Red Hot Chili Peppers: Dosed Meaning

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I got dosed by you and
Closer than most to you and
What am I supposed to do
Take it away I never had it anyway
Take it away and everything will be okay
In you a star is born and
You cut a perfect form and
Someone forever warm
Lay on lay...

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   anonymous

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   Aug 22nd 2007, 19:22 report

   
   

   It's about a girl he used to know that died and he loved her but never got a chance to tell her and that's why he says "take it away I never had it anyway" and he means take away your love I never had it anyway meaning her love for him. remember "way up on the mountain were she died all I ever wanted was your life" because he wanted her to live so he could tell her that he loved her. Maybe that girl didn't actually die she just died in his head.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Nov 6th 2007, 17:47 report

   
   

   Guys, it`s about a lover he had that got pregnant but his lover was married so she had an abortion.
   Let me explain:
   "In you a star is born someone forever warm" - a child, no?
   "Climb on your seahorse this ride is right on course" - OK, what do we no about seahorses? They mate for life with there partners. The lover goes back with here lover and doesn't change here course.
   
   From the rest of the lyrics it's easy to see that they are lovers and it's only logical that "take it away I never had it anyway" refers to an abortion.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Feb 4th, 18:37 report

   
   

   The song was written as a tribute to Hillel Slovak, the original Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist. Slovak died from a speedball overdose. Other than the title of the song, there are several other references to drugs and loss in the song

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Aug 20th 2012, 12:54 report

   
   

   scar tissue doesn't say for certain that this song is about a girl he knew... it suggests but never say's outright. when i heard this song, my mind simply thought it was about his ex who died of an o.d but now for me its about heroin altogether. it's a combination of a love song for a girl he knew and a love song for heroin. almost as if the two are the same. take away i never had it anyway, is the songs most heart tugging lyric, and is a phrase often used by heroin addicts because you get the high but it's never enough and you never have heroin you only borrow it. the mountain, canyon lyrics are references to his ex i think and their romance before she died of heroin. closer to you, once again is a reference to heroin itself.. along with "cut" a perfect form. in you a star is born for me is a reference to the fatc heroin ineabled rhtp to write their best songs. but like i said, this is my opinion and everyone else's are just as valid.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Aug 27th 2011, 21:43 report

   
   

   Ok weirdos it's about Hillel and their love for drugs! Not about AK's made up girl who he was in love with but she died..!

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Feb 14th 2011, 00:38 report

   
   

   @HarrisonPoltorak is wrong. actually, you are all wrong. (not being rude at all just pointing out a fact). The song is in fact, as stated by Anthony Kiedis himself about a model he dated name Johanna(idk if i spelled that right) who we fell in love with but johanna did not love him as much as he loved her. "I got dosed by you and closer than most to you what am i supposed to do? take it away i never had it anyway" is refferring to that fact and when she broke up with him he was saying "take it away" and she never truly loved him "i never had it anyway". @HarrisonPoltorak obviously never really read the book....so yea...there Are songs about hillel [my lovely man, this is the place (it refers to him "the day my best friend dies ") and a few references in Under the Bridge...etc.]

   
   
   
   

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   hibbart

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   Jul 1st 2010, 00:27 report

   
   

   Okay,
   @HarrisonPoltorak I went out and got Scar Tissue and read the whole thing after reading your comment. First of all there were only ever five guitar players for the chili peppers. Second of all he never gives any meaning behind any songs on by the way. It could be about Kim Jones

   
   
   
   

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   HarrisonPoltorak

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   Apr 7th 2010, 10:33 report

   
   

   YOU GUYS ARN't REAL CHILI PEPPERS FANS!! First of all the dude who read scar tissue didn't pay attention because Anthony Kiedis explains that this song "Dosed" from the "By The Way" album is about Hillel Slovak the first guitar player of The Red Hot Chili Peppers, also the best of the 9 guitar players that have played with the chili peppers over the years. Hillel Slovak was also Anthony's best friend. Then Hillel Slovak died from a heroin overdose. So get your facts right. Oh and the dude who said it's about a abortion, your a fucking dumb ass. just leave this shit to the people who appreciate music and actually understand the meaning of things.

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   cotyford

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   Sep 24th 2007, 15:39 report

   
   

   Thank god for that last submission...has no one ever read scar tissue? look people, I love the chili peppers I've meet keidis and flea and in no way shape or form is the song about hillel. The song is about a girl he met that dies of a drug overdose (I think) that he fell madly in love with (his first) and never had the chance to say it. READ THE BOOK

   
   
   
   

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    Aug 10th 2007, 03:51 report

    
    

    I think there is a lot of confusion going on here. "This is the Place" is the song where he says "Can I get some vaseline/Step into a modern scene." "Dosed" is where Anthony sings "I got dosed by you/closer than most to you..." The former seems to be the Hillel song with its drug references but Dosed seems to be about love lost.

    
    
    
    

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    anonymous

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    Jul 13th 2007, 01:49 report

    
    

    Yea that guy is right there is nothing to do with gasoline wolverines modern scences or any of that and first guy your thinking of this is the place

    
    
    
    

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    anonymous

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    May 18th 2007, 05:28 report

    
    

    It's about hilell dying and your all wrong there's nothing to do with vaseline gasoline or wolverines!

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    anonymous

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    Feb 22nd 2007, 21:34 report

    
    

    i only listens to the firth 41 seconds of the song and I think from that that it is about a first lover

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    anonymous

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    Dec 10th 2006, 10:45 report

    
    

    This song is so sad. Um one point, why does anthony refer to hillel as a girl? is he gay or is it just you no best friend kinda thing? Also you no the bit about 'climb onto your seahorse', I think that's about surfing - not sure though.

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    mz.Kiedis

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    Nov 13th 2006, 04:00 report

    
    

    God man! You both have it wrong! Its:
    
    can I get some vasaline
    step into a modern scene
    
    and then later on in the song:
    
    can I smell your gasoline
    can I pet your wolverine!
    
    Some people! God. It's about hillel dying and drugs.

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    anonymous

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    May 7th 2006, 16:45 report

    
    

    Uh dude! Wrong song! This is DOSED! 'i got dosed by you...' ring any bells? Got nothing to do with wolverines! Besides you got those lyrics mixed up! Its 'can I get some vaseline'
    'can I pet your wolverine' fool

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    plasticcup_politics

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    Apr 3rd 2006, 19:12 report

    
    

    This song is about the death of his best friend that used to be in the band when it first got together. He died of a drug overdose and Anthony swore he would never touch drugs again but in the end he actually couldn't-
    
    'can I be your gasoline
    could I be your wolverine
    ON THE DAY MY BEST FRIEND DIED I COULD NOT GET MY COPPER CLEAN!'

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