Uploaded April 2014 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago

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"Scratch" by John Frusciante from 'Enclosure,' available now.

John Frusciante's new album, 'Enclosure,' is available now.

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"Scratch" Lyrics:

(Verse 1)
These words are in my face
It's over now, it's over now
This faceless son of a switch
Its up and down, it jumps around
One time that I can't lie
Afraid of you, and what to do
One stops before they try
Like you and I, like you and I

(Verse 2)
One dies without a trace
It's often now, it's often now
These worries aren't escapes
They lose their town, they loosen down
No one wants to be faced
With who's inside, with what is I
Lost in the field of grace
You're less than I, you're less than I

Oh!

(Chorus)
We mean to scratch the surface now,
'Tend to be unreasonable,
'Good time will I never
It's never over 'til we give up

(Verse 3)
No love in the hall of the states
Just think of that, I'd speak to that
My voices are fixed to a scape
The fitch of a, the fitch of a
I'm loosening again
Bring them on up, it's close to my
This life in a mirror of shame
It's closing down, we're closer now
No sorrow to build the flame
We're built to hell, oh, we're not so well
He walks to his school with a chase
We sat him down, we turned him 'round
His light was empty space
His thought were down, his thought was down
No thoughts from the light to the shade
Have tons of fame, way everyday

(Chorus)
We mean to scratch the surface now
'Tend to be unreasonable
'Good time will I never
It's never over 'til we give up
Hey!

(Verse 4)
You can't taste someone else's taste
That's what we do, what we're used to
Undone with the unnecessary
It's all around, it's up to down
We rarely get confused
But when we do, we really do
I'd like to sing this song
Move and on, and on and on

Oh!

(Chorus) [x2]
We mean to scratch the surface now
'Tend to be unreasonable
'Good time will I never
It's never over 'til we give up