Faith in the Light
| "Faith in the Light" | |||||
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| Demo by Weezer | |||||
| Album | Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years | ||||
| Recorded | 2001 | ||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
| RC# | 614 | ||||
| COR# | 294 | ||||
| Status | Circulating | ||||
| Rivers Cuomo song chronology | |||||
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"Faith in the Light" (formerly titled "Everybody Depends on a Friend") is an unreleased Weezer song.
Contents
Appearances
Overview
"Faith in the Light" was originally demoed by Rivers Cuomo in the summer of 2001.[1] The song was demoed by Weezer during sessions at Steakhouse Studios and Cello Studios in late October and early November of 2001. The song was debuted live on the HBO show Reverb, in which the band performed at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood on October 24, 2001, under the name "Goat Punishment". The song was subsequently performed live at a handful of shows in November of 2001, including two more Goat Punishment shows. Two soundboard recordings of the song from the Midget Tour shows were posted by Karl Koch to the band's official website. The song was played for the final time on November 17 and, apparently, discarded thereafter, as it was not attempted during the sessions for Maladroit, which began the following month.
The song shares its Catalog O' Riffs number with another Cuomo demo titled "The Port of Ecstasy".
Known recordings
| Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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| Rivers Cuomo | Everybody Depends on a Friend | 294 A- Everybody Depends On A Friend.mp3 | 2001 | 4:00 | Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years | ||
| Weezer | Faith in the Light | October 24, 2001 | The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA | Filmed for Reverb (Season 4, Episode 14) | |||
| Weezer | Faith in the Light | WEEZER-2001-11-15-Seattle06-Faith_In_The_Light_294.mp3 | November 15, 2001 | KeyArena, Seattle, WA | 3:27 | Live soundboard recording. Released as MP3 on weezer.com | |
| Weezer | Faith in the Light | WEEZER-2001-11-17-Boise06-Faith_In_The_Light_294.mp3 | November 17, 2001 | Bank of America Centre, Boise, ID | 3:19 | Live soundboard recording. Released as MP3 on weezer.com |
Live performances
- Weezer concert: 10/24/2001
- Weezer concert: 11/06/2001
- Weezer concert: 11/07/2001
- Weezer concert: 11/13/2001
- Weezer concert: 11/15/2001
- Weezer concert: 11/17/2001
Audio/video
Goat Punishment on HBO's Reverb, October 24, 2001
Midget Tour soundboard recordings (weezer.com)
Lyrics
Everybody depends on a friend
To hide their face from the sun
In the morning, when things haven't changed,
Your world is coming undone
And everywhere that you go
Your nose is starting to grow
You lose your faith in the light
OK
OK
Everybody looks up to the stars
To find the things that they need
Hanging over their heads in the night
And now they're looking to me
And everywhere that you go
Your nose is starting to grow
You lose your faith in the light
OK
OK
Come on, baby, won't you tell me again?
I just want you to tell me you can
After everything we've been through
My heart will make it up to you
I couldn't stand the pain
Everybody looks up to the stars
To find the things that they need
To find the things that they need
Earlier lyrics
Everybody is climbing a tree
to show the way to the stars
In the morning, when things haven't changed,
Your world is taken too far
Everbody looks up to the light
To show the way to the stars
To show the way to the stars
To show their way to the stars
See also
References
- ↑ The Catalog O' Riffs. (archive) 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20041226230413/http://www.weezed.com/rc/old/indexx.html
