08 - John Frusciante - Wishing (The Will To Death)

John Frusciante - Wishing
Album: The Will To Death (2004)

The Will to Death is the fifth studio album by John Frusciante, released on June 22, 2004 on Record Collection. The album reached #36 on the Top Independent Albums chart.

Frequent collaborator Josh Klinghoffer appears, performing drums, bass, and keyboard.

In 2004 Frusciante announced that he would produce six albums during a six month break from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with The Will to Death being the first of these. Following the long and costly recording of his previous album, Shadows Collide With People, Frusciante decided to experiment with recording music quickly and in a minimalist fashion, performing a maximum of two takes per track.

Frusciante has stated that the album is intended to be "the opposite of Shadows Collide With People": "On The Will to Death, I thought it would be a good idea to make a record with very little backing vocals, because we'd done it so much on Shadows. I always have to have a new idea for each album. For The Will to Death, the idea was to have very little backing vocals. There's a lot of other huge differences. In every way, I wanted the opposite of Shadows. "

1. A Doubt [4:19]
2. An Exercise [3:47]
3. Time Runs Out [4:00]
4. Loss [5:20]
5. Unchanging [3:54]
6. The Mirror [3:01]
7. A Loop [4:34]
8. Wishing [2:48]
9. Far Away [2:17]
10. The Days Have Turned [2:23]
11. Helical [2:13]
12. The Will To Death [3:48]


Lyrics:

Do you throw it in the well
Wishing you had someone to tell
What it was that you wished for
So it couldn't come true anymore
I've thrown so much away
These times die and stay alive
I've gone and I've stayed
And though both happened
I know which one I like
And which one I hate

You never change to fire if you're ice
Even if you melt on a table and dry
And that table is burned I'll tell you why
Cuz you stayed by going away
Life changes, not you
Life changes, not you

Every time is cointained in now
Now is the only time anything happens
Though one moment shot in infinity's rounds
Now is the only time anything happens here


Credits:

Release date: 21st June 2004
Released: Worldwide
Publisher: Record Collection Music
Duration: 42 minutes, 29 seconds
John plays: Guitar, piano, synthesizer and bass on "Far Away", "Unchanging" and "The Will To Death"
Other musicians: As expected, Josh Klinghoffer. He plays drums, bass, keyboards, and guitar on two last songs. He sings some of the backing/harmony vocals as well and he co-wrote "Helical"
Produced by: John Frusciante
Engineered by: Ryan Hewitt
Mixed by: Ryan Hewitt
Assisted by: Rafael Serrano, Jeff Moses
Recorded/mixed at/when: Mad Dog Studios (18-19.12.2003), Larrabee East Studios (8-10.1.2004)
Mastered by/where: Bernie Grundman/Bernie Grundman Mastering Hollywood, CA, USA
Designed by: Mike Piscitelli, John Frusciante
Cover photograph by: Lola Montes
Equipment by: Dave Lee
Management: Q-Prime Inc.

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• Will
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• 2004
• Josh
• Klinghoffer
• Alternative
• Indie
• Rock

[JsRf13]

Life changes, not you.

[Scumbagization]

this album is one of the best things ever made

[solejahway]

"cause you stayed by going away...and life changes not you." When I met by birth father (34 years after my birth) and saw that I was a female version of him, I shared that line with him and it was almost heart breaking (and tear jerking) as it was so true. And oddly enough Frusciante was one of his favorite artists as well.

[andrew19vato]

I have gone and iv'e stayed, and though both happened at the same time, i know which one i like and which one i hate

[colouredfreeways]

so beauitiful

[Thomasjim100]

mas q una cancion es pura naturaleza..

[Sanca18]

Á.A + B.S.

[CarapelliSugar]

@honmedgitarren At least it got 122 views in one day. :)

[honmedgitarren]

I can't belive that this song only has 7600 viewers!

[9ner]

john is such a unique lyricist