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"Say It Ain't So" was one of the | "Say It Ain't So" was one of the origingal [[Weezer]] songs to be written. Originally, Rivers had written all of the music and had only the line "Say it ain't so". Rivers made the connection between the line and an experience he had in high school where he came home to find a bottle of alcohol (belonging to his [[Stephen Kitts|stepfather]]) in the refrigerator. Rivers recalled that around the time his biological father left, he started drinking. He began to fear that Stephen, his step father, would soon leave his mother much the way his father did. | ||
In the song, Rivers draws parallels between his family and a bottle of alcohol. Setting up the metaphor, Rivers begins to drop hints that something is wrong with words like, "Somebody's cold one is giving me chills." Nervous lyrics, sung over relaxed and calm-seeming verses set the tone that something is wrong, but that Rivers is trying to cover it up. Furthermore, the falsetto of [[Matt Sharp]] over every line puts an almost goofy or lighthearted feel on the lyrics, adding to the feeling of denial on lines like, "I guess I'll just close my eyes". During the second verse, Rivers mentions watching television and wrestling with his younger brother, [[Leaves Cuomo|Jimmy]] to try and take his mind off of the bottle of alcohol. Still, Rivers cannot help but feel that, "Something is bubblin' behind [his] back." Leading into the chorus, Rivers gently sings, "The bottle is ready to blow," as feedback bursts into the relaxed verses like a breaking dam. | In the song, Rivers draws parallels between his family and a bottle of alcohol. Setting up the metaphor, Rivers begins to drop hints that something is wrong with words like, "Somebody's cold one is giving me chills." Nervous lyrics, sung over relaxed and calm-seeming verses set the tone that something is wrong, but that Rivers is trying to cover it up. Furthermore, the falsetto of [[Matt Sharp]] over every line puts an almost goofy or lighthearted feel on the lyrics, adding to the feeling of denial on lines like, "I guess I'll just close my eyes". During the second verse, Rivers mentions watching television and wrestling with his younger brother, [[Leaves Cuomo|Jimmy]] to try and take his mind off of the bottle of alcohol. Still, Rivers cannot help but feel that, "Something is bubblin' behind [his] back." Leading into the chorus, Rivers gently sings, "The bottle is ready to blow," as feedback bursts into the relaxed verses like a breaking dam. | ||