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'''"Better You"''' is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. The song was released on [[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]. | |||
'''"Better You"''' is a [[Rivers Cuomo]] | |||
===Appearances=== | ===Appearances=== | ||
*''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]'' | *''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]'' | ||
==Overview== | |||
An acoustic demo of "Better You" was recorded at Weezer's [[Office Demos|rented office space]] in [[2003]]. The song was not listed in any public versions of the [[Catalog O' Riffs]] or in the [[Recording History]] and, as such, was unknown to fans prior to [[2020]]. The song was among of hundreds of demos leaked through the [[riverscuomo.com demos|demo storefront]] on [[riverscuomo.com]] on [[November 7]], [[2020]], and was made available for purchase a few weeks later, on [[November 22]], when it was released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''. | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem> | <poem>I'm stepping down | ||
I'm stepping down | |||
Down to the ground | Down to the ground | ||
Where I belong | Where I belong | ||
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(?) | (?) | ||
No one was | No one was fooled | ||
Only I could believe the lies | |||
It must have seemed | |||
Like a desperate pantomime | |||
'Cause I have to love | 'Cause I have to love | ||
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*[[List of Weezer songs]] | *[[List of Weezer songs]] | ||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]] | [[Category:Songs on Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]] | ||
[[Category:Unreleased Weezer songs]] | [[Category:Unreleased Weezer songs]] | ||