Anonymous

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"Anonymous"
Anonymous cover
Album track by Weezer
Album Everything Will Be Alright in the End
Released October 7, 2014
Recorded 2014, The Village, Los Angeles, CA
Length 3:21
Label Republic Records
Writer(s) Rivers Cuomo
Producer(s) Ric Ocasek
Status Officially released
Live debut October 16, 2014 in Phoenix, AZ
Last played December 17, 2014 in Santa Ana, CA
Stream Play on spotify.png Spotify
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Everything Will Be Alright in the End track listing
"The Waste Land"
(11)
"Anonymous"
(12)
"Return to Ithaka"
(13)
Ecce Homo track listing
"Everybody Needs Salvation"
(13)
"Anonymous"
(14)
"Resurgam Fidei"
(15)

"Anonymous" (formerly "My Mystery") is the twelfth track on Everything Will Be Alright in the End. It is the second of a three-part suite, "The Futurescope Trilogy," which concludes the album.

Appearances

Overview

"Anonymous" is the final song in the "Patriarchia" thematic grouping alluded to in the album's liner notes and supplemental materials (alongside "Eulogy for a Rock Band," "The British Are Coming," and "Foolish Father"), comprising songs about fathers (both literal and metaphorical).

"Anonymous" was written by Rivers Cuomo at some point between 2011 and 2014, and underwent dozens of demo iterations. These original demos featured verse lyrics eventually excised from the final release of the song. While Weezer were in the studio, the song was briefly re-titled "My Mystery," and the song was initially previewed as such in a pre-release teaser video on the band's YouTube account.[1] This version was part of an early mix of the album leaked online in December of 2017. Cuomo's demos of the song were released as part of the digital compilation Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years in 2020.

Known recordings

Performer(s) Title Filename Date of recording Recording location Length Appeared on Notes
Rivers Cuomo heavy let it be piano chords.mp3 20112014 1:15 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous 1.mp3 20112014 3:34 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous           2.mp3 20112014 4:17 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous  3.mp3 20112014 6:00 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous  4.mp3 20112014 6:01 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous 5.mp3 20112014 6:46 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    6.mp3 20112014 6:29 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    7.mp3 20112014 5:40 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    8.mp3 20112014 5:34 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    8.mp3 20112014 5:34 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    11.mp3 20112014 4:08 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    12.mp3 20112014 4:09 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    13.mp3 20112014 4:05 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    14.mp3 20112014 4:05 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous 14 2.mp3 20112014 4:05 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years Duplicate file
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    15.mp3 20112014 3:59 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    16.mp3 20112014 4:09 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    18.mp3 20112014 4:33 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    19.mp3 20112014 4:33 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    20.mp3 20112014 4:21 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    21.mp3 20112014 4:21 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    22.mp3 20112014 3:46 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    23.mp3 20112014 3:58 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous  23 LEAD VOC ONLY.mp3 20112014 3:58 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    24.mp3 20112014 3:46 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    25.mp3 20112014 3:58 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    26.mp3 20112014 3:58 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    27.mp3 20112014 4:04 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    28.mp3 20112014 4:09 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Anonymous Anonymous    30.mp3 20112014 6:07 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo(?) Anonymous 12 Anonymous_remix Fnl_(eq 8-18) 16B 1.wav 20112014
Weezer 11 Wasteland _ My Mystery _ Resurrection_.mp3 2014 The Village, Los Angeles, CA 7:18 Leaked online Early mix
Weezer Anonymous 2014 The Village, Los Angeles, CA 3:21 Leaked online Instrumental
Weezer Anonymous 2014 The Village, Los Angeles, CA 3:21 Everything Will Be Alright in the End
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Audio

Lyrics

Album lyrics

I don't even know your name
No, I don't know the words to say
So I call you Anonymous

I don't even know your name
No, I don't know the words to say
So I call you Anonymous

Anonymous

So I look at my life
Look at my friends
Look in the eyes of my enemy
It's all just a gift
That I'm going to give to you

I don't even know your name
No, I don't know the words to say
So I call you Anonymous

I don't even know your name
No, I don't know the words to say
So I call you Anonymous

My Anonymous, my Anonymous
My Anonymous, my Anonymous

Now I know, know what to call you
Now I know, know what to call you
Now I know, know what to call you
Now I know, know what to call you
What to call you
What to call you
What to call you

Demo (ver. 7)

I approach you most humbly
But I don’t know what to call you
“Jesus” is wrong, “Buddha” is weird
“God” is funny, and science is cold

I don’t want to call you “You”
I don’t want to call you “Sir”
I don’t want to call you male
I don’t want to call you female

I don’t want to believe
I don’t want to say I believe
No, no, no, no
But when I was up on my cross
You were there with me

I’m just not big enough
I'm just not big enough
To satisfy myself, to satisfy myself

There’s so much more out there
And I want to feel it
I want it to move through me
I want it to use me, abuse me
I’m humbled before you
So please, use me like your bitch

I struggled for so long
Thinking I could solve problems
But I’m just another moron
I can’t do shit
There’s nothing can break the laws of nature
But the laws of nature break themselves
Anything is possible
I don’t believe in miracles
Everything’s a miracle

I don't know the words to say
No, I don't even know your name
You're my Anonymous
I don't know the words to say
No, I don't even know your name
You're my Anonymous

Now I know, know what to call you
Now I know, know what to call you
Now I know, know what to call you
Now I know, know what to call you
What to call you
What to call you
What to call you
What to call you

See also

  1. Weezer "EWBAITE 11 "My Mystery"" YouTube. 2 July 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0H2puQ-5OQ