Thief, You've Taken All That Was Me
| "Thief, You've Taken All That Was Me" | ||||||||||||||
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| Demo by Weezer | ||||||||||||||
| Album | Weezer's first demo | |||||||||||||
| Released | 1992 | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | May 1992 | |||||||||||||
| Length | 3:26 | |||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson | |||||||||||||
| RC# | 123 | |||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Weezer | |||||||||||||
| Status | unofficially released | |||||||||||||
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"Thief, You've Taken All That Was Me" is the first track from Weezer's first demo. The same recording was later added to The Kitchen Tape.
Appearances
- Weezer's first demo (1992)
- The Kitchen Tape (1992)
- Patrick & Rivers (2020)
Overview
"Thief, You've Taken All That Was Me" was written and demoed by Rivers Cuomo to 8-track in early 1992 as part of Cuomo and Pat Wilson's "50 Song Project". The song was rehearsed in the days following Weezer's formation on February 14, and is known to have been recorded during this period on the 16th. The song continued to be performed at various Weezer shows throughout the spring, and was one of three songs recorded for the band's first demo in May of 1992. The song was sometimes mislabeled as "Silent Dreams" during this period. According to Karl Koch's article in Weezine Issue #3, the recording from this demo is the same that appears on Weezer's second demo (The Kitchen Tape). The song is not known to have been performed by Weezer after the summer of 1992.
A demo of the song was released on the digital compilation, Patrick & Rivers on December 9, 2020.
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
- Jason Cropper – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Matt Sharp – bass guitar
- Patrick Wilson – percussion
Known live performances
- Weezer concert: 04/07/1992
- Weezer concert: 04/13/1992
- Weezer concert: 05/21/1992
- Weezer concert: 06/11/1992
- Weezer concert: 08/12/1992
Audio
Lyrics
Thief, of silent dreams
Of golden scenes
Stole away
All, it was in me
It wasn't me
Who slipped away
Now I stand with skin and bones
Without a dime to call my own
Only a voice to tell you
Thief, you've taken all that was me
Rain, It laughed so hard
It cried on me
You rain on me
Cleanse, cleanse my soul
The soul to be
The me to be
Now I stand with skin and bones
Without a dime to call my own
Only a voice to scream at you
Now I stand with skin and bones
Without a dime to call my own
Only a voice to scream at you
Thief, you've taken all that was me
Thief, you've taken all that was me
Thief, you've taken all that was me
Thief, you've taken all that was me
Now I stand with skin and bones
Without a dime to call my own
Only a voice to scream at you
Thief, you've taken all that was me
Thief, you've taken all that was me
