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Put Me Back Together

Put Me Back Together is the fifth track on Raditude.

## Background

Rivers Cuomo co-wrote "Put Me Back Together" with Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler of All-American Rejects.
According to Ritter and Wheeler, who were interviewed by MTV, "We just did a track with Rivers [Cuomo] for the new Weezer record! When he asked us to do it, I fell on my knees and cried. We were playing this guy's songs when we were 13 at parties. A few weeks ago, we [went] to his house — so that was cool — sat in a room with three guitars, and just kinda, Ty had a little idea, and we kind of riffed on it. And then we never heard anything. So we're shooting our video for our next single, 'I Wanna,' yesterday, and our A&R guy comes to the shoot with a CD of the finished version, and I was like, 'Oh, so that happened!' And so I shot [Cuomo] an e-mail saying what a privilege it was working with him, and this sounds great, you guys did a great job with the song, you know, stuff like that, and he replied back, and at the end, it said, 'Definitely miss your guitar playing on the final version.' So, I saved that e-mail, and it's probably gonna stay in my star file for quite a while.

Two alternate mixes, by producers Serban Ghenea and Rich Costey, respectively, were released as part of the Weezer Raditude Club: iTunes pass.

All-American Rejects performed the song live on on May 1, 2014.

## Lyrics

[Intro]

One, Two, Three, Four

[Verse 1]

When I walk

Down the street

I been tripping on my feet

And my clothes

They don't match

And my blue jeans need a patch

[Pre-Chorus]

It's cold outside

Is there someone there tonight?

It's cold outside

Would you let me come inside and make it right?

[Chorus]

Here it's clear

That I'm not getting better

When I fall down

You put me back together

[Verse 2]

My hairdo isn't cool

And my lips are lined with drool

I'm a mess, since you left

You can use this fool, I'm a useless tool

[Pre-Chorus]

It's cold outside

Is there someone there tonight?

It's cold outside

Would you let me come inside and make it right?

[Chorus]

Here, it's clear

That I'm not getting better

When I fall down

You put me back together

I'm alone in my room

I don't know what to do

When I fall down

You put me back together

[Bridge]

And when I day dream

We're eating ice cream

It's such a nice scene

But then I wake up crying

I know I just been lying

[Chorus]

Right here, it's clear

That I'm not getting better (that I'm not getting better)

When I fall down, you put me back together (put me back together)

Here, it's clear

That I'm not getting better (that I'm not getting better)

When I fall down, you put me back together

I'm alone in my room, I don't know what to do

When I fall down you put me back together

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Dead Roses

"Dead Roses" is the ninth track from OK Human.

## Background

The song's existence was revealed via a Snapchat photo shared on May 14, 2020, in which sheet music for the song was visible. Later, on August 26, a Riverpedia entry for the song was created by Rivers Cuomo describing the song as "very Gothic" and featuring the chorus lyrics: "at the bottom of an oubliette."

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Turn the key

And step into the blackness

Lamplight falls

And casts a laughing phantom

I imagine your smile

And the life that we could share

But with the last of my steps

I see the truth lying there

[Chorus]

Dead roses

At the bottom of an oubliette

Where they beat you 'til you begged to live

You are mine and you were always mine

Now I'm crying over dead roses

I could never let them go

[Verse 2]

A winged beast

With horns upon his cranium

Slinks away

And grinning, makеs his way up

I grasp the pieces of rose

And your raven locks of hair

I hear the turn of the key

As I hiss my final prayer

[Chorus]

Dead roses

At the bottom of an oubliette

Where they beat you 'til you begged to live

You are mine and you were always mine

Now I'm crying over dead roses

I could never let them go

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Take Control

"Take Control" is the fourth song on Maladroit.

## Background

"Take Control" was first recorded by the band in 2001 during the DC Demos, and again at the BBC Sessions a few weeks later. Its original incarnation was a bit more mellow, but became much heavier during the Maladroit sessions. Brian Bell was a fan of the song, and mentioned in interviews that it should have been a single. Like many of the album's songs, Rivers Cuomo double-tracked the crunchy guitar solo.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Leave me now

Show me how

And I won't be ashamed of the things we once made

And I won't be comin' back 'round here no more, no

[Verse 2]

Leave and try

Tell me why

[Pre-Chorus 1]

And I won't let you down

Drag your name all over town

And I won't be comin' back 'round here no more

[Chorus]

Yo, everyone, everyone

Everyone I know (everyone I know)

Take control

[Guitar Solo]

[Pre-Chorus 2]

And I won't let you down, drag your name all over town

And I won't be comin' back 'round here no more

[Chorus]

Yo, everyone, everyone

Everyone I know (everyone I know)

Take control

Whoa hoooo

Whoa hoooo

Whoa hoooo

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Getchoo

"Getchoo" (originally known as "Gitchoo") is the second track on Pinkerton.

## Background

"Getchoo" was originally written by Rivers Cuomo in January of 1994, between the recording and release of The Blue Album. The song was played live while the band was touring in support of The Blue Album. Later, in 1995, Cuomo considered the song for (ultimately unfinished) "rock-opera" concept album Songs from the Black Hole. The song appeared on track lists and early drafts for that concept, before being dropped from later lists. While the Black Hole concept was eventually scrapped, "Getchoo" was worked on by the band and the album concept eventually morphed into Pinkerton, wherein "Getchoo" appears as the second track.

In 2005, the band played the song with Brian Bell on lead vocals.

