Portia

"Portia"
Album track by Weezer
Album	SZNZ: Summer
Recorded	2022
Label	Atlantic, Crush
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo
Producer(s)	Daniel Omelio, Suzy Shinn
Status	Officially released
SZNZ: Summer track listing
"Cuomoville" (6) "Portia" (7) (vinyl-only) "Thank You and Good Night" (8)

"Portia" (formerly titled "Dorothy") is the seventh track on vinyl releases of the EP SZNZ: Winter. It is the vinyl-exclusive bonus track for that album.

Appearances

• SZNZ: Summer (vinyl, 2023)

Overview

Cuomo mentioned the song title "Dorothy" in an edit on his wiki, Riverpedia, on February 16, 2021, indicating that it was planned for the summer-themed segment of Weezer's forthcoming 2022 album project, SZNZ. Said Cuomo, "Aww yeah jake loves dorothy from summer"

Rivers Cuomo first confirmed the song title "Portia" on his Discord server on June 13, 2022 after a clip of the song was discovered by fans in the source code for Cuomo's web game Weezle, as one of several planned teasers for SZNZ: Summer. "Portia" was confirmed to be a reworking of "Dorothy" when a demo of the latter was leaked online on December 25, 2022. Weeks before the song officially released, a snippet of the song leaked online featuring alternate chorus lyrics (“Down, down, down with the Father on high”) from the final version.

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Dorothy	Dorothy 2021-02-04 16.07-2.mp3	February 4, 2021		3:23	Leaked online
Weezer	Portia		2022	4th Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA	3:25	SZNZ: Summer (vinyl only)

Lyrics

"Portia" Portia, put your dog into your basket Deep down, we all have fear; we learn to mask it Any way the wind will blow There is no place like a home Click your heels and we'll ride on this tornado Portia, tell me what has made you so scared? Who came to hurt the little girl in there? If you didn't know it then Well, you gotta know it now No one can be holier than thou Down, down, down with the wizard Down, down, down with the wizard Down, down, down, tear his crown to the ground He's the emperor Without a single shred of clothes Any way the wind will blow There is no place like a home Click your heels And we'll ride on this tornado Down, down, down with the wizard Down, down, down with the wizard Down, down, down, tear his crown to the ground He's the emperor Without a single shred of clothes Portia, Portia Sometimes we have to hurt The very one we love Portia Portia, wrap your body in a cilice We are strong, even if it's gonna kill us With a thunderbolt of Jove Staying true to what we know Click your heels And we'll ride on this tornado

"Dorothy" Dorothy, put your dog into your basket Deep down, we all have fear; we learn to mask it Any way the wind will blow There is no place like a home Click your heels and we'll ride on this tornado Dorothy, tell me what has made you so scared? Who came and hurt the little girl in there? If you didn't know it then Well, you gotta know it now You're special, you're the kitty cat's meow Down, down, down with the wizard Down, down, down with the wizard Let us down all these years, turning gears But we know he's the emperor Without a single shred of clothes If you didn't know it then Well, you gotta know it now You're special, you're the kitty cat's meow Down, down, down with the wizard Down, down, down with the wizard Let us down all these years, turning gears But we know he's the emperor Without a single shred of clothes

See also

• SZNZ
• List of Weezer songs
• List of Rivers Cuomo songs