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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = The Rat Race | | Name = The Rat Race | ||
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| Status = Officially released | | Status = Officially released | ||
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"'''The Rat Race'''" is a [[Weezer]] song recorded in [[2003]] and released on a charity compilation in [[2010]]. | |||
"'''The Rat Race'''" is a [[Weezer]] song released on a charity compilation in 2010. | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"The Rat Race" features lead vocals by [[Brian Bell]], and | "The Rat Race" features lead vocals by [[Brian Bell]], and is likely written by Bell. It was recorded during the [[Acoustic Office Demos|acoustic "office demo" sessions]] of 2003. The track was likely recorded on [[August 3]], [[2003]] at [[Rod Cervera]]'s studio. The song went unheard by fans until it was released on [[February 3]], [[2010]] as part of a digital compilation album released by the [http://www.targetcancerfoundation.org/ TargetCancer Foundation] titled ''[[The Right Track: Tunes To Target Cancer]]''. The track was made available as an MP3 for 99 cents, or as a FLAC for $1.99. | ||
From the charity's website: | From the charity's website: | ||
<blockquote>''The Right Track: Tunes to Target Cancer is a series of concerts, events, and music download opportunities to help raise funds for rare and underfunded cancers. Every month, local, independent, and national artists donate unreleased songs for download exclusively on The Right Track. Your donation will bring you some of the best new music available today – and support research at the forefront of cancer treatment, research to cure all cancers.''</blockquote> | |||
''The Right Track: Tunes to Target Cancer is a series of concerts, events, and music download opportunities to help raise funds for rare and underfunded cancers. Every month, local, independent, and national artists donate unreleased songs for download exclusively on The Right Track. Your donation will bring you some of the best new music available today – and support research at the forefront of cancer treatment, research to cure all cancers.'' | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>It’s been a decade since we first began | <poem>It’s been a decade since we first began | ||
A journey into an unknown land | A journey into an unknown land | ||
Together we hit together we admit | Together we hit, together we admit | ||
Together we rock together we are | Together we rock, together we are ??? | ||
All the non believers and music haters | All the non-believers and the music haters | ||
While there playing us in their elevators | While there playing us in their elevators | ||
And we got each other, yeah we got our song | |||
We may fight like brothers | We may fight like brothers 'til we get along | ||
So why | So why won't the world get off our case? | ||
We're tired of this game | |||
So sick of the rat race | So sick of the rat race | ||
There are those who'd rather see us fail | There are those who'd rather see us fail | ||
And just electrocute on the third rail | And just electrocute on the third rail | ||
While the press, they tried and poke fun at us | |||
Call us geeks and freaks in a tour bus | Call us geeks and freaks in a tour bus | ||
All the non believers yeah we'll prove them wrong | All the non-believers, yeah, we'll prove them wrong | ||
While the youth will know the words to every song | While the youth will know the words to every song | ||
To the ones that think that | To the ones that think that we're not the best | ||
We've been through hell and back and conquered every test | We've been through hell and back and conquered every test | ||
So why | So why won't the world get off our case? | ||
We're tired of this game | |||
So sick of the rat race | So sick of the rat race | ||
Seen a million faces and rocked them all | Seen a million faces and rocked them all | ||
Gone a billion miles to feel very small | Gone a billion miles to feel very small | ||
? that we'll leave behind | ? that we'll leave behind | ||
Cause our music will stand the test of time | 'Cause our music will stand the test of time | ||
To all our fans who supported us | |||
We | We are grateful; to you we trust | ||
To the ones who think it's the good life | |||
Who’s to say that they were right | Who’s to say that they were right? | ||
So why won't the world get off our case? | |||
We're tired of this game | |||
So sick of the rat race</poem> | So sick of the rat race</poem> | ||