Thief, You've Taken All That Was Me

"Thief, You've Taken All That Was Me" is an early song by Weezer.
===Appearances===
*Weezer's first demo (1992)
*The Kitchen Tape (1992)
*Patrick & Rivers (2020)
*Weezer (The Blue Album) (30th Anniversary Deluxe) (2024)
==Overview==
"Thief, You've Taken All That Was Me" was written and demoed by Rivers Cuomo and Patrick Wilson to 8-track in February of 1992 as part of Cuomo and Wilson's "50 Song Project." The song was rehearsed in the days following Weezer's formation on February 15,Weezer Recording History - Page 3 and is known to have been recorded during this period on the 16th. The song continued to be performed at various Weezer shows throughout the spring, and was one of three songs recorded for the band's first demo in May of 1992. The song was sometimes mislabeled as "Silent Dreams" during this period. The recording from this demo was long believed to be the same that appears on Weezer's second demo (The Kitchen Tape), however Karl Koch confirmed in 2024 that they are different recordings entirely.Karl Koch [Karlophone]. (August 9, 2024). Message sent to the Weezerpedia Discord Server channel #project-forums. Transcribed at Weezerpedia Discord Q&A with Karl Koch - August 2024. The song is not known to have been performed by Weezer after the summer of 1992. 
Despite the inclusion of other tracks from The Kitchen Tape, "Thief" does not appear on the compilation Dusty Gems & Raw Nuggets from the Deluxe release of The Blue Album, as it was purportedly considered too "sloppy" by Todd Sullivan, Weezer's former Geffen A&R representative who produced the deluxe release of Blue.All Things Weezer. 2 December 2009. :File:Atw-karl-bde-toddsullivan.png It was instead distributed online in the early 2000s after fans acquired a copy of the Kitchen Tape. This version was officially released on the 30th Anniversary Deluxe version of The Blue Album on November 1, 2024.
A demo of the song was released on the digital compilation Patrick & Rivers on December 9, 2020.
==Personnel==
*Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
*Jason Cropper – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Matt Sharp – bass guitar
*Patrick Wilson – percussion
==Known live performances==
*Weezer concert: 03/19/1992
*Weezer concert: 04/07/1992
*Weezer concert: 04/13/1992
*Weezer concert: 05/21/1992
*Weezer concert: 06/11/1992
*Weezer concert: 08/12/1992
==Lyrics== 
Thief of silent dreams
With golden scenes(?)
You stole away
All that was in me
It wasn't me
Who slipped away
And now I stand, with skin and bones
Without a dime to call my home
Only a voice to tell you, Thief,
You've taken all that was me
Rain, you laugh so hard
You cry on me
You rain on me
Cleanse, cleanse my soul
My soul to be
I need to be(?)
Now I stand with skin and bones
Without a dime to call my home
Only a voice to scream at you
And now I stand with skin and bones
Without a dime to call my home
Only a voice to scream at you
Thief, you've taken all that was me
You've taken all that was me
You've taken all that was me
You've taken all that was me!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
And now I stand with skin and bones
Without a dime to call my home
Only a voice to scream at you
Thief, you've taken all that was me
Thief, you've taken all that was me
==Known recordings==
==See also==
*"The 50 Song Project"
*List of Weezer songs
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
==References==
Category: Weezer songsCategory:Rivers Cuomo songsCategory:Patrick Wilson
Category:Songs that appeared on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo listCategory:Songs on Patrick & RiversCategory:Known recordings table
Category:Cuomo-Wilson collaborations