What You Wanna Be: Difference between revisions

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"'''What You Wanna Be'''" is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. The song originally demoed in consideration for what would eventually become Weezer's ninth album, ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. While it was originally added into the [[Alone XII: The White Year]] compilation on [[December 30]], [[2020]], it was moved to ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' on the following day.  
"'''What You Wanna Be'''" is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. The song originally demoed in consideration for what would eventually become Weezer's ninth album, ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. While it was originally added to the digital compilation ''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]'' on [[December 30]], [[2020]], but was removed and subsequently added to ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' on [[January 2]].  
 
===Appearances===
The song shares a nearly identical riff heard in both "'''[[Saturday Night]]'''" and "'''[[おかしいやつ]]'''", but it is unknown whether they are directly related.
*<strike>''[[Alone XII: The White Year]]''</strike>
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]''
==Overview==
==Overview==
"What You Wanna Be" shares a similar riff with the [[Weezer]] demo "[[Saturday Night]]" and the [[Scott & Rivers]] song "[[おかしいやつ]]".
==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
===What You Wanna Be (ver. 6)===
===What You Wanna Be (ver. 6)===
{{Lyrics}}
<poem>
<poem>
Like the way
Like the way that you talk with me
That you talk with me
Dropping those ten-cent words
Dropping those ten cent words
I was sure we were gonna hang
 
??
We were gone again
Maybe I just misheard
Maybe I just misheard
Oh, 'cause


Oh, 'cause
I don't know anything
I don't know anything
I can't tell what you wanna be
I can't tell what you wanna be
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I don't know what you wanna be
I don't know what you wanna be


??
Just want to play silly games with you
Silly games with you
You don't take any guff
You don't take any guff
 
I like it when, when you dance with me
I like the ???
When you dance with me
It feels a bit like it's love
It feels a bit like it's love
Oh, but


Oh, but
I don't know anything
I don't know anything
I can't tell what you wanna be
I don't know what you wanna be
Are you just a friend in need?
Are you just a friend in need?
Could you be something more to me?
Could you be something more to me?