OK, so I’ve just forced (hehe) myself to listen to Dark Necessities about 20 times and I think these are correct- I’ve made a few changes to the version online. Please tell me if I’m wrong 🙂

Red Hot Chili Peppers ‘Dark Necessities’:

Coming out to the light of day
We got many moons than a deeper place (?)
So I keep an eye on the shadow’s smile
To see what it has to say.
You and I both know
Everything must go away
Ah, what do you say?
Spinning off, head is on my heart
It’s like a bit of light and a touch of dark
You got sneak attacked from the zodiac
But I see your eyes spark.
Keep the breeze and go
Blow by blow and go away
Oh, what do you say?

Yeah, you don’t know my mind
You don’t know my kind
Dark necessities are part of my design and
Tell the world that I’m falling from the sky
Dark necessities are part of my design.

Stumble down to the parking lot
You got no time for the afterthought
They’re like ice cream for an astronaut
Well, that’s me looking for weed.
Turn the corner and
Find the world at your command.
Playing the hand.

Yeah, you don’t know my mind
You don’t know my kind
Dark necessities are part of my design
Tell the world that I’m falling from the sky
Dark necessities are part of my design.

Do you want this love of mine?
The darkness helps to sort the shine
Do you want it, do you want it now?
Do you want it all the time?
The darkness helps to sort the shine
Do you want it, do you want it now?

Pick you up like a paperback
With the track record of a maniac
So I’m moving in and we unpack
It’s the same as yesterday.
Anyway we roll
Everything must go away
Ah, what do you say?

Yeah, you don’t know my mind
You don’t know my kind
Dark necessities are part of my design
Tell the world that I’m falling from the sky
Dark necessities are part of my design