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According to his autobiography Scar Tissue, “I Could Have Lied” was written about singer Anthony Kiedis’s relationship suddenly ending with Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor.
Rolling Stone adds:
Kiedis was absolutely crushed when O'Connor abruptly broke things off via his answering machine. In response...
[Verse 1]
There must be something in the way I feel
That she don't want me to feel
The stare she bares cut me
I don't care, you see, so what if I bleed?
I could never change just what I feel
My face will never show what is not real
[Verse 2]
A mountain never seemed to have the need to speak
A look that shares so many seek
The sweetest feeling I got from you
The things I said to you were true
I could never change just what I feel
My face will never show what is not real
[Chorus]
I could have lied, I'm such a fool
My eyes could never, never, never keep their cool
Showed her and I told her how
She struck me but I'm fucked up now
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
But now she gone, yeah, she gone away
A soulful song that would not stay
You see, she hides 'cause she is scared
But I don't care, I won't be spared
[Chorus]
I could have lied, I'm such a fool
My eyes could never, never, never keep their cool
Showed her and I told her how
She struck me but I'm fucked up now
I could have lied, I'm such a fool
My eyes could never, never, never keep their cool
I showed her and I told her how
She struck me but I'm fucked up now
[Outro]
Fucked up
I Could Have Lied was written by Anthony Kiedis & Flea & John Frusciante & Chad Smith.
I Could Have Lied was produced by Rick Rubin.
Red Hot Chili Peppers released I Could Have Lied on Tue Sep 24 1991.
Anthony Kiedis further talks about where the inspiration for “I Could Have Lied” came from in his autobiography, “Scar Tissue”
“I was shattered. It had gone overnight from ‘Can’t wait to see you again’ to ‘Don’t call and don’t come by.’ I didn’t know who to turn to, so I called up John. He was irat...