Sunshine (a)

There are two songs by Rivers Cuomo titled "Sunshine." For the other song, see Sunshine (b). Not to be confused with "Sunshine O."

"Sunshine"
Demo by Rivers Cuomo
from the album Alone VI: The Black Room
Recorded	1998 at TK Productions & Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles
Songwriter(s)	Rivers Cuomo
RC#	298
Status	Demos circulating
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
"I Don't Need You, You Think I Need?" (RC# 297) "Sunshine" (RC# 298) "Stars Shine Bright Across the Avenue" (RC# 299)

"Sunshine" (or "I'm Falling Apart") is a song demoed by Rivers Cuomo.

Appearances

• Alone VI: The Black Room (2020)

Overview

"Sunshine" was recorded in August of 1998 at TK Productions & Rehearsal Studios in Los Angeles (one of several "TK demos" from this period). It is distinct from another song of the same name listed in the Catalog O' Riffs, recorded in late 1998 or early 1999. Cuomo's "Grand File" lists the song with the accompanying date of August 4, 1998, but it is unknown if this date corresponds to the recording of the song. "Sunshine" was one of hundreds of demo recordings leaked through the demo storefront on riverscuomo.com on November 7, 2020, before it was released officially as part of the demo compilation Alone VI: The Black Room on November 22.

Lyrics

Save me
I'm fallin' apart
I'm fallin' apart without you
Make me
I don't wanna start
I don't wanna start 'cause I'll lose
Take me
Away from the crowd
Away from the crowd of the day
Wake me
Whenever you want
Whenever you want, it's okay

In my head
Think I'm dead
In my mind
Out of time
And I lose
Everything
???

Save me
I'm fallin' apart
I'm fallin' apart without you
Make me
I don't wanna start
I don't wanna start 'cause I'll lose
Take me
Away from the crowd
Away from the crowd of the day
Wake me
Whenever you want
Whenever you want it's okay

In my head
Think I'm dead
In my mind
Out of time
And I ???
???
???

In my head
Think I'm dead
In my mind (in the dreams, they are fine)
Out of time
And I lose
Everything
And I don't care

???shine whatever you want
Moonshine I'm barely alive, I'm barely alive without you
Sunshine I'm barely alive, I'm barely alive without you

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Sunshine	TK-7 Sunshine.mp3	August 4(?), 1998	TK Productions & Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA	3:42	Alone VI: The Black Room
Rivers Cuomo	Sunshine	39 sunshine alt chorus melody.mp3	September 1998		0:27	Alone VI: The Black Room

See also

• List of Rivers Cuomo songs
• Alone VI: The Black Room