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Piece of Cake

"Piece of Cake" is the fifth track from The Black Album. It was leaked online on February 26, 2019.

## Overview

The lyric "Have some more Sprite" was lifted by Rivers Cuomo from the script of the 2021 film The Space Between (written by Will Aldis), wherein the character Micky Adams (Kelsey Grammer) encourages Charlie Porter (Jackson White) to "have some more 'Sprite'" (actually a beverage laced with drugs). Cuomo confirmed the connection in December of 2021, telling a fan, "I put the movie script into my machine. And when I was writing Piece of Cake, it suggested that line. I chose it without remembering where it came from." Cuomo has stated that the "Betty" mentioned in the lyrics was a nonagenarian neighbor who moved away.

## Lyrics

[Hook]

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do

[Verse 1]

Let's do hard drugs

Fix our problems

Let me swing by

Tears in my eyes

[Chorus]

She cut me like a piece of cake

She cut me like a piece of cake

Hope can drive a man insane

She ate me up

[Hook]

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do

[Verse 2]

Hop on this trash

Be my last chance

We'll eat ice cream

Weep for Betty

[Chorus]

She cut me like a piece of cake

She cut me like a piece of cake

Hope can drive a man insane

She ate me up

[Hook]

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do

[Bridge]

She was into me

And then she changed the dial like I'm grunge or gangsta rap

Now I'm hanging out

With a kitty cat named Baudelaire on my lap

I never stopped her planets turning, no

[Hook]

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do

Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do

[Verse 3]

Hey man, cheer up

Make your own luck

Have a nice life

Have some more Sprite

[Chorus]

She cut me like a piece of cake

She cut me like a piece of cake

Hope can drive a man insane

She ate me up (Do-do-do-do-do-do-do)

She cut me like a piece of cake (Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do)

She cut me like a piece of cake (Do-do-do-do-do-do-do)

Hope can drive a man insane (Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do)

She ate me up

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Happy Together

"Happy Together" is a the sixth track from the 1967 album of the same name by The Turtles. The song was covered by Weezer at various points in the band's career.

## Background

When director Spike Jonze was finishing his film, Adaptation, in early 2002, he asked Weezer to record "Happy Together" for inclusion in the movie. The band learned to play the song during soundcheck before a show in Barcelona and demoed the song a few weeks later during Album 5 Demos. Ultimately, Jonze decided to use The Turtles' original recording in the final cut.

Weezer's studio version from that period remains unreleased, though a live soundboard recording was released on the official site, and is frequently traded digitally online. The date of the recording is unknown.

In 2018, Rivers Cuomo added the song to the setlist of his solo acoustic shows with a snippet of Green Day's "Longview" in the bridge. Later the same year, on the 2018 Weezer and Pixies Summer Tour, the band started covering the song with the Green Day snippet. The song finally appeared as an official studio recording on The Teal Album in 2019.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Imagine me and you, I do

I think about you day and night, it's only right

To think about the girl you love and hold her tight

So happy together

If I should call you up, invest a dime

And you say you belong to me, and ease my mind

Imagine how the world could be, so very fine

So happy together

[Chorus]

I can't see me lovin' nobody but you

For all my life

When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue

For all my life

[Verse 2]

Me and you, and you and me

No matter how they toss the dice, it had to be

The only one for me is you, and you for me

So happy together

[Chorus]

I can't see me lovin' nobody but you

For all my life

When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue

For all my life

[Verse 3]

Me and you and you and me

No matter how they toss the dice, it had to be

The only one for me is you, and you for me

So happy together

[Bridge]

Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-baa

Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-baa

[Verse 4]

Me and you, and you and me

No matter how they toss the dice, it had to be

The only one for me is you, and you for me

So happy together

[Outro]

So happy together

How is the weather (Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba)

So happy together (Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba)

We're happy together (Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba)

So happy together (Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba)

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Go Away

"Go Away" is the eighth track on Everything Will Be Alright in the End. The song was co-written with Best Coast vocalist and guitarist Bethany Cosentino. The lead vocals are a duet between Cosentino and Rivers Cuomo, and the song additionally features her Best Coast bandmate Bobb Bruno on guitar.

A music video featuring Cosentino was released on July 24, 2015. In December 2017, an early mix of the song was leaked, along with the rest of the album. This mix features the order of Cosentino and Cuomo's verse vocals being swapped.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1: Rivers Cuomo & Bethany Cosentino]

Cold hearted girl

Don't hurt me like this anymore

I'm waitin' right outside your door

Sayin', "Baby, can we talk?"

Stupid boy

You keep on begging but I won't let you in

You keep on cryin' but you know whatcha did

I'll never let you back in

And you say

[Chorus: Rivers Cuomo & Bethany Cosentino]

"Go away, go away

Go away, go away, go away

Go away, go away, go away

Don't come back here anymore

Go away"

[Verse 2: Rivers Cuomo & Bethany Cosentino]

I was wrong

I hurt your feelings when I did what I did

I learned my lesson, I'll stop actin' like a kid

Can you give me one more chance?

And so I asked

"What does she have that I don't have?"

