- and not Chad Smith -- played drums on this song.

  18. J.... B....

    Essa música é do cacete.

  19. V.... B....

    One of the best songs from Mother's milk album. The Uplift Mofo Party Plan's album is better than Mother's milk.

  20. b.... ....

    Um, is it just my phone or is the volume of this too low?

  21. C.... ....

    But that pain feels so sweet...

  22. j.... 1....

    *fun fact*
    Even though Chad is in the video, the recording of the drums is actually Phil "fish" fisher from fishbone, and written by DH peligro from Dead Kennedys.

  23. E.... T....

    Best RHCP video with Knock me down and Show me your Soul. 89-91 era. The best band ever

  24. U.... K....

    Before Pharrell made that hat trendy, Flea did it decades before

  25. B.... M....

    Los videos de 15 frames siempre son los mejores.

  26. B.... M....

    Dios, esa mujer...

  27. S.... S....

    Good bye my love

  28. D.... S....

    THE REAL RHCP
    BEEN A FAN SINCE 90'

  29. R.... A....

    at some parts somehow anthony sounded almost like joe strummer here.

  30. p.... e....

    I’ve got to pay the price this song is about his love for substance and withdrawal know the pain all to well

  31. R.... C....

    😍💗💗💗 love the vintage Chilis

  32. A.... 1....

    Bill S. Preston Esquire directed this video. It’s true, look it up. Be excellent to each other!

    A.... 1....

    Alex Winter did, indeed, direct this video. He also directed Knock Me Down, which he also appears in.

  33. M.... D....

    Leather

  34. P.... P....

    Meu ex marido odiava tanto o AK que o caçulinha dele nasceu sol em escorpião...😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

    P.... P....

    BreakingTheGirl Ex. Nos separamos ha mais de 10 anos.

    P.... P....

    BreakingTheGirl foi em 1999 isso e eu só tinha 16.

  35. A.... A....

    WOW! Anthony looks better than me wearing a headband..hahahahahaha

    A.... A....

    Also when his hair was long, it always look healtier than mine and it's just majestic

    A.... A....

    So handsome🤤♥️🤭

  36. N.... T....

    t-t-t-t-t-taste the pain

  37. j.... ....

    LETRAS

    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, I know 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

    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 and no 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

    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

    Yeah, yeah
    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

    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

    Oh oh how the price gets paid
    Well I got to pay, I got to pay the price
    I think I'll walk away
    'Cause I couldn't survey, I couldn't pay
    I couldn't price

  38. T.... F....

    Somebody can tell me when this video was released ?

    T.... F....

    The copyright at the end is 1990. So video in 1990 and the song in 1989.

  39. w.... ....

    If anyone gives shit, the artwork in the background is from none other than the legendary Robert Williams. Editor of Juxtapoz Magazine, creator of the lowbrow art movement and mentioned in Blood Sugar Sex Magik's 'Mellowship Slinky in B Major'

  40. D.... S....

    24 people don't know true music

  41. M.... R....

    Best RHCP song - Antony's farewell letter to heroin?

  42. M.... ....

    Who's the girl?

  43. L.... K....

    Total honey, i think that i find Anthony more attractive now than when i was a teenager and this song just came out!!!!😈

  44. S.... B....

    saw keido in Londo, take it wasy cowboy

  45. M.... B....

    uma das melhores musicas do RHCP

  46. S.... o....

    *TAKE THAT TASTE THE PAIN*

    S.... o....

    oh, frittata!

    S.... o....

    It‘s cranberrysauce

  47. J.... V....

    q bajo q se escucha lpm no me deja molestar a los vecinos

    J.... V....

    Julieta Varela jajajajaja cierto :'c pero hay formas de subirle el volumen a la cancion

  48. F.... d....

    The best rhcp album

  49. G.... ....

    I can't understand why there are some dislikes

  50. O.... H....

    i could probably raep keidis' long hair

  51. M.... L....

    whos the lady in the video?

  52. M.... O....

    True Men Don't Kill Coyotes bass?

  53. P.... ....

    Where is Fish, the original drummer of this song? And is that sprayer on the left Angelo Moore? There's so much Fishbone in this song.

    P.... ....

    Pedroleum100 The Chilis and Fishbone are friends. I have a Peppers book (few, actually), and in one, it says that Anthony Kiedis and Angelo Moore were talking, and Angelo was telling Anthony that their two bands (along with Thelonious Monster) were the only real(pure, true, something like that) bands on the L.A. scene at the time. That may sound arrogant to some, but I don't believe so. He went on to explain his standpoint: The 3 bands were friends\fans of each other and their bands, they supported each other(moral support), they all flew the flag for old-school alternative(before it hit the mainstream)i.e. had their own individual sound and look, and therefore tried to copy nobody else's look or sound.

  54. T.... K....

    the best thing i've ever seen

  55. C.... E....

    THE HEADBAND

    C.... E....

    and his hair so straight..

  56. z.... ....

    best period of the band in my opinion, i knew the popular songs but this video make me a fan as a kid.

  57. A.... S....

    Flea on the trumpet makes my life

    A.... S....

    i know😍

    A.... S....

    He's a god

  58. S.... F....

    Takes me back to my freshman year. I've loved RHCP for 30 years, and now my 8 yr old son has the same love for them, and we're going together to see them in concert in January!!!! First RHCP concert for both of us. I've waited three decades for this moment and I'm so thankful to be sharing it with him.

    S.... F....

