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"'''Only a Cockroach'''" (also known as "'''Rock and Roll Cockroach'''" or simply "'''Cockroach'''") is a | "'''Only a Cockroach'''" (also known as "'''Rock and Roll Cockroach'''" or simply "'''Cockroach'''") is a song by [[Rivers Cuomo]], the earliest known iteration of the [[2020]] ''[[Van Weezer]]'' track "[[Beginning of the End]]". Demos were released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (also in [[2020]]). | ||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020) | *''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
In January of [[2011]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] uploaded a video to YouTube | In January of [[2011]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] uploaded a video to YouTube<ref>Weezerpedia "2011-01-18RRC" ''YouTube''. Originally uploaded by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q1520Ml-pM ''Wayback Machine'' mirror: https://archive.org/details/2011-01-riverscuomo/2011-01-18RRC.flv</ref> of himself and producer [[Shawn Everett]] working in a studio, wherein a short snippet of a guitar riff could be heard, as well as a text-to-speech voice saying "...an old rock band, the Roaches, have been called back to a triumphant reunion...". Fans who were present at [[focus groups]] in the years leading up to the release of ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'' corroborated that Cuomo was working on a song titled "Rock and Roll Cockroach," ostensibly for a (later debunked) "[[sea opera]]" concept album. The concept of a fictional band named the Roaches eventually became the concept for [[the Astronauts]] from the ''Everything Will Be Alright in the End'' narrative. | ||
"Only a Cockroach" was, ultimately, repurposed as the [[Weezer]] song "[[Beginning of the End]]," from the band's [[2020]] album ''[[Van Weezer]]''. In November [[2020]], multiple demos of "Cockroach" were released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''. | |||
== | ==Known recordings== | ||
{{Known recordings header}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Rock and Roll Cockroach|ROCK AND ROLL COCKROACH - ROUGH 1 -.mp3|[[2010]]—[[2011]]||3:50|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Rock and Roll Cockroach|ROCK AND ROLL COCKROACH - ROUGH 2 -.mp3|[[2010]]—[[2011]]||3:22|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Rock and Roll Cockroach|ROCK AND ROLL COCKROACH - ROUGH 3 -.mp3|[[2010]]—[[2011]]||3:21|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Rock and Roll Cockroach|Rock and Roll Cockroach vso 136.mp3|[[2010]]—[[2011]]||3:41|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Rock and Roll Cockroach|ROCK AND ROLL COCKROACH - NO VCL_13.mp3|[[2010]]—[[2011]]||3:42|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Rock and Roll Cockroach|ROCK AND ROLL COCKROACH - ROUGH 4 -.mp3|[[2010]]—[[2011]]||3:47|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Cockroach|COCKROACH - ROUGH 7 - AUG 9.mp3|[[August 9]], [[2010]]—[[2011]]||3:42|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Only a Cockroach|Only A Cockroach RC2.mp3|[[2010]]—[[2011]]||3:28|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
{{Lyric box| | |||
===Rock and Roll Cockroach (ver. 1)=== | |||
<poem> | |||
Sitting in a dressing room, about to go on | |||
Internet radio playing an [[Wikipedia:The_xx|xx]] song | |||
Yogurt from the Brown Cow farm | |||
Purell, so viruses can't harm | |||
Bandmates throwing down in the room next door | |||
These are our lives in the twenty-teens | |||
They can go on for eternity | |||
While other bands fade with the passing of time | |||
One of them seems to be doing just fine | |||
Rock and roll cockroach | |||
Na na na | |||
Rock and roll cockroach | |||
Looking for something to eat | |||
The prophets foretold that the bomb would drop | |||
And life as we know it will abruptly stop | |||
But from the debris of the shattered globe | |||
A hand will rise up to secure our hold | |||
Rock and roll cockroach | |||
Na na na | |||
Rock and roll cockroach | |||
Looking for something to eat | |||
Na na na | |||
Na na na | |||
Looking for something to eat | |||
</poem>}}{{Lyric box| | |||
===Only a Cockroach=== | ===Only a Cockroach=== | ||
<poem>Sitting in a dressing room, about to go on | <poem>Sitting in a dressing room, about to go on | ||
Internet radio playing an [ | Internet radio playing an [[Wikipedia:The_xx|xx]] song | ||
Yogurt from the Brown Cow farm | Yogurt from the Brown Cow farm | ||
Purell so viruses can't harm | Purell, so viruses can't harm | ||
Bandmates throwing down in the room next door | Bandmates throwing down in the room next door | ||
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And life as we know it on Earth would abruptly stop | And life as we know it on Earth would abruptly stop | ||
From the debris of the shattered globe | From the debris of the shattered globe | ||
A hand | A hand will rise to secure a hold | ||
That's me looking for | That's me looking for ''The Sunday Times'' | ||
I'm only a cockroach | I'm only a cockroach | ||
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So take your millions | So take your millions | ||
Your | Your ??? | ||
And shut 'em up | And shut 'em up | ||
'Cause we don't give a damn | |||
Scream all you want, dear | Scream all you want, dear | ||
Try to get an audience | Try to get an audience | ||
We've got our balls on | We've got our balls on | ||
We don't give a damn | We don't give a damn | ||
I didn't say "please" | |||
I didn't say please | |||
They could not pry me | They could not pry me | ||
I wanna be a star | I wanna be a star | ||
But not in someone's orbit | |||
I'm only a cockroach | I'm only a cockroach | ||
Searching for something I can be | Searching for something I can be | ||
The people freak out when I walk out there | The people freak out when I walk out there | ||
So scared</poem> | So scared</poem>}} | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
*[[List of Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||
*[[Sea Opera]] | *[[Sea Opera]] | ||
{{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]] | ||