You said you'd stay, but then you went away

That's why I'm tellin' you to go away

And you say

[Chorus: Rivers Cuomo & Bethany Cosentino]

"Go away, go away

Go away, go away, go away

Go away, go away, go away

Don't come back here anymore

Go away"

[Bridge: Rivers Cuomo & Bethany Cosentino]

But my life is incomplete without you, whoa

And you miss the little things that I do

You do

Won't you take me back?

That was your last chance

[Chorus: Rivers Cuomo & Bethany Cosentino]

Go away, go away

Go away, go away, go away

Go away, go away, go away

Don't come back here anymore

Go away

[Outro: Rivers Cuomo & Bethany Cosentio]

Go away and don't come back

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Endless Bummer

"Endless Bummer" is the tenth track from The White Album.

## Background

At the beginning of the song, Rivers counts off "1, 2" at a low volume. The song (and the album) ends with the same beach noises that opened the album in "California Kids."

On the lyrics sheet for The White Album, a line in the second verse is listed as "dreaming about my wife," but many fans hear "life" rather than "wife." When asked on the fan club Facebook page which one was the correct lyric, Rivers said "What's the difference?"

Endless Bummer was cowritten with bandmate Brian Bell.

## Lyrics

[Chorus]

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey, hey

[Verse 1]

I just want this summer to end

What's the point of trying to pretend?

She told me to follow the rules

Not all 19 year olds are cool

I'm all alone at night

Dreamin' about my life

She was too fast for me

I count my steps because I'm OCD

[Chorus]

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey, hey

[Verse 2]

No life from Paloma to Rose

Sometimes I feel like I'm a ghost

Changing into street clothes in a tent (I just want the)

I just want this summer to end (summer to end)

My heart is so landlocked

Nothing but tourist shops

It's just like a curse, you see

This bummed out feeling that she's over me, she's over me

[Pre-Chorus]

I put my jacket over my head

I'm trying not to stare at her chest

I can't even dance in the dark

Cause my headphones are still on the seat of her car

[Chorus]

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey, hey

[Bridge]

Kumbaya makes me get violent

I just want this summer to end, whoa...

[Guitar Solo]

[Instrumental Outro]

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Mikey Welsh

**Association with Weezer** | Bass, Guitar, Vocals

Michael Edward Welsh (April 20, 1971 – October 8, 2011) was an American artist and musician who played bass for several bands, including the rock band Weezer. During Weezer's hiatus, he played with Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo in the band Homie, during Cuomo's time in Boston. Following original bassist Matt Sharp's departure from Weezer, Welsh joined as bassist and played with them from the time that they unofficially regrouped in 1998 until August 2001, when he experienced mental health problems. Shortly afterwards, he retired from music to focus on his art career. Welsh died from a drug overdose on October 8, 2011.

## Weezer

In 2001, Welsh suffered a breakdown brought on by drug use, undiagnosed mental health problems, and the strain of touring. After attempting suicide by drug overdose, he left Weezer. The reason for his exit was not made public until some time later. He was checked into a psychiatric hospital in August 2001. He later spoke about the ordeal in an interview with the website Rock Salt Plum:

Basically, a lifetime of doing drugs and being undiagnosed as having bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and borderline personality disorder finally caught up with me when I was 30 years old. At the beginning of a 3-month European tour with Weezer, I started slowly falling apart. Without getting too graphic, by the time the tour was winding up, my weight had gone down to about 140lbs (I'm 6'2") [63,5 kg – 1,88 m] and mentally completely wiped out. When I returned to the States, my family had made plans for me to see a psychiatrist in Boston. First though, we had to play a few dates around the U.S., and perform on The Tonite (sic) Show (which ended up being my last performance with Weezer). By the time I got to Boston, I was having a complete nervous breakdown. It ended with a severe suicide attempt (an overdose). I was found and rushed to the hospital where I had come to within minutes of my heart completely stopping. I was in a coma for a few days, and woke up in a lockdown psychiatric ward.
—
Weezer shot a new version of the video for their song "Island in the Sun" without Welsh. Following Welsh's departure in 2001, the band hired Scott Shriner to replace Welsh.

## Death

On September 26, 2011, Welsh wrote on Twitter: "dreamt i died in chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). need to write my will today." On October 8, 2011, Welsh was found dead in a Chicago hotel room from a suspected heroin overdose, leading to a heart attack.
I Swear It's True

"I Swear It's True" is a song by Weezer.

## Background

"I Swear It's True" was written and demoed by Rivers Cuomo in the summer of 1993 (in August, according to the Recording History). Cuomo distributed this demo to fans online in the early 2000s. The song was demoed by Weezer on August 11 with Ric Ocasek during pre-production on The Blue Album. The song was subsequently cut from consideration for the album, but this demo would appear as the thirteenth track on the deluxe edition of The Blue Album.

When Pinkerton sessions began, "I Swear It's True" was reconsidered for the album. Ultimately, the song failed to make the cut. In 1997, the song, along with the song "Getting Up and Leaving," was recorded as a b-side to a planned "Pink Triangle" retail CD single. These recordings, along with a new remix of "Pink Triangle," received new basslines by Scott Riebling, who filled in for Matt Sharp, who was unable to attend due to working on the Rentals' sophomore album. Ultimately, however, the band's label decided not to service a "Pink Triangle" single. The tracks were eventually released on November 2, 2010 as part of the deluxe edition of Pinkerton.

