High as a Kite

"High As A Kite" is the third track and third single from The Black Album. It was released on February 21, 2019 alongside "Living in L.A.". 
===Appearances===
*Weezer (The Black Album) (2019)
*Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years (2021)
==Background==
The title "High as a Kite" was previously used in a version of the Black Album song "Living in L.A.", which used the phrase in its original chorus. The current iteration of "High as a Kite" was demoed in February 2018 with the original chorus using the lyrics "high in the sky", with the song being demoed with it's near final lyrics potentially less than 3 days later.Per the dropbox upload date for "High As A Kite 1 @85 +5 AZ 13.mp3" In an interview with Zane Lowe, Rivers said that the song was about his mixed feelings with escapism, and that it reminded him of the song "Surf Wax America" in that respect. The song's verse was re-appropriated from "When We Were Young", a song originally intended for Everything Will Be Alright in the End. According to music journalist Scott Heisel, the bass chord progression was changed prior to release.Heisel, Scott. "Poll - High as a Kite: Yay or Nay?" All Things Weezer. 28 February 2019. https://allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/high-as-a-kite-yay-or-nay.51740/page-8#post-1741774 Screenshot: :File:Scottheiselhaak.png
"High as a Kite" was surprise released alongside "Living in L.A.", on February 21, 2019 and was debuted live on February 26, 2019 on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
==Music video==
The music video was directed by Nathan Presley and parodies the children's television series . It was released alongside the single on February 21. The title Mister Rivers' Neighborhood was later appropriated for Cuomo's Discord server of the same name.
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==Lyrics==
<tabber>
|-|Album version=
I think I'm going parasailing
Miles above, it’s so serene
I'm letting go of all the troubles
That I've seen, that I’ve seen
Way up here, no one can touch me
I'm drifting like a lost balloon
I'm out of reach, I won't be coming down
Any time soon, any time soon
I'm high as a kite
Don't you think they'd know what I'm worth?
Flying like a beautiful bird
I’m high as a kite
Don’t you think they'd know what I’m worth?
Why I gotta come down to earth?
I feel no pain, I feel no pleasure
I only want to disappear
So let me play this game for children
And vanish in to the atmosphere
I'm high as a kite
Don't you think they'd know what I'm worth?
Flying like a beautiful bird
I’m high as a kite
Don’t you think they'd know what I’m worth?
Why I gotta come down to earth?
When I'm high
And I'm giving up the nightmare chase, oh woah woah
And all I wanna do is blow my mind, oh woah woah
All I wanna do is blow my mind
I can fly up to the stratosphere
High above the cirrus clouds
Where I am one with the universe
I'm high as a kite
Don't you think they'd know what I'm worth?
Flying like a beautiful bird
I’m high
Don’t you think they'd know what I’m worth?
Why I gotta come down to earth?
When I'm high
|-|Demo Ver. 4=
I'm parasailing and It's so serene
Miles below are the troubles I've seen
Nothing can touch me up on the moon
I'm out of reach and drifting like a lost balloon
I can fly up to the stratosphere
High above the cirrus clouds
And I am one with the universe
When I'm high as a kite
Don't you think I'd know what I'm worth?
Don't you think I'd know what I'm worth?
When I’m high as a kite
Don’t you think I'd know what I’m worth?
Why I gotta come down to earth?
When I'm high
I take no pleasure, I feel no pain
But you will activate my dormant DNA
I can't be tempted, I'll disappear
But you will always be my rosen cavalier 
I can fly up to the stratosphere
High above the cirrus clouds
And I am one with the universe
When I'm high as a kite
Don't you think I'd know what I'm worth?
Don't you think I'd know what I'm worth?
When I’m high as a kite
Don’t you think I'd know what I’m worth?
Why I gotta come down to earth?
When I'm high</tabber>
==Known recordings==
==See also==
*List of Weezer songs
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
==Footnotes==
==References==
Category:Weezer songs
Category:Weezer singles
Category:Rivers Cuomo songs
Category:Songs on Weezer (The Black Album)Category:Songs on Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years
Category:Weezer songs produced by Dave Sitek
Category:Allmusic track picks
Category:Co-writing credit