The Damage in Your Heart
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| Album track by Weezer | |||||
| Album | Make Believe | ||||
| Released | May 10, 2005 | ||||
| Format | CD, Vinyl | ||||
| Recorded | Summer 2004 | ||||
| Length | 4:03 | ||||
| Label | Geffen | ||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
| COR# | 590 | ||||
| Producer(s) | Weezer, Rick Rubin, Chad Bamford | ||||
| Status | Officially released | ||||
| Live debut | October 13, 2005 | ||||
| Stream |  Spotify |
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"The Damage in Your Heart" is the seventh track from Make Believe.
Appearances
- Make Believe (2005)
Overview
"The Damage in Your Heart" was included on Rivers Cuomo's "A-List" in February of 2004 during pre-production on Make Believe, though after writing more demos over the following spring, the song was no longer part of his "A-List". Following the album's release, the other members of the band discussed how they pushed for the song's inclusion:
Brian: “The Damage in Your Heart” was actually a song that me, Scott, and Pat kind of fought for, or wanted, from Rivers’ demo. When he went back to school, we kind of finished the album, had our twelve songs, and that was one of the ones that we thought we should look at again. For some reason, the three of us were drawn to it…
Pat: I think it was Rivers’ 13th favorite, right?
Rivers: Something like that
Brian: And he was really open to the idea of trying anything we wanted to try on this album, so, you know, we tried lots of songs that didn’t make it. But the fact that we persisted on that—just took his demo and kind of redid it while he was gone, and then he finished it up—was kind of an interesting process. I don’t know if the song, for me, turned out as well as I wanted it to, but it certainly is a nice song.
Rivers: Yeah, I have to say I’m really grateful to these guys for believing in this song and pushing for it to be on the album. And in so many other ways, just like this, they helped me stay on course while we were making the album, and keep me from going too far in one direction or the other, either with my songwriting, or my singing, or my guitar-playing. This album wouldn’t even exist if it weren’t for the other three guys in this band really keeping me on course, and supporting me, pushing me, encouraging me. So it was a real band effort.
Scott: Cool
Pat: That’s huge
- —Band commentary[1]
The song features violin instrumentation by Akiko Tarumoto of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
"The Damage in Your Heart" has been performed live only twice, to date.
Live performances
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
- Patrick Wilson – percussion
- Brian Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Scott Shriner – bass guitar
- Akiko Tarumoto - violin
- Rick Rubin - producer
- Josh Abraham - mixing
Audio
Lyrics
One more time
I have crossed the line
Now you won't be mine
Anymore
One more dream
Vanished up in smoke
Now I have no hope
Anymore
Let it go
The damage in your heart
Let it go
The damage in your heart
I can't tell you how the words have made me feel
I can't tell you how the words have made me feel
One more tear
Falling down your face
Doesn't mean that much
To the world
One more loss
In a losing life
Doesn't hurt so bad
Anymore
Let it go
The damage in your heart
Let it go
The damage in your heart
I can't tell you how the words have made me feel
I can't tell you how the words have made me feel
One more tear
Falling down your face
Doesn't mean that much
To the world
Let it go
The damage in your heart
Let it go
The damage in your heart
I can't tell you how the words have made me feel
I can't tell you how the words have made me feel
I can't tell you, I can't tell you
I can't tell you how the words have made me feel
Known recordings
| Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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| Rivers Cuomo | The Damage in Your Heart | 02 380 The Damage in Your Heart.mp3 | January 9, 2004 | 4:30 | Alone IX: The Make Believe Years | ||
| Rivers Cuomo | The Damage in Your Heart | 16 590 The Damage in Your Heart.mp3 | February 20, 2004 | S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 4:22 | Alone IX: The Make Believe Years | |
| Rivers Cuomo | The Damage in Your Heart | February 27, 2004[1] | S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| Rivers Cuomo | The Damage in Your Heart | July 3, 2004[1] | S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| Weezer | The Damage in Your Heart | October 5, 2004[1] | Grandmaster Recorders, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| Weezer | The Damage in Your Heart | October 5, 2004—February 2005[1] | Grandmaster Recorders, Los Angeles, CA | Rough mix | |||
| Weezer | The Damage in Your Heart | October 5, 2004—Spring 2005 | Grandmaster Recorders, Los Angeles, CA | 4:02 | Leaked online | Unmastered | |
| Weezer | The Damage in Your Heart | October 5, 2004—Spring 2005 | Grandmaster Recorders, Los Angeles, CA | 4:03 | Make Believe |