A rough mix of the song from the Pinkerton sessions was leaked online April 11, 2011. The existence of the recording became known months earlier when Weezer drummer Pat Wilson alluded to it (alongside a recording of "You Won't Get With Me Tonight") on the AllThingsWeezer forums, describing them as "crushing versions", a term since adopted by fans.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

It's been two and a half years now

That we've been apart

I've been kinda spaced out lately

Can't seem to get you out of my mind

[Chorus]

I really miss you, girl

I really do

You think I'm crazy but

I swear it's true

[Verse 2]

You think I'd have given up

Found somebody new

But no girl's got what you got

I belong to you

[Chorus]

I really miss you girl

I really do

You think I'm crazy but

I swear it's true

[Bridge]

Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh

[Guitar Solo]

Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh

[Chorus]

I really miss you, girl

I really do

You think I'm crazy but

I swear it's true

I swear it's true

I really do

I swear it's true

I swear it's true

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All My Favorite Songs

"All My Favorite Songs" is a song by the American rock band Weezer, released on January 21, 2021, as the first single from their fourteenth studio album OK Human. A music video was released on the same day.

An alternate version of the song, featuring indie pop band AJR, was released on May 12, 2021, five days after the release of their fifteenth studio album, Van Weezer.

## Background

The existence of the song was first teased on January 12, 2021 when the chorus lyrics were included as part of a Spotify track consisting only of synthesized speech, titled "ReadMe.txt" Spotify playlist, released to tease the album. The song was confirmed as the first single alongside the official announcement of the album on January 18.

In the interview, Rick Rubin said he "loved" the song and that it could have been "the template for the whole album."
A remix of the song (featuring indie-pop trio AJR) was released on May 12, 2021.

A live version of the song, recorded during the Hella Mega Tour and using more traditional Weezer instrumentation, was released on August 26, 2021.

## Music Video

The music video for "All My Favorite Songs" was released alongside the song on January 21 and was directed by Colin Read and produced by Pulse Films and Obra House. It stars Sonny Golden and Monroe Cline.

The video features a completely different mix of the song than what was officially released on music platforms. Major differences include heavier percussion, addition of a muted electric guitar and a lack of drums in the outro.

## Lyrics

[Chorus]

All my favorite songs are slow and sad

All my favorite people make me mad

Everything that feels so good is bad, bad, bad

All my favorite songs are slow and sad

I don't know what's wrong with me (Ooh, ooh, ooh)

I don't know what's wrong with me (Ooh, ooh, ooh)

[Verse 1]

I love parties, but I don't go

Then I feel bad when I stay home

'Cause I need a friend when I take a walk

I like spacin' out when somebody talks

I wanna be rich, but I feel guilty

I fall in love with everyone who hates me

[Chorus]

All my favorite songs are slow and sad

All my favorite people make me mad, so mad

Everything that feels so good is bad, bad, bad

All my favorite songs are slow and sad

I don't know what's wrong with me (Ooh, ooh, ooh)

I don't know what's wrong with me (Ooh, ooh, ooh)

[Verse 2]

Dreamy morning

Walkin' alone by myself

Thinkin' about life

And tryin' to find my way through hell

Sometimes I wish

I was on an island

But then I'd miss

The sound of sirens

[Chorus]

All my favorite songs are slow and sad

All my favorite people make me mad, so mad

Everything that feels so good is bad, bad, bad

All my favorite songs are slow and sad

I don't know what's wrong with me

I don't know what's wrong with me

I don't know what's wrong with me (Ooh, ooh, ooh)

[Outro]

Woah, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh

Woah, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh

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I've Had It Up to Here

"I've Had It Up to Here" is the fifth track on Everything Will Be Alright in the End. In December 2017, an early version of the song was leaked, along with the rest of the album.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Don't want to find myself homogenized

Don't want to become the very thing that I despised

Don't need my mommy feedin' me culture with a spoon

Don't want to end up with as much edge as a balloon

[Pre-Chorus 1]

Don't want my ideas polluted by mediocrity

Don't want my sentiments diluted

This is important to me

[Chorus]

I tried to give my best to you

But you plugged up your ears

And now I just can't take no more

I've had it up to here

[Verse 2]

Don't want to be another boy next door

Don't want to pander to the masses anymore

Don't need the whole wide world to love me

Don't want to win the human race

Don't want my music to be less well-known than my face

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Don't want to compromise my art for universal appeal

Don't want to be mass consumed

I'm not a happy meal

[Chorus]

I tried to give my best to you

But you plugged up your ears

And now I just can't take no more

I've had it up to here

[Bridge]

I moved out from the sticks

Nobody believed in me

Had to climb my way up

Overcome all kinds of adversity

Oh, if you think I need approval

From a faceless throng, whoa

That's where you're wrong (that's where you're wrong)

So wrong

[Chorus]

I tried to give my best to you

But you plugged up your ears

And now I just can't take no more

I've had it up to here

[Outro]

(I've had it

I've had it

I've had it)

I've had it up to here

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My Name Is Jonas

"My Name Is Jonas" is a song by the American alternative rock band Weezer. It is the first track on the band's self-titled 1994 debut album, also known as The Blue Album. It was written by guitarist/vocalist Rivers Cuomo, drummer Patrick Wilson and guitarist Jason Cropper, and produced by Ric Ocasek. Cropper wrote the song's acoustic intro; it is his only Weezer songwriting credit, as he left the band before the release of its first album.

