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"'''Break Me'''" ( | "'''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, " | "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== | ||
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{{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]]''|}} | |||
{{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}} | |||
{{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]]}} | |||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
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===S.I.R. demo ([[April 23]])=== | ===S.I.R. demo ([[April 23]])=== | ||
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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''=== | ||
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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]])=== | ||
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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]] |