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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name | |Name = The Formula | ||
| Cover | |Cover= Riverscuomo-aloneix.jpg | ||
| Type | |Type = Demo | ||
| Artist | |Artist = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | ||
| Recorded = 2003 | |Recorded = [[2003]] | ||
| | |Format = | ||
| | |Length = 4:41 | ||
| COR# | |COR# = 433 | ||
| Producer = | |Writer = Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Status | |Producer = | ||
|Status = Released | |||
| Album = Alone IX: The Make Believe Years | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''"The Formula"''' is an unreleased Weezer song originally recorded as a demo for ''[[Make Believe]]''. | '''"The Formula"''' is an unreleased Weezer song originally recorded as a demo for ''[[Make Believe]]''. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The song was demoed several times by the band from [[2003]] until [[2004]]. An acoustic demo by Rivers was released on the [[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]] compilation | The song was demoed several times by the band from [[2003]] until [[2004]].<ref>"Weezer Recording History" https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Recording_History_-_Page_14</ref> An acoustic demo by Rivers was released on the [[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]] compilation. The song shares a [[Catalog of Riffs]] number with [[Let Me Go]]. | ||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
===2003 Weezer Office version<ref>Lyrics taken from The Formula mp3 metadata</ref>=== | |||
===2003 Weezer Office version=== | |||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
I've got to ease this mental suffering | I've got to ease this mental suffering | ||
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'Cause I'm waiting for the answer to come along | 'Cause I'm waiting for the answer to come along | ||
Waiting for the answer to soothe me like a song | Waiting for the answer to soothe me like a song | ||
Waiting for the answer, just can't get it wrong | Waiting for the answer, I just can't get it wrong | ||
Somebody break my heart | Somebody break my heart | ||
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Somebody warn me what could be | Somebody warn me what could be | ||
Somebody warn me what could be if I let... | |||
Somebody burn the formula | Somebody burn the formula | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
*[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals | *[[Rivers Cuomo]] – guitar, lead vocals | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
{{Tab box|[[Tablature:The Formula (Chords)]]}} | {{Tab box|[[Tablature:The Formula (Chords)]]}} | ||
*[[List of unreleased Weezer songs]] | *[[List of unreleased Weezer songs]] | ||
*[[S.I.R. Demos]] | |||
*[[The Catalog O' Riffs]] | |||
*[[Office demos]] | |||
*[[riverscuomo.com demos]] | |||
*[[Alone IX: The Make Believe Years]] | |||
==References== | |||
[[Category:Unreleased Weezer songs]] | [[Category:Unreleased Weezer songs]] | ||