## Background

The song was inspired by Cuomo's brother, who was having insurance problems after a serious car crash while at college. According to Cuomo, the song "explains how The Plan is renaming us all, especially my brother."

"My Name Is Jonas" was written in the key of B major. However, as the song is played with guitars tuned to Eb, it is played as if it were in the key of C.

## Reception

Melissa Bobbitt at LiveAbout named "My Name is Jonas" the seventh best Weezer song, writing that its lyric "the workers are going home" was "a righteous way to kick off a weekend". Michael Gallucci from Diffuser named it the third best Weezer song. In his 2010 book Music: What Happened?, Scott Miller describes the song as "musicality everywhere, theatrical dynamics, little golden lyric details where the subplot reveals the whole mood."

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

My name is Jonas, I'm carryin' the wheel

Thanks for all you've shown us, but this is how we feel

Come sit next to me, pour yourself some tea

Just like Grandma made when we couldn't find sleep

Things were better then, once but never again

We've all left the den, let me tell you about it

[Chorus 1]

The choo-choo train left right on time

A ticket cost only your mind

The driver said, "Hey man, we go all the way"

Of course we were willing to pay

[Verse 2]

My name is Wepeel, got a box full of your toys

They're fresh out of batteries, but they're still making noise, making noise

Tell me what to do, now the tank is dry

Now this wheel is flat, and you know what else?

Guess what I received in the mail today

Words of deep concern from my little brother

[Chorus 2]

The building's not goin' as he planned

The foreman has injured his hand

The dozer will not clear a path

The driver swears he learned his math

[Bridge 1]

The workers are going home, the workers are going home

The workers are going home, the workers are going home, yeah

[Bridge 2]

The workers are going home, the workers are going home

The workers are going home, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Outro]

My name is Jonas

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Death and Destruction

"Death and Destruction" is the fifth track on Maladroit.

## Background

"Death and Destruction" was originally an instrumental song. It was first recorded by the band during the SnS Demos in August of 2001, and an mp3 of this instrumental demo was released at Weezer's official site shortly thereafter. The first known version of the song to include vocals was recorded on January 6, 2002, and featured an unused third verse which would be replaced with a guitar solo in later versions. An alternate mix of the live version from The Lion and the Witch EP was released as a B-side on a UK "Keep Fishin'" single. In 2005, Weezer returned to playing the song instrumentally during their shows. "Death and Destruction" is often abbreviated as "D&D," but the song is unrelated to the board game Dungeons and Dragons. The song ends with Weezer lead singer Rivers Cuomo spelling out the words "I love you."

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I can't say that you love me

So I cry, and I'm hurtin'

[Verse 2]

Every time that I call you

You find some way to ditch me

[Chorus]

So I learned to turn

And look the other way

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

So I learned to turn

And look the other way

[Outro]

I

L

O

V

E

Y

O

U

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Holiday

"Holiday" is the ninth track on the Blue Album.

## Background

"Holiday" belies strong influences from the things Weezer front man Rivers Cuomo was interested in at the time of 1993. Cuomo expressed in a fan interview in 2006 that the famed beat poet Jack Kerouac was one of his favorite philosophers at the time. In the notable breakdown of the song (the band often refers to these as "Beach Boys Breakdowns"), Cuomo sings the line, "On the road with Kerouac", a reference to Kerouac's seminal work On The Road. The opening line, "Let's go away for a while," is also likely inspired by the Beach Boys track "Let's Go Away For Awhile" from the Beach Boys album Pet Sounds, by which Cuomo was also influenced.

Cuomo commented on the lyrics in a letter addressed to Bryan Stephenson, dated March 5, 1997, that appeared in The Pinkerton Diaries in 2011:

"The road" is any form of escapism, be it beautiful melodies, drinking, drugs, love, art, whatever. However, it is important to note that, even in the song "Holiday," escape is short-lived. Right after the line "on this road we'll never die" come the ominous crashing chords of fate.

The song also makes extensive use of doo-wop acapella, organs and complex harmonies - hallmarks of Blue Album era writing. In an early Weezine, it was revealed that Patrick Wilson has a vocal part during the bridge. Wilson is known to have one other very small vocal part on the Blue Album, but this is otherwise the only vocal part Wilson would have on a Weezer record before The Red Album in 2008.

