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| Artist  = Weezer
| Artist  = Weezer
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| Released = 2017
| Released = [[December 13]], [[2020]] ("I'll Love You Everyday")
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| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
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| Status  = Demos, live bootlegs circulating
| Status  = Released ("I'll Love You Everyday")
| Live debut = [[October 18]], [[2017]] @ Brussels
| Live debut = [[October 18]], [[2017]] @ Brussels
| Album type = studio
| Album type = demo
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"'''A Ballad for the Fallen Soldier'''" (also known as "'''I'll Love You Every Day'''") is an instrumental song performed live by [[Weezer]] in [[2017]].
"'''A Ballad for the Fallen Soldier'''" (also known as "'''I'll Love You Every Day'''") is an instrumental song performed live by [[Weezer]] in [[2017]].
==Overview==
==Overview==
[[Rivers Cuomo]] is first known to have demoed the song, under the title "I'll Love You Every Day", to his phone's recording app on [[March 27]], [[2015]]. This recording, featuring Cuomo singing over acoustic guitar, was released on [[November 23]], [[2020]], as part of the compilation ''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]''.
[[Rivers Cuomo]] is first known to have demoed the song, under the title "I'll Love You Every Day", to his phone's recording app on [[March 27]], [[2015]]. This recording, featuring Cuomo singing over acoustic guitar, was released on [[November 23]], [[2020]], as part of the compilation ''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]''. Full demos were later released on [[December 13]], 2020.


The song was first heard by fans when it debuted live, as an instrumental, on [[October 18]], [[2017]] at the [[Weezer concert: 10/18/2017 - Brussels, Belgium|Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium]], appearing on the setlist under the title "I'll Love You Every Day". The song was listed at subsequent concerts as "A Ballad for the Fallen Soldier", and was performed for the remainder of the [[Feels Like Summer Tour]] in Europe in October of 2017. The song was performed one additional time the following December in Portland, Oregon. The song was played after "[[Happy Hour]]" at all concerts in which it was played.
The song was first heard by fans when it debuted live, as an instrumental, on [[October 18]], [[2017]] at the [[Weezer concert: 10/18/2017 - Brussels, Belgium|Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium]], appearing on the setlist under the title "I'll Love You Every Day". The song was listed at subsequent concerts as "A Ballad for the Fallen Soldier", and was performed for the remainder of the [[Feels Like Summer Tour]] in Europe in October of 2017. The song was performed one additional time the following December in Portland, Oregon. The song was played after "[[Happy Hour]]" at all concerts in which it was played.


During an ''[[List_of_Rivers_Cuomo_video_streams#Island_in_the_Zoom|Island in the Zoom]]'' webinar on [[May 22]], [[2020]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] was asked about the song by a fan, upon which Cuomo performed a short segment of the song on piano while singing the words "I'll love you every day" over the melody. Asked about whether it was intended to be a full-fledged song, Cuomo replied: "I can't remember, but the band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Seconds_of_Summer 5 Seconds of Summer] comes to mind. Did they record it, or did I send it to them? I can't remember [...] I know [[Jake Sinclair|Jake]] [Sinclair], the producer of ''[[Weezer (The White Album)|The White Album]]'', really loved it and he ended up producing some of their songs, so I think he may have cut it with them, but I don't know if it ever came out." Cuomo and Sinclair helped to co-write the Sinclair-produced song "[[Why Won't You Love Me]]" for 5SOS, but a studio recording of "I'll Love You Every Day" has not been officially released to date.
During an ''[[List_of_Rivers_Cuomo_video_streams#Island_in_the_Zoom|Island in the Zoom]]'' webinar on [[May 22]], [[2020]], [[Rivers Cuomo]] was asked about the song by a fan, upon which Cuomo performed a short segment of the song on piano while singing the words "I'll love you every day" over the melody. Asked about whether it was intended to be a full-fledged song, Cuomo replied: "I can't remember, but the band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Seconds_of_Summer 5 Seconds of Summer] comes to mind. Did they record it, or did I send it to them? I can't remember [...] I know [[Jake Sinclair|Jake]] [Sinclair], the producer of ''[[Weezer (The White Album)|The White Album]]'', really loved it and he ended up producing some of their songs, so I think he may have cut it with them, but I don't know if it ever came out." Cuomo and Sinclair helped to co-write the Sinclair-produced song "[[Why Won't You Love Me]]" for 5SOS, but a studio recording of "I'll Love You Every Day" has not been officially released to date.
=Appearances=
*''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]''


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
==="I'll Love You Every Day" demo, March 27, 2015===
===="I'll Love You Every Day" version 10====
<poem>
It's always sunny on Sunday afternoon
And we can do whatever you wanna do
I've been working that overtime
Now I'm looking for peace of mind
It's such a shame it has to end so soon
 
I'll love you every day
I'll love you every day
That the sky is fallin' down
I'll love you every day
I'll love you every day
That the world is spinnin' 'round
I'll wipe the tears from your cheek
And I'll take you by the hand
I'll love you every day
I'll love you every day
That the sky is fallin' down
 
They'll make a TV show about our life
And I'll ask you to ghostwrite all my lines
I'll be your Captain America
Look you in the eyes if we're makin' love
But nothing I can do can stop the tide
 
I'll love you every day
I'll love you every day
That the sky is fallin' down
I'll love you every day
I'll love you every day
That the world is spinnin' 'round
I'll wipe the tears from your cheek
And I'll take you by the hand
I'll love you every day
I'll love you every day
That the sky is fallin' down
 
Hey, yeah
I'll love you every day
Hey, yeah
I'll love you every day
 
I'll love you every day
I'll love you every day
That the sky is fallin' down
I'll love you every day
I'll love you every day
That the world is spinnin' 'round
I'll wipe the tears from your cheek
And I'll take you by the hand
I'll love you every day
I'll love you every day
That the sky is fallin' down
</poem>
===="I'll Love You Every Day" demo, March 27, 2015====
<poem>It's always sunny on Sunday afternoons
<poem>It's always sunny on Sunday afternoons
And we can do whatever you wanna do
And we can do whatever you wanna do
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[[Category: Weezer songs]]
[[Category: Weezer songs]]
[[Category: Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category: Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category: Songs on Alone XII: The White Years]]
[[Category: Songs on Alone XII: The White Year]]
[[Category: Instrumentals]]
[[Category: Instrumentals]]
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