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| Album = Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | | Album = Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
| Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | ||
| Released = [[November | | Released = [[November 22]], [[2020]] | ||
| Recorded = | | Recorded = | ||
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| Status = Released | | Status = Released | ||
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"'''Simple to Me'''" is a | "'''Simple to Me'''" is a song by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. The demo was released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' on [[November 21]], [[2020]]. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The song's | The song's existence first became known to fans when its title appeared in [[Notes on EWBAITE-era demos by anonymous A&R assistant|a list of notes written by an A&R assistant]] about various songs demoed in contention for the album that would eventually become ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. | ||
On [[May 22]], [[2020]], Cuomo hosted an ''[[List_of_Rivers_Cuomo_video_streams#Island_in_the_Zoom|Island in the Zoom]]'' stream with screenwriter [[Yalun Tu]] as the special guest, wherein Tu explained that he and Cuomo were working on a pitch for a TV series in which Cuomo plays a fictionalized version of himself, who performs with [[Weezer]] and lives as a family man while also secretly being an alien from outer space [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1VYsjmsjRI]. On [[October 23]] of that year, while simultaneously streaming to Instagram and TikTok, Cuomo recorded his segment of the pitch, which included a performance of "Simple to Me", featuring lyrics alluding to being a martian. | |||
Several demos of "Simple to Me" were added to the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' on [[November 22]], [[2020]], though some of these (specifically the ones based around the "martian" conceit) were removed by Cuomo shortly thereafter. | |||
==Audio== | |||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
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It's simple to me | It's simple to me | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
===Simple to Me # | ===Simple to Me #15=== | ||
<poem>Cruising around | <poem>Cruising around | ||
On a star and a sound | On a star and a sound | ||
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Who cares if the stars are exploding out there | Who cares if the stars are exploding out there | ||
I've done it all | I've done it all | ||
I | I saw what there is to see | ||
And now it's just us, | And now it's just us, | ||
You are my whole galaxy, yeah | You are my whole galaxy, yeah | ||
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That doesn't sound too far out to me, yeah | That doesn't sound too far out to me, yeah | ||
Oh you make it | Oh you make it look so simple | ||
It's not simple to me | It's not simple to me | ||
I found this place while lost in space | I found this place while lost in space | ||