A demo of "Holiday", ca. 1993, recorded solely by Cuomo exists in circulation. The demo is very similar to the album version, although one notable difference is that the breakdown features no lyrics or alternate vocal parts.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Let's go away for a while, you and I

To a strange and distant land

Where they speak no word of truth

But we don't understand anyway

[Chorus 1]

Holiday, far away, to stay

On a holiday, far away, let's go today

In a heartbeat

Heartbeat, heartbeat

[Verse 2]

Don't bother to pack your bags or your map

We won't need them where we're going

We're going where the wind is blowing

Not knowing where we're gonna stay

[Chorus 2]

Holiday, far away, to stay

On a holiday, far away, to stay

On a holiday, far away, let's go today

In a heartbeat

Heartbeat, heartbeat

Heartbeat, heartbeat

[Bridge]

We will write a postcard to our

Friends and family in free verse

We will write a postcard to our

Friends and family in free verse

(On the road with Kerouac)

We will write a postcard to our

(Sheltered in his bivouac)

Friends and family in free verse

(On this road, we'll never die)

[Post-Chorus]

Heartbeat, heartbeat

[Verse 1]

Let's go away for a while

You and I, to a strange and distant land

Where they speak no word of truth

But we don't understand anyway

[Chorus 3]

Holiday, far away, to stay

On a holiday, far away, to stay

On a holi—

[Outro]

Let's go away, let's go away

(—day, far away, to stay)

Let's go away, let's go away

(On a holiday, far away, to stay)

In a heartbeat

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O Girlfriend

"O Girlfriend" (sometimes spelled "Oh Girlfriend") is the tenth and final song from The Green Album.

## Background

"O Girlfriend" was among the unmastered Green tracks that leaked in the spring of 2001, with no appreciable differences from the album version. Around January of 2007, Rivers Cuomo wrote a blog post on his Myspace.com profile, wherein he rebutted a claim on his Wikipedia article that he had "an affinity for Asian women." Cuomo then proceeded to list a number of Weezer songs categorized by race of the girls that inspired them, with "O Girlfriend" listed under "Half-Caucasian/half-Asian". In 2015, Cuomo provided his own annotation for the 2016 track "Do You Wanna Get High?" on the website Genius.com, wherein he revealed that the song's subject is the same as "O Girlfriend" (as well as "O Girl"). Note the references to pills in both "O Girlfriend" and "Do You Wanna Get High?."

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I miss you

And I wonder how you feel about me too

Do you miss the way we would play

And waste our time away?

Suddenly, we're apart

And I can't see you every night

Though we'd fight I loved you so much

Now, I can't feel your touch

[Chorus]

Oh, girlfriend

That's the end

And I'm lost without your love

Oh, love

[Verse 2]

In your arms

I was happy as a little boy could be

Taking pills and mellowing out

Now, I just want to shout

For your love

'Cause I'm drifting further from you every day

Driving by your place every night

I used to feel alright

[Chorus]

Oh, girlfriend

That's the end

And I'm lost without your love

Oh, love

[Bridge]

Feeling fancies every night

When I dreamed to be alright

Oh, love

Oh, love

[Chorus]

Oh, girlfriend

That's the end

And I'm lost without your love

Oh, love

[Outro]

In your arms

I was happy as a little boy could be

Taking pills and mellowing out

Now, I just want to shout

[humming]

Now, I just want to shout

[humming]

Now, I just want to shout

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Grapes of Wrath

"Grapes of Wrath" (previously titled "Rock My Audible") is the third track from OK Human.

## Background

"Grapes of Wrath" is named for the American realist novel, The Grapes of Wrath, written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939.

The song was first made known to Weezer fans on Riverchat on August 20, 2020 when a Riverchat user asked Cuomo about the book 1984 by George Orwell. Cuomo responded mentioning that OK Human referenced the book, going on to quote lyrics from the song. In the same comment, Cuomo implied that the song was written about audiobooks. The song features lyrical references to the aforementioned 1984 as well as to Moby Dick by Herman Melville and Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.

On August 26, 2020, Cuomo edited the OK Human entry on Riverpedia to include the track name "Rock My Audible". On September 22, Cuomo suggested to fans on Riverchat that he was being forced to alter a lyric to remove reference to the website Pornhub, implying that he needed a new lyric to pair with the line "Ambien might work for some." Cuomo later suggested the lyric "Some folks pop an ambien / Some run laps around the gym", though shortly after stated that "Jake [Sinclair] nixed the gym line." On January 28, 2021, Cuomo streamed OK Human over the video conferencing platform Zoom and previewed an earlier version of "Grapes of Wrath" featuring the "Pornhub" bridge.

On October 22, Cuomo replaced the song title "Rock My Audible" with "Grapes of Wrath" on the OK Human Riverpedia entry, implying that it was renamed.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I can feel my breathing, it's so nice

It's like a blanket on my life

Let me stay here for forever

In this state of classical denial

Cranking Mrs. Dalloway

Moby Dick, trip on a whale

He's kinda just like me

We're thirsty for the deep

[Chorus]

I'm gonna rock my Audible

Headphone, Grapes of Wrath

Drift off to oblivion

I just don't care, I just don't care

Rock my Audible

Headphone, Grapes of Wrath

Drift off to oblivion

You think I care, I just don't care

[Post-Chorus]

I just don't care

I'm barely there

I just don't care

[Verse 2]

Count on me to show support for

Winston Smith in 1984

'Cause battling Big Brother feels more

Meaningful than binging zombie hordes

Take me up to Neverland

Hanging with Yossarian (Yossarian)

He's kinda just like me

We fight 'til we get free

[Chorus]

