Run, Raven, Run

"Run, Raven, Run" is the seventh (or eighth, on vinyl releases) and final track from SZNZ: Autumn.
===Appearances===
*SZNZ: Autumn (2022)
==Overview==
For the SZNZ series of album, songwriter Rivers Cuomo assigned to each album various qualities (emotion, color, personae, animals, religion, etc.), which he maintained with a Google spreadsheet."weezer: SZNZ" Google Docs https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BGWLEmZohpOPaLBPe132FMrHvSgyw8PHt8k93AmZ0kQ/edit#gid=0 To Autumn and Winter, Cuomo assigned the emotions of "anxiety" and "sadness," respectively. According to Cuomo, "Run, Raven, Run" bridges the two emotions.
"Run, Raven, Run" shifts time signature and tempo multiple times, switching from 4/4 to 3/4 and back. The song's bridge and climax re-appropriate lyrics and melody from the song "Pacific Sunset," originally demoed by Cuomo in 2015. Lyrics from the song sketch "Spirit Animal" (which were also eventually incorporated into "Pacific Sunset") are also present in "Run Raven Run." The song ends with Cuomo singing the main refrain accompanied by a music box. Cuomo recorded this section while sick with COVID-19.Cuomo, Rivers. Discord 31 August 2022. Screenshot::File:Discord-Rivers-Run-Raven-Run2.png.
A demo of "Run, Raven, Run" was leaked online in December of 2022.
==Personnel==
*Rivers Cuomo — lead vocals, guitar
*Brian Bell — rhythm guitar
*Scott Shriner — bass
*Patrick Wilson — drums
==Audio==
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==Lyrics==
<tabber>
|-|Album version=
See the night train round the corner
Slam the brakes, door slides open
Time to go and meet your fate
All the cards are stacked against you
And your legs can't support you
Let me hold you one last time
And then scramble in the bushes
Hide in the trees
Run, raven, run, run, raven, run
I can hear the eagles' terrible scream
Run, raven, run, run, raven, run
Raven, raven, all I can do is keep praying
Raven, oh, raven
I hear them coming for you
Teachers gather on All Saints' Day
And though they try, they can't help you
They overwhelm you with advice
So scramble in the bushes
Hide in the trees
Run, raven, run, run, raven, run
I can hear the eagles' terrible scream
Run, raven, run, run, raven, run
Raven, raven, all I can do is keep praying
Raven, oh, raven
I hear them coming for you
It's tearing me apart
Leaves me in a daze
I'm your spirit animal
And I'm going cannibal
There's only you, you, you
Only you, you, you
Only you
Riding my bike over the path
Hardly a soul, Pacific sunset (Pacific sunset)
Beautiful lights shine in the west
Hardly a soul, Pacific sunset (Chill in the air)
Riding my bike over the path
Hardly a soul, Pacific sunset
Beautiful lights shine in the west
Hardly a soul, Pacific sunset
Scramble in the bushes, hide in the trees
Run, raven, run, run, raven, run
I can hear the eagles' terrible scream
Run, raven, run, run, raven, run
Raven, raven, all I can do is keep praying
Raven, oh, raven...
|-|Demo version=
Yellow school bus rounds the corner
Hit the brakes, door slides open
Time to go and meet your fate
Walk the hallways, watching always
They will come, they will snatch you
In the classroom if they can
So dive into the bushes
Fly through the trees
Run, raven run, run, raven, run
I can hear the eagles' terrible scream
Run, raven, run, run, raven, run
Raven, raven, all I can do is keep praying
Raven, oh, raven
I hear them coming for you
Family gathers on Thanksgiving
Though they try, they can't help you
They overwhelm you every time
So dive into the bushes
Fly through the trees
Run, raven run, run, raven, run
I can hear the eagles' terrible scream
Run, raven, run, run, raven, run
Raven, raven, all I can do is keep praying
Raven, oh, raven
I hear them coming for you</tabber>
==Known recordings==
==See also==
*SZNZ: Autumn
*"Pacific Sunset"
*List of Weezer songs
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
==References==
Category:Rivers Cuomo songs
Category:SZNZ
Category:Weezer songs
Category:Songs on SZNZ: Autumn
Category:Featured song