I was talking to Abhaya and he said he hasn't heard a lot of Red Hot Chili Peppers, so naturally, I felt it my duty to change that. The first song I instructed him to download was This Velvet Glove. I feel it's one of the best RHCP songs, and one of the most unappreciated. I e-mailed him the lyrics and told him to read the lyrics as he played the song. You get the most out of it that way. Well, I forgot to tell him to play it loud, but that helps, too. So although most of you have heard the song before, I'm posting the lyrics anyway, and just take the time to listen to it while reading them.

This Velvet Glove
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Close to my skin
I'm fallin' in
Someone who's been
Sittin' by the phone
I'm left alone
In another zone
John says to live above hell
And my will is well
No one is waiting for me to fail
And my will could sail, yeah
It's such a waste to be wasted
In the first place
I want to taste the taste
Of being face to face
With common grace
To meditate on the warmest dream
And when I walk alone
I listen to our secret theme
Your solar eyes are like
Nothing I have ever seen
Somebody close
That can see right through
I'll take a fall
And you know that I'd do anything
I will for you
Sailin' for the sun
'Cause there is one
Who knows where I'm from
I care for you
I really do, I really do.
Come closer now
So you can lie
Right by my side
Sittin' alone in the sun
I wrote a letter to you
Gettin' over myself
Your solar eyes are like
Nothing I have ever seen
Somebody close
That can see right through
I'll take a fall
And you know that I'd do anything
I will for you
Your solar eyes are like
Nothing I have ever seen
Somebody close
That was made for you
I'll take a fall
And you know that I'd do anything
I will for you
Close to my skin
Someone who's been
I'm falling in
Disasters are just another star
Fallin' in my yard
John says to live above hell
And my will is well
Long to be with
Someone to tell
I love your smell

before - after