This Is Such a Pity

"This Is Such a Pity" is a song by the American alternative rock band Weezer. It is the fourth single from the band's fifth album, Make Believe. It was released to the radio on March 6, 2006. This marks the first time that Weezer has ever released a fourth single from one of their albums.

The liner notes of Make Believe credit Rivers Cuomo as the sole writer of the song, yet Brian Bell came up with the dueling guitar solo. All the keyboards on the song were done using a $75 Casio keyboard. The band tried demoing the song with more expensive Moog keyboards, but ended up being most satisfied with the Casio sound.

Cuomo claims "This is Such a Pity" to be his favorite song from Make Believe. Julian Casablancas of The Strokes has also said it is his favorite Weezer song.

## Background

"This Is Such a Pity" shares an entry in the Catalog O' Riffs with the song "She Who Is Militant", originally demoed in 2002 during early sessions for the band's planned fifth album. "She Who Is Militant" shares few similarities with "This Is Such a Pity" other than a similar chord progression, though the song underwent multiple iterations unheard by fans, described as "early versions" of "Pity" in the Weezer Recording History, titled "Tell Me What You Did", "What Is Going On", and "Happy On Your Own". These iterations were demoed at S.I.R. Studios in 2004 during pre-production on Make Believe. "This Is Such a Pity" was included on Rivers Cuomo's "A-List" during pre-production in July of 2004.

There are several subtly different versions of "This Is Such a Pity" across various releases. The first mix, included on initial pressings of the album, contains less reverb than later versions, and includes a drum fill near the end of the song (around 3:03) that was removed from subsequent versions. The second version, initially released on iTunes and some pressings of Make Believe, notably lacks emphasis on the word "that" in the final verse. The final, "Radio Mix" of the song features more reverb on the vocals.

A partial clip of Rivers Cuomo's demo of the song was appended to the end of part 5 of the video series Let's Write a Sawng, the collaborative project in which Cuomo and fans created the song "Turning Up the Radio".

Multiple songs of Nordic origin have been accused of plagiarizing "This Is Such a Pity", including the song "Du Kommer Aldrig Mer Vara Ensam" by Swedish musician Lasse Lindh, as well as "Turhaa" by Finnish Anna Eriksson

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

How is your heart, little darling? I didn't mean to get so mad

Let me just hold you closely, how did things get so bad?

[Pre-Chorus]

I know how to pick on you, you pushed me over the edge

We caused so much agony, we can't seem to move ahead

[Chorus]

This is such a pity, we should give all our love to each other

Not this hate that destroys us (Destroys us)

This is such a pity (This is a pity)

[Verse 2]

What kind of future will we have? Will we ever find peace?

Everybody thinks we're crazy, they're about to call the police

[Pre-Chorus]

I don't want to be a chump, you think I'm a fascist pig

Right now, everything is black, I don't think we'll ever give

[Chorus]

This is such a pity, we should give all our love to each other

Not this hate that destroys us (Destroys us)

This is such a pity (This is a pity)

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

This is such a pity, we should give all our love to each other

Not this hate that destroys us (Destroys us)

This is such a pity (This is a pity)

This is such a pity, we should give

[Outro]

We should give, all our love (Destroys us)

All our love (Destroys us), all our love (Destroys us)

All our love (Destroys us), all our love (Destroys us)

All our love... (Destroys us...)

## See Also

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