An rough in-studio recording of the song appeared on the second disc of the Deluxe Edition of Pinkerton in 2010, listed as "Getchoo (Tracking Rough)".

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

This is beginning to hurt

This is beginning to be serious

It used to be a game, now it's a cryin' shame

'Cause you don't wanna play around no more

[Verse 2]

Sometimes I push too hard

Sometimes you fall and skin your knee

I never meant to do all that I've done to you

Please, baby, say it's not too late

[Chorus]

To getchoo, uh-huh

Getchoo, uh-huh

Getchoo, uh-huh

Getchoo, getchoo, getchoo

Uh-huh

Oh-ho

[Verse 3]

You know this is breakin' me up

You think that I'm some kind of freak, uh-huh

But if you'd come back to me then you would surely see

That I'm just foolin' around

[Chorus]

Getchoo, uh-huh

Getchoo, uh-huh

Getchoo, uh-huh

Getchoo, getchoo, getchoo

[Bridge]

I can't believe (I can't believe)

What you've done to me

What I did to them (What I did to them)

You've done to me, oh

[Chorus]

Getchoo, uh-huh

Getchoo, uh-huh

Getchoo, uh-huh

Getchoo, getchoo, getchoo

Uh-huh

[Outro]

(This is beginning to hurt) Oh-ho

(This is beginning to hurt) Oh-ho

(This is beginning to hurt) Oh-ho-ho-ho

(This is beginning to hurt) Oh

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No Scrubs

"No Scrubs" is the eighth track on "Weezer (Teal Album)". It was originally written by R&B Group TLC and released in 1999. On April 13, 2019, the first weekend of Coachella, Weezer played "No Scrubs" and brought out a surprise special guest to join them onstage - Chilli (Rozonda Thomas) herself, to perform the hit with the band.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

A scrub is a guy that thinks he's fly

And is also known as a busta

Always talkin' about what he wants

And just sits on his broke ass

[Pre-Chorus]

So no, I don't want your number

No, I don't want to give you mine and

No, I don't want to meet you nowhere

No, don't want none of your time and

[Chorus]

No, I don't want no scrub

A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me

Hangin' out the passenger side of his best friend's ride

Trying to holla at me

I don't want no scrub

A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me

Hangin' out the passenger side of his best friend's ride

Trying to holla at me

[Verse 2]

There's a scrub checkin' me but his game is kinda weak

And I know that he cannot approach me

'Cause I'm looking like class and he's looking like trash

Can't get wit' a deadbeat ass

[Pre-Chorus]

So no, I don't want your number

No, I don't want to give you mine and

No, I don't want to meet you nowhere

No, don't want none of your time

[Chorus]

No, I don't want no scrub

A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me (Hey)

Hangin' out the passenger side of his best friend's ride

Trying to holla at me

I don't want no scrub

A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me

Hangin' out the passenger side of his best friend's ride

Trying to holla at me

[Bridge]

If you don't have a car and you're walking

Oh yes son, I'm talking to you

If you live at home with your momma

Oh yes son, I'm talking to you

If you have a shorty that you don't show love

Oh yes son, I'm talking to you

Wanna get me with no money

Oh no, I don't want no

No scrub

No scrub (No, no)

No scrub (No, no)

No scrub (No, no)

[Chorus]

No, I don't want no scrub

A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me

Hangin' out the passenger side of his best friend's ride

Trying to holla at me

I don't want no scrub

A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me

Hangin' out the passenger side of his best friend's ride

Trying to holla at me

I don't want no scrub

A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me

Hangin' out the passenger side of his best friend's ride

Trying to holla at me

I don't want no scrub

A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me

Hangin' out the passenger side of his best friend's ride

Trying to holla at me

I don't want no scrub

A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me

Hangin' out the passenger side of his best friend's ride

Trying to holla at me

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Jacked Up

"Jacked Up" is the ninth track from The White Album.

## Background

"Jacked Up" was co-written by Rivers Cuomo with English songwriters Hugh Pescod and Jonny Coffer. The song was played live a few times on the White Album Tour with Panic! At The Disco. The bridge melody was repurposed from the chorus of a Cuomo demo titled "Since You Came Around", which leaked online in November of 2020 and was later released as part of the digital compilation Alone XII: The White Year.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

If I stay the night

Will I fall in love?

If I stroke your hair

It's gonna hurt so much

Stranded in the Kalahari

Will you share your flask?

If I stay the night

Will I fall in love?

[Chorus]

I'm all jacked up

Over you

I'd bury diamonds

Just for you

Oh, why, why, why do my flowers always die?

Why do they die?

I'm all jacked up

Over you

[Verse 2]

I see you standing there

Without a shred of clothes

And I can break away

From the vein of gold

Come you beautiful alien

Touch me with your light

But if I stay the night

Will I fall in love?

[Chorus]

I'm all jacked up

Over you

I'd bury diamonds

Just for you

Oh, why, why, why do my flowers always die?

Why do they die?

I'm all jacked up

Over you

[Bridge]

You're the sun that I'm orbiting

I burn in your heat

Supernova and cosmic dust

You spawn galaxies

We'll sleep together

Sleep together

Sleep forever

Sleep together

Sleep forever minus one

Say those forbidden words to me, eagle girl

[Chorus]

I'm all jacked up

Over you

I'd bury diamonds

Just for you

Oh, why, why, why do my flowers always die?

Why do they die?

