So Low

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"So Low"
So Low cover
Demo by Weezer
Album Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years
Recorded 2001
Writer(s) Rivers Cuomo
RC# 615
COR# 295
Status Circulating
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
"Faith in the Light"
(RC# 614)
"So Low"
(RC# 615)
"How Long?"
(RC# 616)

This song is part of the "Mansion of Cardboard" (COR# 295) lineage of songs

"So Low" (formerly "Take Back the Love") is a song by Weezer.

Appearances

Overview

Rivers Cuomo recorded a demo of "So Low" to an Olympus handheld digital recorder[1] in 2001. The song was first recorded by Weezer at Sage and Sound Studios in the summer of 2001. During these sessions, an MP3 of the song was intended to be released on weezer.com, but a corrupted, 2.58kb file was uploaded by mistake. "So Low" was performed live by the band several times throughout 2001, notably at that summer's KROQ Inland Invasion festival and as Goat Punishment at the Knitting Factory for the show HBO Reverb.

"So Low" was later reworked into "Mansion of Cardboard" during the band's early demo sessions for their planned fifth album.

Live performances

Lyrics

In your room
In your eyes
Silver spoon
Big surprise

In the darkest of days
I will love you some way
I need love
Babe, I need love

And I want you to know
So low

In your eyes
In your dreams
And the room
Drifts away

In the darkest of hours
I'll remain in your power
I need love
Babe, I need love

And I want you to
Take back the love you gave me, baby
Sometimes you drive me crazy, baby
This time I want to cry and be alone
Whoa, so low

Known recordings

Performer(s) Title Filename Date of recording Recording location Length Appeared on Notes
Rivers Cuomo Take Back the Love 295 Take Back the Love.mp3 2001 1:59 Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years
Rivers Cuomo Take Back the Love 293 Take Back the Love.mp3 2001 1:59 Alone IX: The Make Believe Years Duplicate of 295 Take Back the Love.mp3
Rivers Cuomo mansion of cardboard strum.mp3 2001(?) 0:29 Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years
Weezer So Low WEEZER-2001-09-06-SnSDemos-So_Low_295.mp3 September 6, 2001 Sage and Sound Recording, Los Angeles, CA Corrupt file uploaded to weezer.com
Weezer So Low October 24, 2001 The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA Reverb (TV series)
For subsequent demos, see "Mansion of Cardboard"
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See also

References