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 ==Overview==
 [[Rivers Cuomo]] recorded multiple demos of "Say It Ain't So" in the first half of [[1992]], according to the [[Recording_History_-_Page_3#March-_May_1992:_various_8_track_recordings|Recording History]]. The inspiration for the song's lyrics came from an experience as a teenager, in which Cuomo found beer in the refrigerator. Cuomo had been afraid that his stepfather, [[Stephen Kitts]], would leave the family, mistakenly believing that alcoholism had contributed to the dissolution of the relationship between [[Beverly Shoenberger|his mother]] and [[Frank Cuomo|biological father]].
-<blockquote>''"It's such a complicated story, way too complex to write a song about. I should never have done it. I was really afraid of alcohol at the time. I didn't drink till I was 21, not even a sip. I was petrified of alcohol. 'Say It Ain't So' was about when I was 16. I opened up the refrigerator, and I saw a can of beer. All of a sudden I made the connection that my step-father was leaving... because my father started drinking when he left my mother."'' {{Citation needed}}</blockquote>
-<!--HMC: I can find articles that cite old fansites that contain this quote, but I can't find where Rivers originally said this. Anyone know?-->
 Rivers Cuomo only saw his father a few times between the time his father walked out on the family and 1995, when they reconciled. Cuomo told ''Rolling Stone'' in [[2014]], "I was an angry young man[...] Typical Generation X. I was quick to point the finger."[https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rivers-cuomo-is-trying-to-be-all-right-516/]