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"'''The Garden of Eden'''" is the fourth track from {{PN|Weezer}} [[2022]] EP, ''[[SZNZ: Spring]]''.
"'''The Garden of Eden'''" is the fourth track from {{PN|Weezer}} [[2022]] EP, ''[[SZNZ: Spring]]''. The intro is reworked from the ''[[Ecce Homo]]'' instrumental, [[Narcissus Blooming]].
 
==Overview==
==Overview==
Before the release, "The Garden of Eden" originally followed "[[Angels on Vacation]]" in the tracklist and the premise was described by Cuomo<ref>Rivers Cuomo. ''Discord''. 3 February 2022. Screenshot: [[:File:RC_Eden.png]]</ref>:
The intro is reworked from the [[Rivers Cuomo]] demo "[[Narcissus Blooming]]," originally demoed as part of ''[[Ecce Homo]]'', an early draft of what would eventually become the album ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]''. According to Cuomo, "The Garden of Eden" was intended to follow "[[Angels on Vacation]]" in the track list, and was described by Cuomo as a follow-up to that song, in which the angels are reincarnated as [[Wikipedia:Adam and Eve|Adam and Eve]].<ref name="rceden">Rivers Cuomo. ''Discord''. 2 February 2022—3 February 2022. Screenshot: [[:File:RC_Eden.png]]</ref> At one point during the album's production, Cuomo considered including a section of spoken dialogue (that was, ultimately, not included):<ref name="rceden" />
<blockquote>
<blockquote>'''Adam:''' I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.<br>'''Eve:''' Woah....Where do you think we are?<br>'''Adam:'''  I don't know....better get a fig leaf.<br>'''Eve:''' Ok.....''giggles''</blockquote>
''“The two angels have come down and reincarnated as Adam and Eve. They've found themselves in a quasi-psychedlic Garden of Eden.”''
</blockquote>
 
It originally contained spoken dialogue that was ultimately cut:
 
:'''Adam:''' I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
:'''Eve:''' Woah....Where do you think we are?
:'''Adam:'''  I don't know....better get a fig leaf.
:'''Eve:''' Ok.....''giggles''<ref>Rivers Cuomo. ''Discord''. 2 February 2022. Screenshot: [[:File:RC_Eden.png]]</ref>
<blockquote>


==Audio==
==Audio==
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*[[List of Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Weezer songs]]
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
 
{{Reference list}}
[[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Songs on SZNZ]]
[[Category:Weezer songs]][[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Songs on SZNZ]]