I'm gonna rock my Audible

Headphone, Grapes of Wrath

Drift off to oblivion

I just don't care, I just don't care

Rock my Audible

Headphone, Grapes of Wrath

Drift off to oblivion

You think I care, I just don't care

[Post-Chorus]

I just don't care

I'm barely there

I just don't care

[Bridge]

Open ear and open mind

I can see without my eyes

Frodo jonesing for the ring

Soon I'll be there smiling

Smiling in my dreams

[Chorus]

I'm gonna rock my Audible

Headphone, Grapes of Wrath

Drift off to oblivion

I just don't care, I just don't care

Rock my Audible

Headphone, Grapes of Wrath

Drift off to oblivion

You think I care, I just don't care

[Post-Chorus]

I just don't care

I'm barely there

I just don't care

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No Other One

"No Other One" (originally "There is No Other One") is the third track on Pinkerton.

## Background

"No Other One" was originally written in July of 1994. The song is in 3/4 timing. An early version of the song begins with the line, "My girl's on fire," instead of, "My girl's a liar."

Later, in 1995, the song was briefly considered for the abandoned Songs from the Black Hole album concept. In the story's second draft, the character Jonas sings about realizing that Maria is the one he wants after she gives birth to his daughter. The song does not appear on Track List 2.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

My girl's a liar

But I'll stand beside her

She's all I've got

And I don't wanna be alone

My girl don't see me

When she's with my friends

She's all I've got

And I don't wanna be alone

[Chorus]

No, there is no other one

No, there is no other one

I can't have any other one

Though I would, now I never could with one

[Verse 2]

All of the drugs she does

Scare me real good

She's got a tattoo and two pet snakes

Nobody knows me like her

Nobody knows her like me

We're all we've got

And we don't wanna be alone

[Chorus]

No, there is no other one

No, there is no other one

I can't have any other one

Though I would, now I never could with one

[Chorus]

No, there is no other one

No, there is no other one

I won't have any other one

Though I would, now I never could with one

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1 More Hit

"1 More Hit" is the seventh track from Van Weezer.

## Background

"1 More Hit" was first teased in a video shared on producer Suzy Shinn's Instagram account on May 2, 2020. The same day, the song's title was confirmed during a webinar with fans hosted by Rivers Cuomo on the video conferencing platform Zoom. During the webinar, Shinn also reported that a portion of the song was heavily inspired by the band Slayer. The main riff used in "One More Hit" also bears resemblance to the song "Easy Come Easy Go" by Winger. The official YouTube upload of the song features a modified version of the cover art from Winger's eponymous debut album.

A review of Van Weezer by magazine Q referred to the song as "an empathetic portrait of a drug-addicted prostitute." Cuomo confirmed via Riverchat that the song contained the lyric "You're the bee, give me the stinger." This line in the song is accompanied by a brief interpolation of the orchestral piece "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

On August 21, Rivers stated on Riverpedia that the song would not be included on Van Weezer, but was in consideration for a video game. The song's removal, however, was apparently reversed, with the song "Tell Me What You Want" instead being chosen for the game Wave Break. The inclusion of "1 More Hit" on Van Weezer was confirmed in January of 2021.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

It's do or die

And I'm burning up inside

I know that something really isn't right

I shake, I sweat

I'm writhing in the bed

For just a puff, just a little spike

[Pre-Chorus]

Pump it up into me

Please, daddy, please, daddy

Pump it up, pump it up

Into me

[Chorus]

Could I have one more hit?

I promise I'll quit

This shit ain't good for me

I really need one more hit

And I'll be good

You really shouldn't go cold turkey

Cold turkey

[Verse 2]

The kiss, the bliss

There's nothing quite like this

To see your soul is shining like a pearl

To feel deep down

You matter to the world

And not just to a boy or to a girl

[Pre-Chorus]

Pump it up into me

Please, daddy, please, daddy

Pump it up, pump it up

Into me

[Chorus]

Could I have one more hit?

I promise I'll quit

This shit ain't good for me

I really need one more hit

And I'll be good

You really shouldn't go cold turkey

Cold turkey

[Bridge]

A kick, a punch, a bell-ringer

A clip, a chop, a real zinger

You're the bee, give me the stinger

[Outro]

Could I have one more hit?

I promise I'll quit

This shit ain't good for me

I really need one more hit

And I'll be good

You really shouldn't go cold turkey

Cold turkey

Cold turkey

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L.A. Girlz

"L.A. Girlz" is the eighth track from The White Album. It was the fourth song to be officially released prior to the album's release.

## Background

The melody for "L.A. Girlz" was originally written by Weezer guitarist Brian Bell. Musician Luther Russell, who has frequently produced and co-written songs for Bell's band The Relationship, is also credited as a co-writer. On June 18, 2019, Bell posted a clip of his original demo to his Instagram account. The song aired for the first time on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show on February 17, 2016. The song debuted live on March 22 at the KROQ Red Bull SoundSpace private radio show.

Rivers Cuomo's lyrics for the song contain several references to literature and pop-culture, including Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky poem ("gyre and gimble in the wabe"), the 2014 film Whiplash, and the characters of Dante and Beatrice from The Divine Comedy. The lyric used in the bridge strongly resembles a tweet posted by Cuomo on October 5, 2010.

