Endless Bummer

"Endless Bummer"
Album track by Weezer
from the album Weezer (The White Album)
Released	April 1, 2016
Recorded	2015
Length	4:14
Label	Crush Music/Atlantic Records
Songwriter(s)	Rivers Cuomo/Brian Bell/Luther Russell
Producer(s)	Jake Sinclair
Status	Officially released
Live debut	April 24, 2023 in Pomona, CA
Stream	Spotify Apple Music
Weezer (The White Album) track listing
15 tracks "California Kids" "Wind in Our Sail" "Thank God for Girls" "(Girl We Got a) Good Thing" "Do You Wanna Get High?" "King of the World" "Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori" "L.A. Girlz" "Jacked Up" "Endless Bummer" Deluxe Edition bonus tracks "I Love the USA" "Jacked Up" (Remix) "Friend of a Friend" "Fake Smiles and Nervous Laughter" Japanese bonus track / 15. "Prom Night"

"Endless Bummer" is the tenth track from The White Album.

Overview

At the beginning of the song, Rivers counts off "1, 2" at a low volume. The song (and the album) ends with the same beach noises that opened the album in "California Kids."

On the lyrics sheet for The White Album, a line in the second verse is listed as "dreaming about my wife," but many fans hear "life" rather than "wife." When asked on the fan club facebook page which one was the correct lyric, Rivers said "What's the difference?"

"Endless Bummer" was cowritten with bandmate Brian Bell.

Personnel

• Rivers Cuomo – guitar, lead vocals
• Patrick Wilson – percussion
• Brian Bell – guitar, backing vocals
• Scott Shriner - bass guitar, backing vocals

Lyrics

I just want the summer to end
What's the point in trying to pretend?
She told me to follow the rules
Not all 19-year-olds are cool

I'm all alone at night
Dreaming about my life
She was too fast for me
I count my steps because I'm O.C.D.

No life from Paloma to Rose
Sometimes I feel like I'm a ghost
Changing into street clothes in her tent
I just want the summer to end

My heart is so landlocked
Nothing but tourist shops
It's just like a curse you see
This bummed out feeling that she's over me
She's over me

I put my jacket over my head
I'm trying not to stare at her chest
I can't even dance in the dark
Cuz my headphones are still on the seat of her car

Kumbaya makes me get violent
I just want the summer to end

I just want the summer to end
What's the point of trying to pretend?
It's dead between Paloma and Rose
Sometimes I feel like I'm a ghost

I'm all alone at night
Thinking about my life
Welcome to Hell my friends
If you're O.C.D you gotta count your steps

I am scared to go back to her
She will see

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo		coda.mp3	2014—2015		1:12	Alone XII: The White Year	Elements later used for "Endless Bummer"
Rivers Cuomo	Endless Bummer	dictadroid1_2015_4_1_10_17_32.mp3	April 1, 2015		0:34	Alone XII: The White Year
Rivers Cuomo	Endless Bummer	dictadroid1_2015_4_7_13_53_27.mp3	April 7, 2015		1:24	Alone XII: The White Year
Rivers Cuomo	Endless Bummer	dictadroid2_2015_4_7_14_15_11.mp3	April 7, 2015		0:33	Alone XII: The White Year
Rivers Cuomo	Endless Bummer	Endless Bummer.mp3	2015
Rivers Cuomo	Endless Bummer	Endless Bummer   4 bridge lyrics.mp3	2015
Rivers Cuomo	Endless Bummer	endless_bummer_new_verse_melody_2015.mp3	2015
Weezer	Endless Bummer		Summer/Fall 2015	Infrasonic Sound, Los Angeles, CA The Lair, Los Angeles, CA Studio X, Sonoma, CA United Recording, Los Angeles, CA The Village, Los Angeles, CA	4:14	Weezer (The White Album)

See also

• List of Weezer songs