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*''[[SZNZ: Winter]]'' (2022) | *''[[SZNZ: Winter]]'' (2022) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The | The bridge from "Iambic Pentameter" re-appropriates the chorus melody and lyric from "[[You and Me Together]]," a demo originally recorded by Cuomo in [[2004]] (and again, sporadically, in the years since). The melody was previously used as the verse melody for the [[Weezer]] [[List of Weezer B-sides and bonus tracks|B-side/bonus track]] "[[Prom Night]]," released in [[2016]]. The title "Iambic Pentameter" was discovered by fans in the database for a Weezer set list survey hosted on Cuomo's website in June of 2022. | ||
Weezer (under the [[Goat Punishment]] moniker) performed ''SZNZ: Winter'' in its entirety (including "Iambic Pentameter") [[Weezer concert: 09/19/2022|at a secret show in West Hollywood]] on [[September 19]], [[2022]], months ahead of the EP's release. | Weezer (under the [[Goat Punishment]] moniker) performed ''SZNZ: Winter'' in its entirety (including "Iambic Pentameter") [[Weezer concert: 09/19/2022|at a secret show in West Hollywood]] on [[September 19]], [[2022]], months ahead of the EP's release. | ||
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==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>Don't give up | <poem>Don't give up | ||
Darling don't give up on me | Darling, don't give up on me | ||
Even if I kick and scream | Even if I kick and scream | ||
I'm saying all that I can | I'm saying all that I can | ||
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I can't express these sentiments | I can't express these sentiments | ||
I try, but I implode instead | I try, but I implode instead | ||
Hurts my heart, hurts my head | Hurts my heart, it hurts my head | ||
Don't even know where to begin | Don't even know where to begin | ||
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I'd let it all out | I'd let it all out | ||
And there's no doubt you would help me understand | And there's no doubt you would help me understand | ||
What the hell is inside this messed up head | What the hell is inside this messed-up head | ||
And you'd always be here for me | And you'd always be here for me | ||
But that's not it | But that's not it | ||
That's not what I meant at all | That's not what I meant at all | ||
No, you are not getting it at all | |||
You gotta try | You gotta try, keep coming back | ||
'Cause I'm a hard nut to crack | |||
Cause I'm a hard nut to crack | |||
A jumbled mess | A jumbled mess tangled up in a Gordian Knot | ||
All my mom could do was talk | All my mom could do was talk | ||
And wonder why she couldn't reach | And wonder why she couldn't reach | ||
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La, la, la, | La, la, la, | ||
I wish I could say it all to you in iambic pentameter | I wish I could say it all to you in iambic pentameter | ||
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Round and round and round we go | Round and round and round we go | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*''[[SZNZ: Winter]]'' | *''[[SZNZ: Winter]]'' | ||