## Lyrics

[Chorus]

L.A. girls, please act your age

You treat me like I have the plague

As I gyre and gimble in the wabe

L.A. girls, please act your age

Sweeten up your lemonade

And meet me down at Tower 28

[Verse 1]

I think I'm in Whiplash

I'm losing it mixing ammonia and bleach

I get off at Pico and sell my possessions

So you will know just how I feel

I love your long hair

But you just don't care

So please help me fathom

This world without music

And by the way, when can we talk?

[Chorus]

L.A. girls, please act your age

You treat me like I have the plague

As I gyre and gimble in the wabe

L.A. girls, please act your age

Sweeten up your lemonade

And meet me down at Tower 28

[Verse 2]

So would you mind if I was pregnant?

I'll sleep on the edge of your bed

Like Dante and Beatrice

We'll light up our candles

But how is this going to end?

The kids are asleep

We're haunting their dreams

And some women swear it's more painful than labor

To die with your sins on your head

[Bridge]

Does anybody love anybody as much as I love you, baby?

Does anybody love anybody as much as I love you, baby?

Does anybody love anybody as much as I love you, baby?

Does anybody love anybody as much as I love you, baby?

[Chorus]

L.A. girls, please act your age

You treat me like I have the plague

It's the gyre and gimble in the wabe

L.A. girls, please act your age

Sweeten up your lemonade

And meet me down at tower twenty-eight

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Pink Triangle

"Pink Triangle" is a song by American rock band Weezer. As the third and final single from the band's second studio album Pinkerton, it was released to radio on May 20, 1997 by DGC Records. The song was written by Rivers Cuomo.

## Background

The song describes a man who falls in love with a woman with whom he imagines he could settle down and be married. However, he soon discovers that the object of his affection is a lesbian who possibly thinks that the man himself is gay. The song is based on a real person that Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo encountered while a student at Harvard, whom he fantasized a life with until he saw a pink triangle—a gay pride symbol—on her backpack. According to Cuomo, a year and a half after the album was released he discovered that the woman was actually not a lesbian and had just been showing support for the gay community.

A promo single was sent to radio stations that also contained an acoustic version of the song recorded at Shorecrest High School in Seattle, Washington. The song received limited airplay and never charted and thus was deemed not to warrant a video.

In 2004, the band released its first DVD Video Capture Device, which features a video of the Shorecrest performance as well as a video cut by Weezer.com webmaster and longtime friend of the band Karl Koch that features footage shot by Jennifer Wilson, wife of Weezer drummer Patrick Wilson.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

When I'm stable long enough

I start to look around for love

See a sweet in floral print

My mind begins the arrangements

But when I start to feel that pull

Turns out I just pulled myself

She would never go with me

Were I the last girl on Earth

[Chorus]

I'm dumb, she's a lesbian

I thought I had found the one

We were good as married in my mind

But married in my mind's no good

Oh, pink triangle on her sleeve

Let me know the truth, let me know the truth

[Verse 2]

Might have smoked a few in my time

But never thought it was a crime

Knew the day would surely come

When I'd chill and settle down

When I think I've found a good old-fashioned girl

Then she put me in my place

Everyone's a little queer

Oh, can't she be a little straight?

[Chorus]

I'm dumb, she's a lesbian

I thought I had found the one

We were good as married in my mind

But married in my mind's no good

Oh, pink triangle on her sleeve

Let me know the truth, let me know the truth

[Chorus]

I'm dumb, she's a lesbian

I thought I had found the one, oh

We were good as married in my mind

But married in my mind's no good, oh

Pink triangle on her sleeve

Let me know the truth, let me know the truth

I'm dumb, she's a lesbian

I thought I had found the one, oh

We were good as married in my mind

But married in my mind's no good

Oh, pink triangle on her sleeve

Let me know the truth, let me know the truth

Let me know the truth

Let me know the truth

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Automatic

"Automatic" is the ninth track off of The Red Album. It features drummer Pat Wilson on lead guitar and vocals, with Rivers Cuomo on drums.

## Background

Weezer drummer Patrick Wilson originally wrote, and may have even recorded, "Automatic" for his project The Special Goodness. According to Wilson, the song is about the tremendous love he feels for his family. The song was remixed by the group LA Riots for use in the Playstation 3 video game Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. A clip of this remix was used in promotional videos for the game that first appeared in late March of 2008, making it one of the first Red Album tracks to be heard by fans. This remix featured a much faster beat, causing some fans to be surprised by the pace of the album version when it was first heard months later.

A new recording of the song, with an accompanying video, was broadcast on MTV Live in early June of 2008. The video was directed by Brennan Stasiewicz and edited by Tim Kafalas.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

How am I going to

Deliver you a mountain size of love?

How do oceans connected by a straw

Get something through?

I might need some time to remember

Need some time to remember

[Chorus]

Hey, it's automatic when you know it

Hey, it's automatic when feel it

[Verse 2]

When do I lay down

And get to see the world inside your eyes?

How can I reach out

And hold on to the joy you've got inside?

