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*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020) | *''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"Cancer" was one of many songs demoed in contention for what would eventually become {{Possessive name|Weezer}} ninth album, ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. The song is | "Cancer" was one of many songs demoed in contention for what would eventually become {{Possessive name|Weezer}} ninth album, ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. The song is an early iteration of "[[Ballad of the Briny]]", which would in turn be reworked into the Weezer song "[[Blue Dream]]" from the album ''[[Van Weezer]]''. | ||
==Known recordings== | |||
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{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Cancer|CANCER - ROUGH 1 - NOV 3.mp3|November [[2010]]||3:09|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Cancer|CANCER - ROUGH 1(novcl) - NOV 3.mp3|November [[2010]]||3:08|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|Instrumental}} | |||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
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'Cause I'm a cancer on the body | 'Cause I'm a cancer on the body | ||
Of the people all around me | Of the people all around me | ||
I'm a cancer on the body | I'm a cancer on the body | ||
Of the people all around me | Of the people all around me | ||
I itch | I itch, I scratch | ||
I got a blood disease | I got a blood disease | ||
No drugs | No drugs can kill | ||
The | The bug inside of me | ||
The years go by | The years go by | ||
It's just a matter of time | It's just a matter of time | ||
Before I leave | Before I leave | ||
This troubled life of mine | This troubled life of mine | ||
Ohh | |||
'Cause I'm a cancer on the body | 'Cause I'm a cancer on the body | ||