I'm all jacked up

Over you

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Peace

"Peace" is the fifth track from Make Believe.

## Background

"Peace" was demoed as early as November of 2002. It was played live at a secret show in Los Angeles that same month. "Peace" also shares an entry in the Catalog O' Riffs with an earlier demo, "Hey Domingo!" (later demoed under the title "Don't Let My Heart Down"), which features a similar riff and chord progression (which in turn resembles a riff from an earlier song, "The Dawn").

In a May 9, 2005 interview with Y100, Rivers Cuomo talked about "Peace": "This song was written at a time of no peace with me, when I was at the end of my rope. I felt like life had no meaning anymore. I was going out every night and trying to have fun, but it wasn't giving me any real satisfaction. I just started thinking 'I gotta find a way to bring meaning back in my life and recover my sensitivity and creativity, and I need to find some peace.'"

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

More and more

I can't say no

So afraid of letting go

If there's something

I can grab

You can bet

I'll pay the tab

[Chorus 1]

Counting all the flowers

Waste the precious hours

I need to find some peace

[Verse 2]

All these problems on my mind

Make it hard for me to think

There is no way I can stop

My poor brain is gonna pop

[Chorus 2]

And I don't have a purpose

Scattered on the surface

I need to find some peace

[Post-Chorus]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-ho

Whoa, whoa

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus 3]

And all the broken tethers

We can bring together

I need to find some peace

[Post-Chorus]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-ho

Whoa, whoa-ho

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-ho

Whoa, whoa

[Outro]

I need to find some peace

I need to find some peace

Whoa

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Ain't Got Nobody

"Ain't Got Nobody" is the first track on Everything Will Be Alright in the End.

## Overview

The liner notes for Everything Will Be Alright in the End groups songs by one of three themes. "Ain't Got Nobody" is grouped under the category "Belladonna" (songs about Cuomo's relationships with women). The spoken audio at the beginning of the song seems to present the song as the "first big hit" of the fictional band The Astronauts (a stand-in for Weezer themselves, who are represented in the album's promotional materials and meta-narrative). A small excerpt of the song (alongside an excerpt of the song "Flight Plans") was first heard in a promotional video (teaser #1) uploaded to Weezer's YouTube channel on March 19, 2014. A longer excerpt, featuring the title of the song first appeared in another YouTube video (teaser #8) uploaded on June 4th.

## Lyrics

[Intro]

"I had another nightmare!"

"Go back to sleep, honey. Everything will be alright in the end."

"I'm going to L.A."

"All the girls love you."

"I'm proud of you, son."

"How does he do it? It's so simple."

"Look, rock is dead. Guitars are dead."

"In the 'Where Are They Now' category: The Astronauts, with their first big hit..."

Ain't... Got... No...bo-dy!

[Chorus]

Ain't got nobody, ain't got nobody

Ain't got no one to really love me

Ain't got nobody, ain't got nobody

Ain't got no one to kiss and hug me

[Verse 1]

I've been so patient

All around the nation

There ain't no one in all creation

[Pre-Chorus]

I'm livin' all alone

Nobody at home

It's hard to fall asleep

I really start to freak

[Verse 2]

My daddy loved me

No one could touch me

Until he went up and left me lonely

That's human nature

We fail each other

And keep on searchin' for another

[Pre-Chorus]

I thought I had a friend

But she was just pretend

She didn't have a soul

Nothing I could hold

[Chorus]

Ain't got nobody, ain't got nobody

Ain't got no one to really love me

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

Someone I could greet

When I come home from work

Someone who would smile

And take away the hurt

[Breakdown]

Ain't got nobody (ain't got nobody)

Ain't got nobody (ain't got nobody)

Could you be the one to really love me?

[Chorus]

Ain't got nobody, ain't got nobody

Ain't got no one to kiss and hug me

[Outro]

Do-do-do-do-do-do

Do-do-do-do-do-do

Do-do-do-do-do-do

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Weezer (Black Album)

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2. "Zombie Bastards"Released: November 21, 2018
3. "High as a Kite"Released: February 21, 2019
4. "Living in L.A."Released: February 21, 2019

Weezer, also known as the Black Album, is the thirteenth studio album by the American rock band Weezer. Produced by Dave Sitek, it was released on March 1, 2019, through Crush Music and Atlantic Records, nearly two months after Weezer (Teal Album).

## Background

Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo first hinted at the album in April 2016, shortly after the band released their tenth album Weezer (White Album). "What could stand out more against 'White' than 'Black'? I think it's going to maybe be like Beach Boys gone bad. I'm thinking of swearing, which is something I've never done in songs."

While promoting the band's eleventh album Pacific Daydream in August 2017, Cuomo said "The original plan was the Black Album but Pacific Daydream really came together. The Black Album is pretty much ready, it's coming."

## Release

Cuomo first told Australian radio station Double J in February 2018 that the album would be released on May 25, later hinting at dates such as June 1 and June 12 on his Twitter account. On October 11, the first single from the album, "Can't Knock the Hustle", was released. A second song, "Zombie Bastards", was released on November 21, along with cover art and a release date for the album, set as March 1, 2019. Two more singles followed on February 21, 2019, which are "High as a Kite" and "Living in L.A.". Additionally, "California Snow" was released as a single for the soundtrack of the 2018 film Spell. On the day before release, three songs from the album premiered on the video game Fortnite.

