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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| Name     = The Formula
|Name = The Formula
| Cover   =  
|Cover= Riverscuomo-aloneix.jpg
| Type     = outtake
|Type = Demo
| Artist   = Weezer
|Artist = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
| Recorded = 2003<br>
|Recorded = [[2003]]
| Writer  = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
|Format =
| RC#      =  
|Length = 4:41
| COR#     = 443
|COR# = 433
| Producer = [[Rick Rubin]]
|Writer = Rivers Cuomo
| Status   = Released
|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==
{{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
If I [?]
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]]
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