The Opposite of Me

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"The Opposite of Me"
The Opposite of Me cover
Album track by Weezer
Album SZNZ: Summer
Released June 21, 2022
Recorded 2022
Length 3:30
Label Crush Music/Atlantic Records
Writer(s) Rivers Cuomo
Producer(s) Daniel Omelio, Suzy Shinn
Status Officially released
Stream Spotify
SZNZ: Summer track listing
"Blue Like Jazz"
(3)
"The Opposite Of Me"
(4)
"What's the Good of Being Good"
(5)

"The Opposite of Me" is the fourth track from Weezer's 2022 EP, SZNZ: Summer.

Appearances

Overview

Rivers Cuomo first teased lyrics from "The Opposite of Me" on Riverchat on June 1, 2021.[1]

A demo of "The Opposite of Me" was leaked online in December of 2022.

Audio

Lyrics

What if I was to say "hell no"
I'm not your soldier boy
I'd laugh as your life comes crashing down
Like the fall of Troy
You left me on a mountainside
You have no right to be surprised

Yeah, I'm gonna be somebody else
Be somebody else
The opposite of me
The opposite of me
And yeah, if you couldn't tell
I'm gonna be somebody else
The opposite of me
The opposite of me

I've always been the welcome mat
On which you wiped your feet
You never saw how torn I was
Well, now you got to see
I've finally reached the breaking point
Watch the man replace the boy

Yeah, I'm gonna be somebody else
Be somebody else
The opposite of me
The opposite of me
And yeah, if you couldn't tell
I'm gonna be somebody else
Be somebody else
The opposite of me
The opposite of me

I'll be there
Right in front of the portico
Blade ready
Vengeance on my mind
And with one thrust
I will be transmuted
From mortal to immortality (me too)
Immorality (me too)
Amorality (me too)
The opposite of me

Yeah, I'm gonna be somebody else
Be somebody else
The opposite of me
The opposite of me
And yeah, if you couldn't tell
I'm gonna be somebody else
The opposite of me
The opposite of me

The opposite of me
The opposite of me

Doo-doo-doo

Somebody so relatable
You feel as if they're your best friend
And when they begin to cast their spell
You wish that it would never end
That's the way I want to be
Master of the mystery

Yeah, I wanna be somebody else
Be somebody else
Someone kind of like
The opposite of me
And yeah, if you couldn't tell
I wish that I was somebody else
Someone kind of like
The opposite of me

Somebody who has peacock hair
And a robe of elven silk
And all of the dryads gather 'round
So they can say they're in the guild
That's the way I want to be
Master of the mystery

Yeah, I wanna be somebody else
Be somebody else
Someone kind of like
The opposite of me
And yeah, if you couldn't tell
I wish that I was somebody else
Someone kind of like
The opposite of me

And I'll be there
Riding up in front of the boat
With my peacock hair
Ooh, I look so good
And I'll help you
Make the transformation
From mortal to immorality
Immorality
To amorality
To the opposite of me

I wanna be somebody else
Be somebody else
Someone kind of like
The opposite of me
And yeah, if you couldn't tell
I wish that I was somebody else
Someone kind of like
The opposite of me

Doo-doo-doo

Known recordings

Performer(s) Title Filename Date of recording Recording location Length Appeared on Notes
Rivers Cuomo The Opposite of Me The Opposite of Me 2021-06-25 15.59.mp3 June 25, 2021 3:15 Leaked online
Weezer The Opposite of Me 2022 4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA 3:30 SZNZ: Summer
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See also

References

  1. Mister Rivers' Neighborhood. 1 June 2021. Archived on Weezerpedia. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Riverchat_06012021-oppositeofme.png