December

"December" is the thirteenth and final track on Maladroit.
===Appearances===
*Released on weezer.com
*Songs from the Forthcoming "Maladroit" (2002)
*Maladroit (2002)
==Overview==
"December" was first recorded on May 27, 2001 at Monster Island Studios in Washington, D.C., during a stop on the Hooptie Tour, with the intention of sending the recordings to prospective producers for the band's planned fourth album. Several of these recordings were posted to weezer.com, but "December" was not among them. The song was attempted again for the Radio 1 show The Evening Session, presented by Steve Lamacq, on June 13, 2001. Normally, bands record four songs to promote a new album, but Weezer performed eight entirely new songs. "December" was not one of the songs aired, but was finished in Los Angeles on July 9 and later released for free on weezer.com. The song was brought back during the sessions for Maladroit in December of that year. The band shared several in-progress recordings of the song with fans during the album's production.
 guitar solo and counterpoint were reportedly composed independently, without either guitarist having heard the other. "We just mashed them together to see what would happen, and it sounded beautiful," Cuomo later told Guitar Player in 2002.Blackett, Matt. "Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Saves the Guitar Solo" Guitar Player. July 2002. Transcript.
"December" was played live at several shows throughout June and July of 2001, during the Hooptie Tour and Euro Freak Out Tour, though it was only performed three times during the tours in support of Maladroit in 2002. In early December of 2014, Rivers Cuomo created a Christmas-themed Spotify playlist titled "Everything Will Be Jolly in the End," featuring several songs by Weezer, among others. "December" was included on this playlist. On December 6, at a show in Atlanta, Georgia on the Everything Will Be Alright in the End Tour, Weezer performed the song for the first time in twelve years, acoustically. The song was also played during that tour's final two remaining shows.
==Live performances==
*Weezer concert: 06/08/2001
*Weezer concert: 06/15/2001
*Weezer concert: 06/16/2001
*Weezer concert: 06/18/2001
*Weezer concert: 06/19/2001
*Weezer concert: 06/25/2001
*Weezer concert: 06/26/2001
*Weezer concert: 06/28/2001
*Weezer concert: 06/29/2001	
*Weezer concert: 07/01/2001
*Weezer concert: 07/25/2001
*Weezer concert: 07/26/2002
*Weezer concert: 08/01/2002
*Weezer concert: 08/03/2002
*Weezer concert: 12/06/2014
*Weezer concert: 12/10/2014
*Weezer concert: 12/17/2014
==Personnel==
*Rivers Cuomo — lead guitar, lead vocals
*Patrick Wilson — drums
*Brian Bell — rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Scott Shriner — bass guitar, backing vocals
*Chad Bamford — additional production, engineering
*Rod Cervera — additional production
==Audio==
===Album version===
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==Lyrics==
Only love can ease the pain
Of a boy caught in the rain
Only hope will remember 
Burning flame in December 
Only love, only love
Only faith can bring to life 
One that falls by the wayside
Only trust can inspire
Soggy lungs to breathe fire
Only love, only love
It's only natural 
The moon is just half-full
We give our best away
We give our best away
Only love
Only trust can inspire
Soggy lungs to breath fire
Only love, only love
Only love, only love
==Known recordings==
==See also==
*List of Weezer songs
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
==References==
Category:Weezer songs
Category:Rivers Cuomo songs
Category:Songs on Maladroit
Category:Self-produced Weezer songs
Category:Weezer songs produced by Rod Cervera
Category:Weezer songs produced by Chad Bamford
Category:Catalog o' Riffs