Pacific Sunset

"Pacific Sunset"
Demo by Rivers Cuomo
Album	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Released	2020
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo
Status	Demo circulating

This song is part of the "Run, Raven, Run" lineage of songs "Pacific Sunset" (2015) "Run, Raven, Run” (2022)

"Pacific Sunset" is a demo by Rivers Cuomo. Several demos were released as part of the digital compilations Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years and Alone XII: The White Year. Sections of the song later became part of the Weezer track "Run, Raven, Run."

Appearances

• Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years (2020)
• Alone XII: The White Year (2020)

Overview

"Pacific Sunset" was originally written in 2015 (or possibly earlier) in contention for Weezer's (White Album), alongside a variation titled "Spirit Animal". Demos of the song were released in 2020 as part of the compilations Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years and Alone XII: The White Year, though its inclusion in the former may be a mistake, as many of the demos included in Alone XII precede the demos included in Alone XI. On December 10, 2020, the project files for the song, for use with the music software Ableton, were made available as the first "Master Sessions" to be sold on the demo storefront on riverscuomo.com.

According to Rivers Cuomo, "Pacific Sunset" was later demoed for the Weezer album OK Human. The song was possibly briefly a contender for Weezer's SZNS series of EPs, though Cuomo confirmed on April 29, 2021 that the song was no longer in contention (but that he was interested in repurposing the song's bridge). The bridge (as well as the song's climax and final chorus) were ultimately appropriated as the bridge and climax of the SZNZ: Autumn track "Run, Raven, Run."

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo		tearing me 6_8 piano.mp3	?		5:46	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo		tearing me apart piano 6_8.mp3	?		1:00	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	Spirit Animal	spirit_animal_2015_2_15_11_37_28.mp3	February 15, 2015		3:47	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	Spirit Animal	Spirit Animal.mp3	2015		0:56	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	Pacific Sunset	Pacific Sunset Riff.mp3	?		0:21	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	Pacific Sunset	Pacific Sunset  2.mp3	2015		0:38	Alone XII: The White Year
Rivers Cuomo	Pacific Sunset	Pacific Sunset  3 @123 lyrics.mp3	2015		1:22	Alone XII: The White Year
Rivers Cuomo	Pacific Sunset	Pacific Sunset  4 verse two and 6.8.mp3	2015		2:04	Alone XII: The White Year
Rivers Cuomo	Pacific Sunset	Pacific Sunset  5 extendo.mp3	2015		2:39	Alone XII: The White Year	Interpolates "I'll Love You Every Day" and "Guiding Light"
Rivers Cuomo	Pacific Sunset	Pacific Sunset  6 show me.mp3	2015		3:01	Alone XII: The White Year	Interpolates "Guiding Light" and "Show Me That Again"
Rivers Cuomo	Pacific Sunset	Pacific Sunset  7.mp3	?		1:37	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	Pacific Sunset	Pacific Sunset  8 solo sketch.mp3	2015		3:19	Alone XII: The White Year
Rivers Cuomo	Pacific Sunset	Pacific Sunset  9 INST.mp3	?		1:06	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years	Instrumental; Removed from Alone XI bundle September 24, 2022
Rivers Cuomo	Pacific Sunset	Pacific Sunset  9 more solo guitars.mp3	?		3:34	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years	Instrumental
Rivers Cuomo	Pacific Sunset	Pacific Sunset  11 @124 to 184.5 +1 to -3.mp3	?		3:34	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	Pacific Sunset	Pacific Sunset  12 cleaned solo @124 to 185 +1 to -3.mp3	?		3:39	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	Pacific Sunset	Pacific Sunset  13 @124 to 185 +1 to -3.mp3	?		3:42	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years	Removed from Alone XI bundle March 2, 2021

Lyrics

I was dragging my feet
I got home and fell right asleep
And my girl, she gave me a kiss
And I was just too tired to resist

Riding my bike over the path
Hardly a soul, Pacific sunset
Beautiful lights shine in the west
Chill in the air, Pacific sunset

They left the bodies under the pier
And made their troubles all disappear
So I know that this is my place
If I can only make an escape

Riding my bike over the path
Hardly a soul, Pacific sunset
Beautiful lights shine in the west
Chill in the air, Pacific sunset
Pacific sunset, Pacific sunset

Tearing me apart
Leave me in a daze
And I'd do anything
To taste the love you bring
There's only you, you, you
Only you, only you

Riding my bike over the path
Hardly a soul, Pacific sunset
Beautiful lights shine in the west
Chill in the air, Pacific sunset
Riding my bike over the path
Hardly a soul, Pacific sunset
Beautiful lights shine in the west
Chill in the air, Pacific sunset
Pacific sunset, Pacific sunset

See also

• List of Rivers Cuomo songs
• OK Human
• Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years