RHCP frontman Anthony Kiedis explained that this song is about "a complicated, dysfunctional woman I've fallen in love with."
"Wet Sand" was a title the band's guitarist, John Frusciante, came up with for one of his own solo songs but when Anthony Kiedis mentioned how much he loved it John insisted Anthony use it as "It seemed more of a Chili Pepper song."
Flea, the band's bassist, gave his interpretation of the tune in the album commentary, saying: "The feeling I get from it is that it's a love song but it's a special love song because it's not just about loving somebody and how great love is. It's about the darkness of love, too, and the lightness and it's all together and you love it all. And that's the biggest love that there is because you're really loving the things that you don't like, too."
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