## Track Listing

* 1. Can't Knock the Hustle
* 2. Zombie Bastards
* 3. High as a Kite
* 4. Living in L.A.
* 5. Piece of Cake
* 6. I'm Just Being Honest
* 7. Too Many Thoughts in My Head
* 8. The Prince Who Wanted Everything
* 9. Byzantine
* 10. California Snow
Susanne

"Susanne" (originally known as "Suzanne") is the second track from the deluxe edition of Weezer's self-titled debut album and a b-side to "Undone - The Sweater Song".

## Background

"Susanne" has proven to be one of, if not the, most often-performed of Weezer's large number of non-album songs, particularly in the pre-Green Album era. The song was successfully returned to set lists on the 2008 Troublemaker Tour. According to the liner notes of the deluxe version of The Blue Album, "Suzanne was a talented A&R assistant at Geffen. In the long months of limbo between completing The Blue Album in October '93 and its eventual release in May '94, she became a big Weezer supporter, doing her best to keep the guys optimistic about their future with Geffen. As the lyrics imply, Suzanne did in fact help Rivers Cuomo out with her spare winter coat when he needed one, and made plates of brownies to cheer him up. Her devotion and aid were perfectly summed up in the song. Before she knew of the songs' existence the guys performed it a cappella for her in her Geffen office. Needless to say, it surprised the hell out of her.

The lyrics "even Izzy, Slash, and Axl Rose" were originally written (and recorded on Rivers' home demo of the song) as "even Kurt Cobain and Axl Rose," but Rivers later decided to change it out of respect for the Nirvana front man after his April 1994 passing. However, upon the song being brought back into 2010 setlists, the original lyric and mention of Cobain was brought back.

## Lyrics

[Chorus]

Susanne, you're all that I wanted of a girl

You're all that I need in the world

I'm your child

Make me blush, drive me wild

Susanne, you're all that I wanted

[Verse 1]

When I met you I was all alone

Cold and hungry cryin' on the phone

You baked me brownies and said "don't you cry"

And gave me the coat off your back

[Chorus]

Susanne, you're all that I wanted of a girl

You're all that I need in the world

I'm your child

Make me blush, drive me wild

Susanne, you're all that I wanted

[Verse 2]

Even Izzy, Slash and Axl Rose

When I call you put them all on hold

And say to me that you'd do anything

And all I can do is say that

I haven't much I can give you in return

Only my heart and a promise not to turn

But I'll sing to you every day and every night

Susanne, I'm your man

[Chorus]

Susanne, you're all that I wanted of a girl

You're all that I need in the world

I'm your child

Make me blush, drive me wild

Susanne, you're all that I wanted

Of a girl

[Outro]

YEAH!

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Let It All Hang Out

"Let It All Hang Out" is the eighth track on Raditude.

## Background

"Let It All Hang Out" began as a demo recorded by Rivers Cuomo in 1999 (listed in the Catalog O' Riffs as "Hangout", entry #16). The demo's guitar riff and title were repurposed into a new song nearly ten years later, co-written by Cuomo with Jermaine Dupri. The song was featured as downloadable content for Rock Band and Rock Band 2 in December 2009, along with "Beverly Hills" and "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To." The Rock Band version of the song features a slightly different mix. An early version of the song, produced by Jacknife Lee, leaked online in 2017.

The song was performed live in concert in late 2009 through mid-2010. The song was typically preceded by the instrumental track "Woolly Mammoth".

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I was driving this morning

And sat in traffic on the way to work, work

Soon as I got in, my boss was trippin'

And acting like a freaking jerk, jerk

Me and my girl ain't speak in weeks

And I can't remember the reason why, why, why

On top of that it's a recession

I feel like Jay-Z, this can't be life, life

[Chorus]

Tonight I'm leavin' all my worries

And my problems in the house

I'm goin' out with my homies

And we gonna let it, gonna let it

All hang out, let it all hang out

It's the last day of the week and boy I need to release

And let it all hang out, let it all hang out

I'm goin' out with my homies and we gon' let it all hang out

[Verse 2]

The time for me to leave this place

Don't feel like it's gon' ever come, come, come

I got bills on top of bills

And I don't know where I'm gettin' my money from, from

The walls feel like they're closing in

I honestly don't feel like I can make it, make it, make it

I'm sad and mad and I can't take it, that's why

[Chorus]

Tonight I'm leavin' all my worries

And my problems in the house

I'm goin' out with my homies

And we gonna let it, gonna let it

All hang out, let it all hang out

It's the last day of the week and boy I need to release

And let it all hang out, let it all hang out

I'm goin' out with my homies and we gon' let it all hang out

[Bridge]

Me and JD chillin' in the shack

Sharing Chiclets from the same pack

180-proof Vitamin Water

Energy flavor

Take us to your daughter

I want to see you pretty ladies on the dance floor (dance floor)

Put your hands up in the air like you don't care no more (we don't care no more)

We going to hit the town tonight, we were born to rock

[Chorus]

Tonight I'm leavin' all my worries

And my problems in the house

I'm goin' out with my homies

And we gonna let it, gonna let it

All hang out, let it all hang out

It's the last day of the week and boy I need to release

And let it all hang out, let it all hang out

I'm goin' out with my homies and we gon' let it all hang out

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California Kids

"California Kids" is the first track on The White Album. The song was initially released as "カリフォルニア" (California), a standalone single by Scott & Rivers on iTunes in December of 2014. It was later reworked, in English, as "California Kids", for inclusion on White. A new recording of the original Japanese song later appeared as "カリフォルニア サンシャイン" (California Sunshine) on the second Scott & Rivers album, ニマイメ, in 2017.

