Beautiful Lies
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| Demo by Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Albums | Alone XII: The White Year Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years |
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| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | |
| Status | released | |
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This song is part of the "Weekend Woman" lineage of songs
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"Beautiful Lies" is a song written by Rivers Cuomo. The demo was released as part of the digital compilation Alone XII: The White Year.
Appearances
Overview
On April 14, 2016, a Weezer Fan Club user made a post on the official Facebook group asking Cuomo if he would post more lyric annotations on the website Genius.com[1]. In the thread, Cuomo replied "i'd have to go back and look at my notes. i kinda forget everything i work on after a few days. I could tell you tons about BEAUTIFUL LIES or GUN IT!"[2]
This song's chorus was later appropriated as the bridge of the 2017 Pacific Daydream song "Weekend Woman". Cuomo's original demos were released in 2020 and 2021, as part of the digital compilations Alone XII: The White Year and Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years, respectively.
Lyrics
Beautiful Lies (ver. 2)
I came to New York for rock and roll
Trying to save the white man's soul
There's something that you should probably know
Whoa, whoa
I don't mean to cross you up
My whole being cries out for love
Sometimes a man can't help what he does
Whoa, whoa
I won't believe your beautiful lies
You don't have to die to go to heaven
I won't believe your beautiful lies
It almost makes me feel young again
Your father used to go on trips
As Santa Claus with a bag of gifts
It's so hard not to fall for this
Whoa, whoa
Curled up like a little girl
Your white shoes are so beautiful
But some things are not forgivable
Whoa, whoa
I won't believe your beautiful lies
You don't have to die to go to heaven
I won't believe your beautiful lies
It almost makes me feel young again
Known recordings
| Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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| Rivers Cuomo | Beautiful Lies | Beautiful Lies 2 @126.mp3 | 2015 | 2:20 | Alone XII: The White Year | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | Beautiful Lies | Beautiful Lies 3 tweaked chorus melody @128.mp3 | 2016—2017 | 2:18 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | Beautiful Lies | Beautiful Lies 4 no drums @64.mp3 | 2016—2017 | 2:18 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years | Vocals and keyboard track | |
| Rivers Cuomo | Beautiful Lies | Beautiful Lies 4 INST @64.mp3 | 2016—2017 | 2:18 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years | Instrumental track |
