Slash - Gotten - About the song
This bluesy ballad features Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine. Slash admitted to the Los Angeles Times that fans may be a bit surprised by some of the people he collaborated with on the album.
"I wasn't trying to consciously bridge any generation gaps or to try to be eclectic. I wrote the music first, and I took the different styles of music that I was writing and farmed it out to singers who I thought might like it or be appropriate for. So for instance, I'd say, 'Adam Levine would sound amazing on this.' So while that may be way off the beaten Slash path, I knew that's what I would sound great. This was a musical statement for me. I provided music for the singers, and it was an open campus for them to do what they wanted. Some people we collaborated on the music, and did whatever was necessary for that singer to have as much input, and some instances the arrangement I set the demo is the way it came out on the record. They had free rein on the lyrics and the vocal melodies."
"It was a piece of music I couldn't let go of. I finally got to the point where I had a complete arrangement and had written string parts on keyboard and recorded a demo. Even the engineer who I was doing the demos with was sick of hearing that song! I thought Adam wasn't going to be sure about it. But I went to his house and he actually liked it a lot and he wrote the perfect vocal for it. He sings like an angel on it, and it doesn't sound like Maroon 5 but you can tell it's his voice. I think people will really appreciate the way it sounds."
Gotten - Lyrics
So nice to see your face again
Tell me how long has it been
Since you've been here (since you've been here)?
You look so different than before
But still the person I adore
Frozen with fear
I'm out of love but I'll take it from the past
All out of words 'cause I'm sure it'll never last
And I've been saving
These last words for
One last miracle
But now I'm not sure
And I can't save you if
You don't let me
You just get me
Like I never been gotten before
Maybe it's the bitter wind
A chill from the Pacific rim
That brought you this way (that brought you my way)
Do not make me think of him
The way he touched your fragile skin
That haunts me everyday
I'm out of love but I can't forget the past
I'm out of words but I'm sure it'll never last
And I've been saving
These last words for
One last miracle
But now I'm not sure
And I can't save you if
You don't let me
You just get me
Like I never been gotten before
Like I never been gotten before
So nice to see your face again
But tell me will this ever end?
Don't disappear
And I've been saving
These last words for
One last miracle
But now I'm not sure
I can't save you if
You don't let me
You just get me
Like I never been gotten before
Like I never been gotten before
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