## Background

In early 2015, Rivers told fans that an English version of "California" was being considered for inclusion in the Detour pilot.

"California Kids" was the only song kept from a group of 235 demos that Cuomo and producer Jake Sinclair listened to in early 2015 when beginning work on what would become The White Album, and it was the inspiration for the album's "beach/nautical theme." The lyrics feature a "pack of heroic slackers," according the the album's iTunes description. The song was accidentally made available for streaming on Apple Music in the US on February 25, 2016 and shared among the fan community before it was taken down again by Apple.

The song, played live and acoustically, was released on the band's Spotify Sessions EP.

## Music Video

The music video was directed by SCANTRON and Jade Ehlers and premiered on March 9, 2016.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

When you wake up, cobwebs on your eyelids

Stuck in rigor mortis

Woah-woah (Wake up)

Just get going 'til you hit the ocean

And you turn Californian

Woah-woah

You don't have to have the answers

Don't you worry

Don't you worry

[Chorus]

It's gonna be alright, if you're on a sinking ship (oo-wee-oo)

The California kids will throw you a lifeline

And if you're up all night thinking about something you did

(Oo-wee-oo)

The California kids will show you the sunshine

[Verse 2]

In your bare feet in mid-January

Swimming in the mystery

Woah-woah

Second-guessing almost everything

Don't you worry

Don't you worry

[Chorus]

It's gonna be alright, if you're on a sinking ship (oo-wee-oo)

The California kids will throw you a lifeline

And if you're up all night thinking about something you did

(Oo-wee-oo)

The California kids will show you the starlight

[Verse 3]

All your old friends chilling back in Boston

You never forgot them

Woah-woah

[Chorus]

It's gonna be alright, if you're on a sinking ship (oo-wee-oo)

The California kids will throw you a lifeline

And if you're up all night thinking about something you did

(Oo-wee-oo)

The California kids will show you the sunshine

The California kids will show you the starlight

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Foolish Father

"Foolish Father" is the tenth track on Everything Will Be Alright in the End.

## Overview

According to fans who attended focus groups prior to the album's release, the line "hell or high water" was in consideration in place of the line "You are his daughter." In December of 2017, an early version of the song was leaked, along with the rest of the album. This version has slight lyrical differences ("You are his daughter" was "You are his dear one") and the song's outro is missing. Rivers Cuomo can be heard whispering the words "except you die" at the end of the song (approximately 4 minutes, 11 seconds).

## Lyrics

[Intro]

Simple love songs

Drenched in blood songs

Coming out all wrong songs

[Verse 1]

Hesitate to throw your stones

When criminals are victims

Looking back into our past

There's no cause for these symptoms now

[Chorus]

Forgive your foolish father

He did the best that he could do

You are his daughter

And he'd do anything for you

[Verse 2]

Think of how destroyed he feels

Walking to his grave plot

Knowing that the one he loves

Hates him with all of her heart

[Chorus]

Forgive your foolish father

He did the best that he could do

You are his daughter

And he'd do anything for you

[Bridge]

These nucleotides are paired up in a strand

How comical this stuff that makes a man

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

Forgive your foolish father (Forgive your father)

He did the best that he could do

You are his daughter (You are his daughter)

And he'd do anything for you

Anything for you, anything for you

Anything, anything

Anything for you (Anything for you)

[Outro]

Everything will be alright in the end

Everything will be alright in the end

Everything will be alright in the end

Everything will be alright in the end

Everything, everything, everything will be alright now

Everything will be alright in the end

(Except you die)

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Memories

"Memories" is a song by the band Weezer. It is the opening track and first single from their 2010 album Hurley and was first released online on August 10, 2010, to promote the comedy film Jackass 3D. Following the death of Jackass member Ryan Dunn, the video became the most searched for video on YouTube.

## Background

Weezer guitarist Brian Bell confirmed that "Memories" would be Hurley's first single for in an interview during which the song made its radio debut on a station in California. Lead singer Rivers Cuomo sings aggressively and energetically throughout the song, and even allows his voice to crack on the lyric "cuz I'm freakin bored!"

"Memories" was to be included in the 2010 "Jackass 3D" movie. Photos from a Weezer/Jackass video shoot surfaced on Twitter as well as a remix of the song featuring the Jackass cast on "gang" backing vocals, which was accidentally released by Epitaph.

The song has origins as far back as at least 2006, and an early version or demo (by Rivers or by Weezer is uncertain) with alternate lyrics is said to exist. The song may date back as far as 2003 according to the Weezer recording history, although it may be two different songs with the same name. A demo for the song later appeared on Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years under the name "Memories (2008 edit) 2".

## Music Video

The music video for "Memories" features the cast of Jackass and was directed by Jackass director Jeff Tremaine.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Pissing in plastic cups before we went on stage

Playing hackey sack back when Audioslave was still Rage

Watching all the freaky Dutch kids vomit then have sex

Listening to techno music on the bus while we earned our checks

[Chorus]

Memories make me want to go back there, back there

All the memories make me want to go back there, back there

All the memories, how can we make it back there, back there

I want to be there again

[Verse 2]

Messing with the journalists and telling stupid lies

They had a feeling that something was up because of the look in our eyes

In fact, we didn't know what we were doing half of the time

We were so sure of ourselves and sure of our way through life

[Chorus]

Memories make me want to go back there, back there

All the memories make me want to go back there, back there

All the memories, how can we make it back there, back there

I want to be there again

[Bridge]

Now I got so many people that I got to look out for

Never know when I'll become awake and buy some food at the store

I can hear them babies crying and the lawn needs to be mowed

I got to get my groove on because I'm freaking bored!