[Chorus]

Hey, it's automatic when you know it

Hey, it's automatic when feel it

[Bridge]

I got some

But I wanna feel it every hour

Cause I want to give it to you

[Chorus]

Hey, it's automatic when you know it

Hey, it's automatic when feel it

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Hash Pipe

"Hash Pipe" is a song by American rock band Weezer. Released in 2001, it was the first single off the band's third album Weezer (Green Album), and the only one of the Summer Songs of 2000 songs to make it onto the album, although "Dope Nose" and "Slob" were released on Maladroit.

## Background

According to an interview with Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo, "Hash Pipe" was written on the same night as the song "Dope Nose" off Maladroit. The story goes that Cuomo took "a bunch of Ritalin and had like three shots of tequila," paced around for a while, then wrote both songs.

Weezer drummer Patrick Wilson is featured on the cover of the song's CD single. Since late 2001, the band has played the song live with a reworked guitar solo that no longer follows the verse melody.

The song is about a transsexual prostitute.

## Composition

With a tempo of 128 bpm, "Hash Pipe" is composed in the key of A minor. The opening line, "I can't help my feelings, I go out of my mind", is quoted from The Beatles' "You Can't Do That".

## Music Video

The video for the song was directed by Marcos Siega, the first of many Weezer videos that Siega would direct. In the video, Weezer is shown playing while a group of sumo wrestlers are standing in the background. As the song progresses, the wrestlers are shown wrestling and during the guitar solo, the wrestlers play the band members' instruments as the members watch from the background. During the final chorus, guitarist Brian Bell performs a move in which he bends backwards, taking the guitar with him, then thrusts his legs in the way he's bending. This move has become known among Weezer fans as "the impossible bend." According to the mini book that accompanies the Video Capture Device DVD, Siega was asked to avoid referring to the lyrics of the song for the video, due to its themes of homosexual prostitution and drug references.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

(Uh) I can't help my feelings, I'll go out of my mind

These players come to get me cause they'd like my behind

I can't love my business if I can't get a trick

Down on Santa Monica where tricks are for kids

[Chorus]

Oh, come on and kick me

Oh, come on and kick me

(Whoa, whoa) Come on and kick me

(Whoa, whoa) You've got your problems

(Whoa, whoa) I've got my eyes wide

(Whoa, whoa) You've got your big G's

I've got my hash pipe

[Verse 2]

(Uh) I can't help my boogies, they get out of control

I know that you don't care but I want you to know

The knee-stocking flavor is a favorite treat

Of men that don't bother with the taste of a teat

[Chorus]

Oh, come on and kick me

Oh, come on and kick me

(Whoa, whoa) Come on and kick me

(Whoa, whoa) You've got your problems

(Whoa, whoa) I've got my eyes wide

(Whoa, whoa) You've got your big G's

I've got my hash pipe

I've got my hash pipe

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

Oh, come on and kick me

Oh, come on and kick me

(Whoa, whoa) Come on and kick me

(Whoa, whoa) You've got your problems

(Whoa, whoa) I've got my eyes wide

(Whoa, whoa) You've got your big G's

I've got my hash pipe

I got my hash pipe

I got my hash pipe

I got my hash pipe

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American Gigolo

"American Gigolo" is the opening track from Maladroit.

## Background

"American Gigolo" was first written by Rivers Cuomo around February of 2001, and recorded by Weezer at Monster Island Studios on May 27, 2001. Another recording was made during the band's BBC Sessions the following June 23rd. These original recordings portrayed the song in more of a funky vibe. Many fans were later surprised to hear the song evolve into more of a heavy metal riffer as the Maladroit sessions unfolded. Early versions of the song contain lyrics that greatly resemble that of "Photograph" ("If you want it / You can have it..."), though it is unknown if this is a deliberate allusion. A "gigolo" is a male escort or social companion who is supported by a woman in a continuing relationship, often living in her residence or having to be present at her beck and call. The song's title may have been inspired by the 1980 film of the same name, but this has never been commented on. According to the Recording History, the song shares its chorus with the unreleased song "I Can't Tell You", written around the same time and also demoed at Monster Island Studios.

"American Gigolo" was performed live for the first time on June 8, 2001 in Toronto, Ontario, as well as several additional shows that month on the Euro Freak Out Tour. The song was performed sporadically in 2002 and has, to date, been played only three times following its official release on Maladroit.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Sit down, quiet everybody

Got a long way to go

I told you once before

That you better not start the show

[Refrain]

Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on

Keep on, keep on, keep on, yeah

[Chorus 1]

If you want me

You can't have me

Because you've got to

Understand me

[Verse 2]

Back off, baby I'm a loner

Got a lotta things to see

I told you once before

That you better not take it from me

[Refrain]

Keep on, keep on, keep on, keep on

Keep on, keep on, keep on, yeah

[Chorus 2]

If you hate this

No, I can't blame you

Because I'm hurtin'

So I'll flame you

I've seen this game before

My love walks right to your door

There ain't no hope for me anymore

Ah ha ha ha

Yeah

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus 2]

If you hate this

No, I can't blame you

Because I'm hurtin'

So I'll flame you

I've seen this game before

My love walks right to your door

There ain't no hope for me anymore

Ah ha ha ha

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

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