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"'''Break Me'''" (or "'''You'll Never Break Me'''") is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[2004]] and demoed in contention for the band's fifth album, ''[[Make Believe]]''.
"'''Break Me'''" (formerly "'''You'll Never Break Me'''") is a song written by [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[2004]] and demoed in contention for the band's fifth album, ''[[Make Believe]]''.
===Appearances===
===Appearances===
*''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]'' (2020)
*''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]'' (2020)
==Overview==
==Overview==
"Break Me" is a reworking of an earlier demo, "'''[[Ever Again]]'''." It was later reworked again as the demos "'''[[Stand Up]]'''" and "'''[[You're Holding Me Back]]'''". "Break Me" was demoed by Cuomo at S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios and was considered part of Cuomo's "A-list" of songs to focus on. Ultimately, however, the song was not recorded by [[Weezer]] when the band entered the studio to record ''Make Believe''.
"Break Me" is a reworking of an earlier demo, "[[Ever Again]]." It was later reworked again as the demos "[[Stand Up]]" and "[[You're Holding Me Back]]". "Break Me" was demoed by Cuomo at S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios and was considered part of Cuomo's "A-list" of songs to focus on. Ultimately, however, the song was not recorded by [[Weezer]] when the band entered the studio to record ''Make Believe''.
==Known recordings==
==Known recordings==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em; font-size:.8em;
{{Known recordings header}}
!Performer(s)
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Break Me|You'll Never Break Me]]|06 556 You'll Never Break Me.mp3|[[April 23]], [[2004]]|SIR Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|3:15|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''|}}
!Title
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Break Me]]|09 Break Me.mp3|May(?) [[2004]]|SIR Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|3:53|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''|''[[Unchained Melody]]'' demo}}
!Filename
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Break Me]]|09 556 Break Me.mp3|[[May 18]], [[2004]]|SIR Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA|4:03|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''|}}{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]||Untitled5 9.mp3|[[2016]][[2017]]||1:33|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|Apparent mash-up of "Loveable Loser" with [[Catalog O' Riffs|COR]] #[[556]]}}
!Date of recording
{{Known recordings footer}}
!Recording location
!Length
!Appeared on
!Notes
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Ever Again]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>04 556 Ever Again 2004-02-12.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[February 12]], [[2004]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|SIR Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|3:06
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Ever Again]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>04 556 Ever Again.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[February 20]], [[2004]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|SIR Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|3:10
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Break Me|You'll Never Break Me]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>06 556 You'll Never Break Me.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[April 23]], [[2004]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|SIR Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|3:15
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Break Me]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>09 Break Me.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|May(?) [[2004]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|SIR Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|3:53
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Unchained Melody]]''<br>''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Break Me]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>09 556 Break Me.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[May 18]], [[2004]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|SIR Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|4:03
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Stand Up]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>08 556 Stand Up (Minor_ outstanding.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[June 4]], [[2004]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|SIR Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|4:04
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
|-
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[Rivers Cuomo]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[You're Holding Me Back]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|<samp>04 You're Holding Me Back.mp3</samp>
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|[[July 20]], [[2004]]
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|SIR Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|3:51
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|''[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]]''
| bgcolor="aaffaa"|
|-
|}
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
{{Lyric box|
===S.I.R. demo ([[April 23]])===
===S.I.R. demo ([[April 23]])===
<poem>
<poem>
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You'll never break me
You'll never break me
Until the day we die
Until the day we die
</poem>
</poem>}}{{Lyric box|
===''Unchained Melody''===
===''Unchained Melody''===
<poem>
<poem>
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You'll never break me
You'll never break me
Until the day we die
Until the day we die
</poem>
</poem>}}{{Lyric box|
===S.I.R. demo ([[May 8]])===
===S.I.R. demo ([[May 8]])===
<poem>
<poem>
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You'll never break me
You'll never break me
Until the day we die
Until the day we die
</poem>
</poem>}}
==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Songs on Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]][[Category:Known recordings table]]
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Songs on Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]][[Category:Known recordings table]]