Everybody Needs Salvation

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"Everybody Needs Salvation"
Everybody Needs Salvation cover
Single by Weezer
Released April 19, 2015
Recorded February 2015
Length 3:17
Label Weezer
Writer(s) Rivers Cuomo
Producer(s) Shawn Everett
Status Officially released
Weezer singles chronology
"Da Vinci"
(2015)
"Everybody Needs Salvation"
(2015)
"Thank God for Girls"
(2015)
Ecce Homo track listing
"Bless the Whole Wide World"
(12)
"Everybody Needs Salvation"
(13)
"Anonymous"
(14)
Back Cover
Back Cover

"Everybody Needs Salvation" is a single by Weezer, released exclusively to the members of the Weezer Fan Club.

Appearances

Overview

Rivers Cuomo wrote "Everybody Needs Salvation" at some point between 2011 and 2014, in contention for the album that would become Everything Will Be Alright in the End. The song was listed as part of Act III on a track list of an early draft of EWBAITE (then dubbed Ecce Homo).[1] Though it did not appear on the final album, a portion of the bridge lyrics appear in the EWBAITE liner notes after the lyrics for "The British Are Coming." The song was instead recorded as a Weezer Fan Club-exclusive single in February of 2015 for release in April of that year. "Everybody Needs Salvation" was released on one-sided 7-inch red vinyl, with a digital MP3 download of the track for members who purchased it. The single features no B-side, having a smooth flip-side.

At a Nerd Night in 2015, Rivers Cuomo purportedly told a fan that the song was picked for the Fan Club single because it was "something different." Cuomo also said that he personally chose the cover.[2]

The cover art is a painting by Antonello da Messina called Ecce Homo, painted in 1475. The symbol on the shoulder of Christ is the Om in Devanagari.

Demos of the song were included in the digital compilation Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years, released in 2020.

Known recordings

Performer(s) Title Filename Date of recording Recording location Length Appeared on Notes
Rivers Cuomo Salvation Salvation 1.mp3 3:15 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Everybody Needs Salvation Everybody Needs Salvation    2.mp3 3:16 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Everybody Needs Salvation Everybody Needs Salvation    2 1.mp3 3:16 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years Duplicate of Everybody Needs Salvation    2.mp3
Rivers Cuomo Everybody Needs Salvation Everybody Needs Salvation    3.mp3 3:16 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Everybody Needs Salvation Everybody Needs Salvation     14.mp3 3:23 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo Everybody Needs Salvation EVERYBODY NEEDS SALVATION - ROUGH 1.mp3 3:22 Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Weezer Everybody Needs Salvation February 2015 The Lair, Los Angeles, CA 3:16 "Everybody Needs Salvation" 7"-vinyl single
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Lyrics

Fan Club single

Meet me in the dark
My heart shrivels when the light is shining
I can't get back home alone
I need someone here to guide me
Praise for the awakened one
He truly saved my life
But after all his truth is small
And I love the lie

Everybody needs salvation
And if it doesn't come we make some
Some people can get by on nothing
But I still need to know I'm something

Just like in a dream
I scream, but no one hears a word I'm saying
Have I lost my mind this time
Or have I won the game we're playing
That's all I really care about
It's kind of wonderful
Kiss me while we both are still intangible

Everybody needs salvation
And if it doesn't come we make some
Some people can get by on nothing
But I still need to know I'm something
Yes I still need to know I'm something

I'm ready to love you
I'm ready to give my heart
I'm ready to trust you
Cause I ain't afraid of the dark
I'm ready to love you
I'm ready to give my heart
I'm ready to trust you
Cause I ain't afraid
I ain't afraid of the dark

Everybody needs salvation
And if it doesn't come we make some
Some people can get by on nothing
But I still need to know I'm something

Demo (ver. 1)

Keep me in the dark
My heart shrivels when the light is shining
Hitch and Dawkins' bitch
I switch and join those kids in Satan’s army
Praising the awakened one
He truly saved my life
But after all his truth is small
And I love the lie

Everybody needs salvation
And if it doesn’t come we make some
Some people can get by on nothing
But I still need to know I’m something

Gently set aside
Boulez, Bartók, and Giuseppe Verdi
I will try to be Messi
And cross myself when I knock the cross in
That’s all I really care about
It’s kind of practical
Excuse me while I light this scented candle

Everybody needs salvation
And if it doesn’t come we make some
Some people can get by on nothing
But I still need to know I’m something
Yes, I still need to know I’m something

I’m ready to love you
I’m ready to give my heart
I’m ready to trust you
'Cause I ain’t afraid of the dark
I’m ready to love you
I’m ready to give my heart
I’m ready to love you
'Cause I ain’t afraid
I ain't afraid of the dark

Everybody needs salvation
And if it doesn’t come we make some
Some people can get by on nothing
But I still need to know I’m something
Yes, I still need to know I’m something
I still need to know I'm something

Demo (ver. 2)

Keep me in the dark
My heart shrivels when the light is shining
Hitch and Dawkins' bitch
I switch and join those kids in Satan’s army
Praise for the awakened one
He truly saved my life
But after all his truth is small
And I love the lie

Everybody needs salvation
And if it doesn’t come we make some
Some people can get by on nothing
But I still need to know I’m something

So how do we explain
Yngwie, or Abba, and don’t forget Max Martin
Do I have to be Messi
And cross myself when I knock the cross in
That’s all I really care about
It’s kind of practical
Excuse me while I light this scented candle

Everybody needs salvation
And if it doesn’t come we make some
Some people can get by on nothing
But I still need to know I’m something
Yes, I still need to know I’m something

I’m ready to love you
I’m ready to give my heart
I’m ready to trust you
'Cause I ain’t afraid of the dark
I’m ready to love you
I’m ready to give my heart
I’m ready to love you
'Cause I ain’t afraid
I ain't afraid of the dark

Everybody needs salvation
And if it doesn’t come we make some
Some people can get by on nothing
But I still need to know I’m something
Yes, I still need to know I’m something
I still need to know I'm something

See also

References

  1. Ecce Homo 11.docx, Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
  2. the nest "Rivers and Brian played "Cleopatra" acoustic on Nerd Night (and new album in the works!)" All Things Weezer. 16 June 2015. https://allthingsweezer.com/index.php?threads/rivers-and-brian-played-cleopatra-acoustic-on-nerd-night-and-new-album-in-the-works.33324/#post-1022156 Screenshot: File:Nerd_Night_2015_Everybody_Needs_Salvation.png