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| Producer = Ric Ocasek  
| Producer = Ric Ocasek  
| Status  = Officially released
| Status  = Officially released
| Live debut = [[October 11]], 2014
| Live debut = [[October 11]], [[2014]] in [[Weezer concert: 10/11/2014|Mexico City, Mexico]]
| Last played= [[April 25]], [[2016]] in [[Weezer concert: 04/25/2016|West Hollywood, CA]]
| Spotify    = 6Koa6xwQH6FMLjeCkWBrvm
| Spotify    = 6Koa6xwQH6FMLjeCkWBrvm
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| Apple Music = the-futurescope-trilogy-i-the-waste-land/id913747488?i=913747524
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| This track = "The Wasteland"<br>(11)
| This track = "The Wasteland"<br>(11)
| Next track = "[[Bless the Whole Wide World]]"<br>(12)
| Next track = "[[Bless the Whole Wide World]]"<br>(12)
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'''"The Waste Land"''' is the eleventh track on ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. It is the first part of "[[The Futurescope Trilogy]]," the suite of songs that conclude the record.
'''"The Waste Land"''' is the eleventh track on ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. It is the first part of "[[The Futurescope Trilogy]]". The song, like "[[Return to Ithaka]]", is an instrumental. In December 2017, an early version of the song was leaked, along with the rest of the album. A clip from an in-progress version of the song was first previewed on [[May 28]], [[2014]], in [[Everything_Will_Be_Alright_in_the_End_-_Teasers#7._.3Dw.3D_7_.22The_Waste_Land.22|a teaser video]].
===Appearances===
*''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'' (2014)
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020)
==Overview==
"The Waste Land," like "[[Return to Ithaka]]", is an instrumental. In December 2017, an early version of the song was leaked, along with the rest of the album. A clip from an in-progress version of the song was first previewed on [[May 28]], [[2014]], in [[Everything_Will_Be_Alright_in_the_End_-_Teasers#7._.3Dw.3D_7_.22The_Waste_Land.22|a teaser video]].


The song's title is derived from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waste_Land 1922 T.S. Eliot poem of the same name]. The album's liner notes accompany the song's title only with the phrase "lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate", a line from Dante's ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy Divine Comedy]''[https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/abandon-hope-all-ye-who-enter-here.html], which translates to "abandon all hope, ye who enter". "The Waste Land" is grouped under the category of "[[The Panopticon Artist]]", one of ''EWBAITE'''s three explicit thematic groupings.
The song's title is derived from the [[Wikipedia:The_Waste_Land|1922 T.S. Eliot poem of the same name]]. The album's liner notes accompany the song's title only with the phrase "lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate", a line from Dante's ''[[Wikipedia:Divine_Comedy|Divine Comedy]]'', which translates to "abandon all hope, ye who enter". "The Waste Land" is grouped under the category of "[[The Panopticon Artist]]", one of ''EWBAITE'''s three explicit thematic groupings.
 
Several demos of "The Waste Land" were released in [[2020]] as part of the digital demo compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' in 2020.
==Known recordings==
{{Known recordings header}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Waste Land|The Waste Land&nbsp;&nbsp;1.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||2:15|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|''[[Ecce Homo]]'' demo}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Waste Land|The Waste Land&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||2:15|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Waste Land|The Waste Land&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||2:07|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|cccccc|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Waste Land|The Waste Land&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3 1.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||2:07|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|Duplicate of <samp>The Waste Land&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.mp3</samp>}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Waste Land|The Waste Land&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||2:07|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Waste Land|The Waste Land&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||2:09|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|cccccc|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Waste Land|The Waste Land&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5 2.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||2:09|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|Duplicate of <samp>The Waste Land&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5 2.mp3</samp>}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Waste Land|The Waste Land&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||2:07|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|The Waste Land|The Waste Land&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.mp3|[[2011]]—[[2014]]||2:09|''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''|}}
 
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|Wasteland / [[Anonymous|My Mystery]] / [[Return to Ithaka|Resurrection]]|11 Wasteland _ My Mystery _ Resurrection_.mp3|[[2014]]|The Village, Los Angeles, CA|7:18|Leaked online|Early studio mix}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|The Waste Land||[[2014]]|The Village, Los Angeles, CA|1:56|''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''|}}
 
{{Known recordings footer}}
==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[List of Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]


[[Category:Weezer songs]]
[[Category:Weezer songs]]
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category:Weezer songs produced by Ric Ocasek]]  
[[Category:Weezer songs produced by Ric Ocasek]]  
[[Category:Instrumentals]]
[[Category:Instrumentals]]
[[Category:Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]
[[Category:Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]