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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = A Boat on the Sea | | Name = A Boat on the Sea | ||
| Cover = | | Cover = Rivers Cuomo Alone XI.jpg | ||
| Type = Demo | | Type = Demo | ||
| Artist = Rivers Cuomo | | Artist = Rivers Cuomo | ||
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| Status = Released | | Status = Released | ||
}} | }} | ||
"'''A Boat on the Sea'''" is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. The song originally demoed in consideration for what would eventually become Weezer's ninth album, ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. The demo was released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' on [[November 20]], [[2020]]. | "'''A Boat on the Sea'''" is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. The song originally demoed in consideration for what would eventually become Weezer's ninth album, ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. The demo was released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' on [[November 20]], [[2020]]. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020) | |||
==Overview== | |||
"A Boat on the Sea" was first demoed in early [[2012]]<ref name="ableton">[[Master Session]]: A Boat on the Sea</ref> and was in consideration for ''[[Ecce Homo]]'', an early draft of the concept album that would eventually become {{PN|Weezer}} ninth album, ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. The song is sung from the point of view of the character [[Sebastian]]. The lyrics refer to "Truth and Beauty" and a Grecian urn, which may be an allusion to the 1819 poem "[[Wikipedia:Ode on a Grecian Urn|Ode on a Grecian Urn]]" by [[Wikipedia:John Keats|John Keats]]. | |||
==Known recordings== | |||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Boat on the Sea|Boat On The Sea 2.mp3|[[March 3]], [[2012]]<ref name="ableton" />||2:46|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|A Boat on the Sea|A Boat On The Sea 4.mp3|[[2012]]||2:46|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
My name’s Sebastian | My name’s Sebastian, I killed the captain | ||
I killed the captain | |||
Just a guy that likes to keep the ghetto blastin’ | Just a guy that likes to keep the ghetto blastin’ | ||
In 1690 I blew up Weimar | In 1690 I blew up Weimar | ||
Dedicating everything I did to Beauty | Dedicating everything I did to Beauty | ||
But Truth and Beauty | But Truth and Beauty are not the same thing | ||
That Grecian Urn filled up with camel dung | |||
I got a sharp tongue; better warn the Pope | |||
I got a sharp tongue | |||
All I wanted to be was a boat on the sea | All I wanted to be was a boat on the sea | ||
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All I wanted to be was a boat on the sea | All I wanted to be was a boat on the sea | ||
With the wind ever blowing my sail | With the wind ever blowing my sail | ||
Blowing my sail | Blowing my sail | ||
I’m like a Buddhist | I’m like a Buddhist tryna do this | ||
And you can hook me up with God because you’re Jewish | And you can hook me up with God because you’re Jewish | ||
The Pharisees are | The Pharisees are tryna thwart me | ||
I need a Mary Magdalene to escort me | I need a Mary Magdalene to escort me | ||
Such a bummer | Such a bummer the Last Supper | ||
Is right around the corner from this place | Is right around the corner from this place | ||
Get your pants on | Get your pants on, botox your face | ||
All I wanted to be was a boat on the sea | All I wanted to be was a boat on the sea | ||
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{{Tab box|[[Tablature:A Boat on the Sea (Chords)]]}} | {{Tab box|[[Tablature:A Boat on the Sea (Chords)]]}} | ||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
{{References list}} | |||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | [[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]] | [[Category:Songs on Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]] | ||