[Chorus]

Memories make me want to go back there, back there

All the memories make me want to go back there, back there

All the memories, how can we make it back there, back there

I want to be there again

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Lonely Girl

"Lonely Girl" is the fourth track on Everything Will Be Alright in the End and the third that was officially released prior to the album's release.

## Overview

The liner notes for Everything Will Be Alright in the End groups songs by one of three themes. "Lonely Girl" is grouped under the category "Belladonna" (songs about Cuomo's relationships with women).

Fans often speculated that "Lonely Girl" originated during the Green Album sessions (wherein Weezer last worked with producer Ric Ocasek), due to sharing a similar structure to songs from that period. A song titled "Homely" (not to be confused with "Homely Girl") appears in the Catalog O' Riffs as #231, dated October 27, 2000. This was confirmed to be the case when a snippet of "Homely" was included at the end of the demo "Follow" which was released as part of Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years.

Shortly after the released of the album, an instrumental-only version was leaked online. In December 2017, an early version of the song was leaked, along with the rest of the album.

## Lyrics

[Intro]

My lonely girl

My lonely girl

My lonely girl

My lonely girl

[Verse]

So baby come on, I know how to dance

And I am the only one who ever takes a chance

Give it a try, you're not gonna die

Unless you refuse to live and hide away tonight

[Reprise]

I'm lonely, so homely

Can't you relate?

[Chorus]

So open your arms, and let me come in

I'd never hurt you girl 'cause that would be a sin

[Reprise]

I'm lonely, so homely

Can't you relate?

[Guitar Solo]

[Reprise]

I'm blurry, unworthy

Can't you relate?

[Bridge]

I know you're scared, I know you're sad

But I'm here to help you realize it's not so bad

[Chorus]

So open your arms, and let me come in

I'd never hurt you girl 'cause that would be a sin

[Outro]

My lonely girl

My lonely girl

My lonely girl

My lonely girl

My lonely girl (My lonely girl)

My lonely girl (My lonely girl)

My lonely girl

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Heart Songs

"Heart Songs" is the fourth track off of The Red Album.

## Background

"Heart Songs" is about all the artists and records that have influenced Rivers Cuomo, from Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" when Cuomo was 5 years old, to Nirvana's Nevermind in 1991. The bridge of the song briefly describes the formation of Weezer.

Cuomo stated that Heart Songs was written in March, 2006 and demo'ed in August 2006. On his honeymoon in Japan in 2006, he had a sudden burst of inspiration. At 1 p.m. everyday he would get on his "crazy Japanese bike" and ride for about ten minutes down to the local mega-mall. On the third floor were studios that can be rented for five dollars an hour, with drums and a soundboard. Cuomo explained that he would record his new songs (which included "Heart Songs" and "My Day is Coming"), and when finished, exit "into the midst of a Japanese mega-mall".

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Gordon Lightfoot sang a song about a boat that sank

In the lake at the break of the morning

A cat named Stevens found a faith he could believe in

And Joan Baez, I never listened to too much jazz

But hippie songs could be heard in our pad

Eddie Rabbitt sang about how much he loved a rainy night

Abba, Devo, Benatar were there the day John Lennon died

Mr. Springsteen said he had a hungry heart

Grover Washington was happy on the day he topped the charts

These are the songs

[Chorus]

These are my heart songs

They never feel wrong

And when I wake for goodness sake

These are the songs I keep singin'

[Verse 2]

Quiet Riot got me started with the bangin' of my head

Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Slayer taught me how to shred

I gotta admit though, sometimes I would listen to the radio

Debbie Gibson, tell me that you think we're all alone

Michael Jackson's in the mirror, I've gotta have faith if I wanna see clear

Never gonna give you up, wish me love or wishing well

It takes two to make a thing go right, if the Fresh Prince starts a fight

Don't you worry for too long cause you know these are the songs

[Chorus]

These are my heart songs

They never feel wrong

And when I wake for goodness sake

These are the songs I keep singin'

[Bridge]

Back in 1991, I wasn't havin' any fun

'Til my roommate said, "Come on and put a brand new record on"

Had a baby on it, he was naked on it

Then I heard the chords that broke the chains I had upon me

Got together with my bros, in some rehearsal studios

Then we played our first rock show

And watched the fan base start to grow

Signed the deal that gave the dough to make a record of our own

The song come on the radio, now people go, this is the song

[Chorus]

These are my heart songs

They never feel wrong

And when I wake for goodness sake

These are the songs I keep singing

These are the songs I keep singing

These are the songs I keep singing

These are the songs I keep singing

These are the songs I keep singing

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Weezer

**Weezer** is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. Since 2001, the band has consisted of Rivers Cuomo (lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards), Patrick Wilson (drums), Scott Shriner (bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), and Brian Bell (rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals).

After signing to Geffen Records in 1993, Weezer released their self-titled debut album, also known as the Blue Album, in May 1994. Backed by music videos for the singles "Buddy Holly", "Undone - The Sweater Song", and "Say It Ain't So", the Blue Album became a multiplatinum success. Weezer's second album, Pinkerton (1996), featuring a darker, more abrasive sound, was a commercial failure and initially received mixed reviews, but achieved cult status and critical acclaim years later. Both the Blue Album and Pinkerton are now frequently cited among the best albums of the 1990s. Following the tour for Pinkerton, the founding bassist Matt Sharp left the band and Weezer went on hiatus.