    It's a shame they probs won't play this song. I sincerely hope you and your lad enjoy yourselves

    S.... F....

    Where are you hoping to see them in January? I know they're are coming to oz in February

    S.... F....

    YAAAAAAS congratulations

    S.... F....

    I hope they come in France one day

    S.... F....

    same here , been a fan for many years... i finally got to see them in 2014

  59. F.... A....

    Anthony ❤

  60. t.... m....

    cool, I didn't know fish fisher from fishbone was the drummer here

    t.... m....

    what?? It´s Chad!

    t.... m....

    @elena_44 On the track I mean, not the video.

    t.... m....

    okay :)

  61. e.... w....

    This my shit

  62. M.... C....

    August 2016

  63. s.... m....

    ...DARE I SAY... GET EM WHILE YE CAN... - COS CHILLI PEPPERS RE LIKE PRINCE...., THEY SUE YOUTUBE LIKE A BODILY FUNCTION.... EVERY COUPA DAYS...... AND STUFF.....

  64. S.... S....

    Anthony Kiedis looks like Grimes.

    S.... S....

    Ushikawa Sadboy does he? really?

  65. W.... M....

    3:07 Who is that guy behind the Anthony? Looks like Hillel... oO'

    W.... M....

    Looks like the guy from Fishbone. They were friends.

    W.... M....

    @Southern Fried Funky Monk Looks like *Angelo Moore (The Fishbones)* , he appear also in "Knock me Down" video.

    W.... M....

    @Robert Funke Yeah, that's who I'm talking about. Just wasn't sure if he'd reccognize the name.

  66. 8.... ....

    3:06
    3:28
    J.F.

    8.... ....

    J.A.M.F

    8.... ....

    RedHotChiliGamer i see what you did there

    8.... ....

    My favorite parts

  67. R.... E....

    Good song, this really is an under appreciated album, as is One Hot Minute... I think their worst album is their first one and Stadium Arcaidum(though this album has some really good songs on it)...

    R.... E....

    J C Uplift Mofo Party Plan, Mother's Milk, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, and One Hot Minute are the best.

    R.... E....

    01. Blood Sugar Sex Magik
    02. Mother's Milk
    03. The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
    04. Californication
    05. One Hot Minute
    06. The Red Hot Chili Peppers
    07. By the Way
    08. Freaky Styley
    09. Stadium Arcadium
    10. The Gateway
    11. I'm With You

    R.... E....

    i cant believe you just said that about stadium arcadium. smh

    R.... E....

    J C Why can’t they all be good..?

    R.... E....

    @Gabyrhcp15 the getaway is amazing dude, whats wrong with you, i sure you that if john was on the guitar you love it, you all hate the last 2 albums just because is josh, not john, but they are a really good albums. Obviously is not at the same level as bssm, or SA, but, my god, they are amazing, as long as mm and their 3 first albums, everything is great, every albun has his own style

  68. p.... ....

    No sound? What happened to rhcpwmg upload?

  69. B.... M....

    thanks for loading my favorite RHCP song!!! such memories. new stuff is cool, just doesn't touch the classics.

    B.... M....

    fuckin A. new stuff is nothing like this...pure energy. pure funk. pure love.

  70. J.... N....

    John looks so funny here!

  71. S.... J....

    LOVED this band/song/video as a kid. My mom's boyfriend had the video version of What Hits?, and I fell in love with it. Kevin, you ever read this, thank you for introducing Toni Robinson's daughter to RHCP! Sigonella Air Force Base, 1990/1991! 😊

  72. m.... ....

    I've seen this video so much in my life I can recite in exact sequence everything that's going to happen next, and every word and note verbatim. I had it recoded on a vhs tape and played it to death! Thanks for uploading.

    m.... ....

    girl, same.

    m.... ....

    @njoycio J Love it!

    m.... ....

    mzspargo That's sweet 2 hear ☺💗💗

    m.... ....

    mzspargo it got me through my first heartbreak and many more 😂

  73. m.... ....

    This is the best thing to happen, ever.

    m.... ....

    YOU GOT THAT RIGHT😜

  74. e.... ....

    awesome video and tune !! my best, thank you so much ! <3 ))))

  75. B.... ....

    good! and the copyright?

    B.... ....

    +BernyCalif99 It passed after a few day struggling... :)

    B.... ....

    +Tihailo Madic Great. I wanted to upload the same video but I can't for the copyright

    B.... ....

    Don't try. They will remove it for sure now when I posted it. :) 

    B.... ....

    hey man have you ever happened upon the fight like a brave video?

  76. M.... s....

    Anthony's farewell letter to heroin?

    M.... s....

    He had a relapse on the One Hot Minute time

    M.... s....

    and californication era to

  77. N.... ....

    What album was this from?

    N.... ....

    mother's milk

  78. S.... S....

    Wow this was uploaded recently

    S.... S....

    +Lazar Dimitrijevic before the wind before the snow...

    S.... S....

    +al pugcino lived a man lived a man i know

    S.... S....

    +Avvio Avvi lived a freak of nature named sir psycho

    S.... S....

    +xfbhhhhh DREAM OF CALIFORNICATION !!

    S.... S....

    @Polokus
    Don't fuck with the Jesus

  79. B.... K....

    good show

  80. b.... ....

    Say Anything.

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    bythedog Ha. How I found RHCP too.

    b.... ....

    Pretty woman.

    b.... ....

    https://youtu.be/d6ws416fKCg