I Can't Find the Words
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| by Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Album | Alone XII: The White Year | |
| Recorded | 2015 | |
| Length | 3:04 | |
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | |
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This song is part of the "I Can't Find the Words" lineage of songs
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"I Can't Find the Words" is a song by Rivers Cuomo.
Appearances
- Alone XII: The White Year (2020)
Overview
"I Can't Find the Words" is a demo recorded by Rivers Cuomo in 2015. The song's bridge is repurposed from the demo "Real Life Friend". In November of 2020, in the weeks prior to the launch of the demo bundle storefront on riverscuomo.com, hundreds of MP3 filenames on Cuomo's computer were listed as dummy data on the then-unfinished web store. One such filename (I Can't Find The Words 2019-11-06 14.36.mp3) suggests that the song was revisited in 2019.
Lyrics
Sifting through the garbage mound
I wanna go back home, but the power is out
The concierge can't help me now
I'm lonely
Switching into airplane mode
Too afraid to ask for the bathroom code
Walking down this dusty road
I'm burning, I'm burning
I can't find the words
To tell you how I feel
But we don't have to talk about anything
I can't find the words
Or phrases fit for a queen
So I just want to look into your eyes
One notebook for everything
I don't wanna let down the family
Got to keep the name clean
I'm lonely, I'm lonely
I can't find the words
To tell you how I feel
So we don't have to talk about anything
I can't find the words
Or phrases fit for a queen
So I just want to look into your eyes
What I need is a real life friend
Someone natural and authentic
Can we both just let our guards down?
Can I show you?
Will you be my real life friend
I can't find the words
To tell you how I feel
But we don't have to talk about anything
I can't find the words
Or phrases fit for a queen
So I just want to look into your eyes
Known recordings
| Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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| Rivers Cuomo | High of 69 | High of 69 @80.mp3 | 2015 | 0:18 | Alone XII: The White Year | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | High of 69 | High of 69 2 @94.mp3 | 2015 | 0:40 | Alone XII: The White Year | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | High of 69 | High of 69 3@80.mp3 | 2015 | 0:48 | Alone XII: The White Year | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | Higher than the Sky | Higher Than The Sky 3 @100.mp3 | 2015 | 0:18 | Alone XII: The White Year | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | I Can't Find the Words | I Can't Find The Words 4.mp3 | 2015 | 0:37 | Alone XII: The White Year | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | I Can't Find the Words | I Can't Find The Words 6 high of.mp3 | 2015 | 1:55 | Alone XII: The White Year | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | Untitled2 2.mp3 | 2015 | 1:57 | Alone XII: The White Year | Chorus from "Why Won't You Love Me" | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | I Can't Find the Words | I Can't Find The Words 6 verse vo.mp3 | 2015 | 2:01 | Alone XII: The White Year | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | I Can't Find the Words | i_can't_find_the_word_bridge_check_7.mp3 | 2015 | 1:18 | Alone XII: The White Year | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | I Can't Find the Words | Untitled3 1.mp3 | 2015 | 1:19 | Alone XII: The White Year | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | I Can't Find the Words | I Can't Find The Words 9 bridge @1.mp3 | 2015 | 3:07 | Alone XII: The White Year | Bridge from "Real Life Friend" | |
| Rivers Cuomo | I Can't Find the Words | I Can't Find The Words 10 phrases.mp3 | 2015 | 3:04 | Alone XII: The White Year | Bridge from "Real Life Friend" | |
| Rivers Cuomo | I Can't Find the Words | I Can't Find The Words 2019-11-06 14.36.mp3 | November 6, 2019 |