In 2001, Weezer returned with the Green Album with their new bassist, Mikey Welsh. With a more pop sound, and promoted by singles "Hash Pipe" and "Island in the Sun", it was a commercial success and received mostly positive reviews. After the Green Album tour, Welsh left for health reasons and was replaced by Shriner. Weezer's fourth album, Maladroit (2002), achieved mostly positive reviews, but weaker sales. Make Believe (2005) received mixed reviews, but its single "Beverly Hills" became Weezer's first single to top the US Modern Rock Tracks chart and their first to reach the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 2008, Weezer released the Red Album; its lead single, "Pork and Beans", became the third Weezer song to top the Modern Rock Tracks chart, backed by a Grammy-winning music video. Raditude (2009) and Hurley (2010) featured more "modern pop production" and songs co-written with other artists, achieved further mixed reviews and moderate sales. Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014) and the White Album (2016) returned to a rock style and achieved more positive reviews; Pacific Daydream (2017) featured a more mainstream pop sound. In 2019, Weezer released an album of covers, the Teal Album, followed by the Black Album. In 2021, they released OK Human, which featured an orchestral pop sound, followed by the hard-rock inspired Van Weezer. In 2022, they plan to release a series of extended plays based around the four seasons. Weezer has sold 10.2 million albums in the US and over 35 million worldwide.
Zombie Bastards

"Zombie Bastards" is a song by the American rock band Weezer, released as a single from their "Black Album" on November 21, 2018.

## Overview

The track was first hinted at on November 16, 2018, with a tweet containing the phrase "Die, die you zombie bastards". The existence of a new song was confirmed on November 17 as a response to a fan's tweet. The song was again confirmed the day before release, although without revealing its title.

In a November, 2018 interview of Rivers Cuomo and Dave Sitek conducted by Scott Heisel, Heisel stated that the original title of the song was "Die, Die You Zombie Bastards".

The sample of actor Vincent Price saying "You know they're out there, don't you?" originates from the 1964 film Last Man on Earth.

## Lyrics

[Intro]

Die, die, you zombie bastards

We know what you want

"You know they're out there, don't you?"

[Verse 1]

Welcome to the jungle, to the jungle

Baby, it's you and me

Walk between the raindrops, 'tween the raindrops

Singing along to Queen

My heart pumps Kool-Aid

Everybody's playin' it safe, la-dee-da

Dig a little deeper, a little bit deeper

Baby, it's you and me

[Pre-Chorus]

That's right

Music saved my life

Wild eyes

We don't have much time

[Chorus]

Die, die, you zombie bastards

We know what you want (Get it up, get it up now)

Die, die, you zombie bastards

Keep on, blah, blah, blah

We can go up (Hey), we go down (Hey)

We gon' run you out of town

We can go up (Hey), we go down (Hey)

We'll be seein' you around, yeah

Die, die, you zombie bastards

[Verse 2]

I don't know karate or kung fu

But I'm gonna make it in this world

Won't be pumping diesel for mean people

I'ma fight back with words

Listen to reason

Or we'll get cast out of Egypt, la-dee-da

I'm just tryna live and get my kicks

And you gotta be human first

[Pre-Chorus]

That's right

Music saved my life

Wild eyes

We don't have much time

[Chorus]

Die, die, you zombie bastards

We know what you want (Get it up, get it up now)

Die, die, you zombie bastards

Keep on, blah, blah, blah

We can go up (Hey), we go down (Hey)

We gon' run you out of town

We can go up (Hey), we go down (Hey)

We'll be seein' you around, yeah

Die, die, you zombie bastards

[Bridge]

If I die, it means that I lived my life

And that's much better than hidin' in a hole

Die, die, you zombie bastards

[Chorus]

Die, die, you zombie bastards

We know what you want (Get it up, get it up now)

Die, die, you zombie bastards

Keep on, blah, blah, blah

We can go up (Hey), we go down (Hey)

We gon' run you out of town

We can go up (Hey), we go down (Hey)

We'll be seein' you around, yeah

Die, die, you zombie bastards

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Numbers

"Numbers" is the fourth track from OK Human.

## Background

The existence of the song "Numbers" was first confirmed by Rivers Cuomo on October 12, 2020.

The sequence of numbers spoken at 2 minutes and 32 seconds (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13) is the beginning of the Fibonacci sequence, a sequence in mathematics in which each number is the sum of the two preceding ones, starting from 0 and 1. Brian Bell stated in an interview with Kyle Meredith of 91.9 WFPK that he came up with the idea of using the sequence.

The song's bridge melody is re-appropriated from a demo recorded by Cuomo in January of 2012, titled "If You Want Me Tell Me So" and released in November of 2020 as part of the digital compilation Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

There's always a number that'll make you feel bad about yourself

You try to measure up, try to measure up to somebody else

Numbers are out to get you

Numbers are out to get you

Numbers, ooh

They say that you're too short to join the team

And your IQ's too low for poetry

Numbers are out to get you

Numbers are out to get you

Numbers, ooh

[Chorus]

I hear the sadness in your laughter

So call on me and tell me what you need

Just call on me and tell me what you need

[Verse 2]

Look at him, look at her, they've got a million likes

You better figure out how to multiply, divide

Numbers are out to get you

They'll kill you if they get through

Numbers, ooh

[Chorus]

I hear the sadness in your laughter

So call on me and tell me what you need

Just call on me and tell me what you need

[Bridge]

I'm a one, I'm a zero

In the end, does it matter?

