Portia

"Portia" (formerly titled "Dorothy") is the seventh track on vinyl releases of the EP SZNZ: Summer. It is the vinyl-exclusive bonus track for that album. 
===Appearances===
*SZNZ: Summer (vinyl, 2023)
==Overview==
Cuomo mentioned the song title "Dorothy" in an edit on his wiki, Riverpedia, on February 16, 2021, indicating that it was planned for the summer-themed segment of Weezer's forthcoming 2022 album project, SZNZ. Said Cuomo, "Aww yeah jake loves dorothy from summer"Cuomo, Rivers. Mister Rivers' Neighborhood. 17 February 2021. https://www.riverscuomo.com/wiki/Future%20Projects
Rivers Cuomo first confirmed the song title "Portia" on his Discord server on June 13, 2022 after a clip of the song was discovered by fans in the source code for Cuomo's web game Weezle, as one of several planned teasers for SZNZ: Summer.Screenshot: :File:Sznz-portia-citation.png "Portia" was confirmed to be a reworking of "Dorothy" when a demo of the latter was leaked online on December 25, 2022.
Weeks before the song officially released, a snippet of the song leaked online featuring alternate chorus lyrics (“Down, down, down with the Father on high”) from the final version. The full version of this alternate mix was later uploaded to Vocaroo and posted to the forum Ben Hogan's Weezer Pain Palace on May 3, 2024.the wizard. "father on high " Ben Hogan's Weezer Pain Palace. 3 May 2024. https://weezerpainpalace.freeforums.net/thread/318/father-on-high
==Lyrics==
<tabber>
|-|"Portia"=
Portia, put your dog into your basket
Deep down, we all have fear; we learn to mask it
Any way the wind will blow
There is no place like a home
Click your heels and we'll ride on this tornado
Portia, tell me what has made you so scared?
Who came to hurt the little girl in there?
If you didn't know it then
Well, you gotta know it now
No one can be holier than thou
Down, down, down with the wizard
Down, down, down with the wizard
Down, down, down, tear his crown to the ground
He's the emperor
Without a single shred of clothes
Any way the wind will blow
There is no place like a home
Click your heels
And we'll ride on this tornado
Down, down, down with the wizard
Down, down, down with the wizard
Down, down, down, tear his crown to the ground
He's the emperor
Without a single shred of clothes
Portia, Portia
Sometimes we have to hurt
The very one we love
Portia
Portia, wrap your body in a cilice
We are strong, even if it's gonna kill us
With a thunderbolt of Jove
Staying true to what we know
Click your heels
And we'll ride on this tornado
|-|"Portia" (early mix)=
Portia, put your dog into your basket
Deep down, we all have fear; we learn to mask it
Any way the wind will blow
There is no place like a home
Hold me and we'll ride on this tornado
Portia, tell me what has made you so scared?
Who hurt the little, helpless girl in there?
If you didn't know it then
Well, you've gotta know it now
No one can be holier than thou
Down, down, down with the father on high
Down, down, down with the father on high
Down, down, down, tear his crown to the ground
He's the emperor
Without a single shred of clothes
Any way the wind will blow
There is no place like a home
Hold me and we'll ride on this tornado
Down, down, down with the father on high
Down, down, down with the father on high
Down, down, down, tear his crown to the ground
He's the emperor
Without a single shred of clothes
Portia, Portia
Sometimes we have to hurt
The very one we love
Portia
Portia, wrap your body in a cilice
We are strong, even if it's gonna kill us
With a thunderbolt of Jove
Staying true to what we know
Click your heels
And we'll ride on this tornado
|-|"Dorothy"=
Dorothy, put your dog into your basket
Deep down, we all have fear; we learn to mask it
Any way the wind will blow
There is no place like a home
Click your heels and we'll ride on this tornado
Dorothy, tell me what has made you so scared?
Who came and hurt the little girl in there?
If you didn't know it then
Well, you gotta know it now
You're special, you're the kitty cat's meow
Down, down, down with the wizard
Down, down, down with the wizard
Let us down all these years, turning gears
But we know he's the emperor
Without a single shred of clothes
If you didn't know it then
Well, you gotta know it now
You're special, you're the kitty cat's meow
Down, down, down with the wizard
Down, down, down with the wizard
Let us down all these years, turning gears
But we know he's the emperor
Without a single shred of clothes</tabber>
==Known recordings==
==See also==
*SZNZ
*List of Weezer songs
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
==References==
Category:SZNZCategory:Rivers Cuomo songsCategory:Weezer songsCategory:Songs on SZNZ: Summer