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"'''The Purification of Water'''" is | "'''The Purification of Water'''" is the third track from ''[[Alone II]]''. One of Weezer's most lauded demos, it circulated among fans for years prior to its official release. | ||
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That night the band and the crew were able to meet some of the girls in the crowd. I met a girl named Aliss. Aliss didn't speak English so I was extra-stimulated by my interaction with her. I was forced to exercise my Spanish language muscles. Over the next few days, she showed me around the city. She took me to her home where I was surprised to see her family living all together in one room, as did the other families in the area. Everyone seemed happy and cozy in spite of the conditions. Aliss and I had a great time together and I noted with pride that I actually seemed to be having more luck than the actual "rock stars," none of whom had yet paired off with anyone. The arena concert on the twentieth turned out to be a complete bust. For reasons unknown to me, hardly anyone attended the concert, apart from the thirty or so kids who had organized it. The arena looked totally barren. | That night the band and the crew were able to meet some of the girls in the crowd. I met a girl named Aliss. Aliss didn't speak English so I was extra-stimulated by my interaction with her. I was forced to exercise my Spanish language muscles. Over the next few days, she showed me around the city. She took me to her home where I was surprised to see her family living all together in one room, as did the other families in the area. Everyone seemed happy and cozy in spite of the conditions. Aliss and I had a great time together and I noted with pride that I actually seemed to be having more luck than the actual "rock stars," none of whom had yet paired off with anyone. The arena concert on the twentieth turned out to be a complete bust. For reasons unknown to me, hardly anyone attended the concert, apart from the thirty or so kids who had organized it. The arena looked totally barren. | ||
The next day Aliss and I said goodbye to each other as the King Size crew returned to L.A. She gave me a tape of a Guatemalan band named Garibaldi which I took with me and listened to a few times, thinking back wistfully on my Latin girlfriend. I recognized that the heartache I felt apart from Aliss was another good subject for a song. Specifically, I wanted to capture my pessimistic belief that the love I seek in relationships will always break my heart because all relationships must come to an end. I used a metaphor to stand in for my romantic longing: a thirsty gringo | The next day Aliss and I said goodbye to each other as the King Size crew returned to L.A. She gave me a tape of a Guatemalan band named Garibaldi which I took with me and listened to a few times, thinking back wistfully on my Latin girlfriend. I recognized that the heartache I felt apart from Aliss was another good subject for a song. Specifically, I wanted to capture my pessimistic belief that the love I seek in relationships will always break my heart because all relationships must come to an end. I used a metaphor to stand in for my romantic longing: a thirsty gringo traveling south of the border, made sick by the water he so desperately seeks. The song was called '''"The Purification of Water" (Track 3)''' | ||
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