All that we even really know

Is every nail needs a hammer

But the numbers won't compute

When we love and a two becomes one

(Zero, one, one, two, three, five, eight, thirteen)

[Outro]

I hear the sadness in your laughter

I hear the sadness in your laughter

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OK Human

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***OK Human*** is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Weezer, released on January 29, 2021 by Crush Music and Atlantic Records. Featuring a baroque-pop influenced sound, inspired by albums such as Harry Nilsson's Nilsson Sings Newman (1970) and the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (1966), the album was recorded entirely with analogue equipment and features a 38-piece orchestra. The album was preceded by the lead single "All My Favorite Songs", released on January 21, 2021. The album received generally positive reviews from critics. OK Human is the first of two Weezer albums to be released in 2021, followed nearly four months later by Van Weezer.

## Background

Work on OK Human began as early as 2017, when the band decided to make an album that combined rock instrumentation with an orchestra. Producer Jake Sinclair suggested that they hire a 38-piece orchestra and also gave Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo the album Nilsson Sings Newman to listen to, on which singer Harry Nilsson covered songs by Randy Newman. They had just finished production on the album when they got an offer to join bands Green Day and Fall Out Boy on the Hella Mega Tour for the summer of 2020. This prompted them to start work on another album, Van Weezer, which featured music that would translate better to a stadium tour, but when the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the tour, they decided to switch around the release dates of the albums once again.

Cuomo first mentioned OK Human prior to the release of Weezer (Black Album) in a February 2019 interview with the Los Angeles Times. He has noted the album was "piano-based" and "very eccentric" and that he had recorded strings for the album at Abbey Road Studios. In May 2020, Cuomo commented during a Zoom call that he estimated OK Human was "75% done", but that he did not anticipate the album being released in 2020. The album was planned to be released following their intended fourteenth album, Van Weezer, but when the album suffered a year-long delay following the COVID-19 pandemic, the band hinted that they were shifting their focus to completing OK Human first. On November 17, 2020, the band announced the completion of OK Human during a Q&A session following a livestream performance. On January 18, 2021, the band announced a release date of January 29 with the release date of the lead single, "All My Favorite Songs" on January 21.
The album's title is a play on the 1997 Radiohead album OK Computer. The cover art was created by Mattias Adolfsson.

## Composition

Musically, OK Human has been described as orchestral pop, chamber pop, baroque pop, pop, and pop rock.

## Track Listing

* 1. All My Favorite Songs
* 2. Aloo Gobi
* 3. Grapes of Wrath
* 4. Numbers
* 5. Playing My Piano
* 6. Mirror Image
* 7. Screens
* 8. Bird with a Broken Wing
* 9. Dead Roses
* 10. Everything Happens for a Reason
* 11. Here Comes the Rain
* 12. La Brea Tar Pits
Photograph

"Photograph" is a song by American alternative rock band Weezer. It is the third and final single from the band's self-titled third album, Weezer. "Photograph" was released as the first single off the album in Japan instead of "Hash Pipe". The song enjoyed only modest success on the radio, peaking at #17 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.

During many live shows in 2005, the band would close out their first set by having Weezer drummer Patrick Wilson take lead vocals and guitar on "Photograph" while frontman Rivers Cuomo played drums.

## Music Video

The music video for the song was directed by Weezer.com webmaster and longtime friend of the band Karl Koch. It consists of footage shot while the band was touring for The Green Album. Among the notable footage is Rivers Cuomo playing soccer, Brian Bell attempting to skateboard and juggle (not at the same time), Patrick Wilson riding a Razor Scooter, a brief clip of the duo from Tenacious D running onstage during a Weezer show and a scene with Rivers playing a prank on new bassist Scott Shriner. Although Mikey Welsh plays bass and sings backup vocals on the studio recording, Shriner is in the video, as Welsh had left the band at that point. During the very end of the video, when Cuomo is playing the prank on Shriner, a demo of "Death & Destruction" can be heard in the background. This song would later surface on the band's next album Maladroit. The video is featured on Video Capture Device, the band's DVD.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

If you want it, you can have it

But you've got to learn to reach out there and grab it

[Pre-Chorus 1]

'Cause everybody wants some love (oh, baby)

Shooting from the stars above (oh, baby)

And though my heart will break, there's more that I could take

I could never get enough

[Verse 2]

If you need it, you should show it

Because you might play so monastic that you blow it

[Pre-Chorus 2]

'Cause everybody wants some hope (oh, baby)

Something they can barely know (oh, baby)

And though my heart will break, there's more that I could take

I could never let it go

[Chorus]

It's in the photograph

It's in the photograph

It's in the photograph of love

[Guitar Solo]

[Pre-Chorus 3]

'Cause everybody wants a dream (oh, baby)

Something they can barely see (oh, baby)

And though my heart will break, there's more that I could take

I could never let it be

[Chorus]

It's in the photograph

It's in the photograph

It's in the photograph of love

[Outro]

If you blew it, don't reject it

Just sit, drawing up the plans and re-erect it

Just sit, drawing up the plans and re-erect it

Just sit, drawing up the plans and re-erect it

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