Stay up reading Mary Poppins
Overwhelmed by Netflix options
Boy found brains he never knew he had
Meet me there in Runyon Canyon
Fuel up, bitch, there's no more slackin'
Moses looks upon the promised land
I'm so high on cookies it's insane
Too many thoughts in my head now
I can't get out of my brain
They got me running in circles
Feel like I'm going insane
I had a funky night and my brain needs a break
I had a funky night and my brain needs a break
'Cause there's too many thoughts in my head, now
I can't get out of my brain
Tried to get my thoughts on paper
Comb my hair like I'm a gangster
Gotta do the dog and pony show
Algorithms sure ain't helping
Prefrontal cortex is melting
I'm going where the weather suits my clothes
I'm so high on Chopra it's insane
Too many thoughts in my head now
I can't get out of my brain
They got me running in circles
Feel like I'm going insane
I had a funky night and my brain needs a break
I had a funky night and my brain needs a break
'Cause there's too many thoughts in my head, now
I can't get out of my brain
I never wanted to be lonely
I never thought that life would turn out like this
I never thought that I'd feel empty
I'm really tired of this Lawrence Welk shit
Too many thoughts in my head now
I can't get out of my brain
They got me running in circles
Feel like I'm going insane
Nothing can titillate me
Dried up like a dead battery
Throw me upon the heap
Gonna be reused but it won't be me
Can't seem to get connected
What was the name of the network?
Dumb bots with a dumb program
I need a lover with a little more RAM
Too many thoughts in my head now
I can't get out of my brain
They got me running in circles
Feel like I'm going insane
Too Many Thoughts in My Head
"Too Many Thoughts in My Head" | |||||
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Album track by Weezer | |||||
Album | Weezer (The Black Album) | ||||
Released | March 1, 2019 | ||||
Recorded | 2018 | ||||
Length | 4:03 | ||||
Label | Crush Music/Atlantic Records | ||||
Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
Producer(s) | Dave Sitek | ||||
Status | officially released | ||||
Weezer (The Black Album) track listing | |||||
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This song is part of the "Too Many Thoughts in My Head" lineage of songs
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"Too Many Thoughts in My Head" is the seventh track from The Black Album.
Appearances
- Weezer (The Black Album) (2019)
- Alone VI: The Black Room (2020)
- Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years (2020)
- Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years (2024)
Background
"Too Many Thoughts in My Head" began as a song sketch (of the chorus) recorded by Cuomo at Cole Rehearsal Studios in 1997[1] or 1998. This recording was released to fans as part of the digital compilation Alone VI: The Black Room in 2020. Cuomo revisited the song in October of 2013. Demos from this period were released as part of the demo compilation Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years in 2020, and feature what would eventually become the final song's coda.
The song was revisited again in 2018 and was ultimately included on Weezer's Black Album (released in 2019). The song's bridge melody is lifted from the melody of a previous Cuomo composition, "Kimi wa saikuron" ("君はサイクロン," You Are a Cyclone) by Scott & Rivers (Cuomo's Japanese side-project with musician Scott Murphy). The lyrics for "Too Many Thoughts in My Head" also feature multiple phrases lifted from disparate sources. For example, "Going where the weather suits my clothes" is from the song "Everybody's Talkin'," by Fred Neil (and popularized by Harry Nilsson). The line "Boy found brains he never knew he had" is taken from the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption (the Black Album song "I'm Just Being Honest" also borrows a line from the film). The line "I'm really tired of this Lawrence Welk shit" is spoken by actor Kevin Spacey in the 1999 film American Beauty.
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo
- Patrick Wilson
- Brian Bell
- Scott Shriner
- Dave Sitek - production, engineering
- Lisa Boldyreva - assistant engineering
- Matty Green - mixing
- Eric Boulanger - mastering
Audio
Lyrics
Too many thoughts in my head now
I can’t get out of my brain
Running around in big circles
Feel like I’m going insane
Too many thoughts in my head now
I can’t get out of my brain
Running around in big circles
Feel like I’m going insane
Bunkered at my computer
Scared stiff of a pervert user
My mom will print this text
So you better not think
If you wanna have sex
Our friends are in the bar
We could go but it’s so damn far
Used up and then abandoned
Leave it all to the next generation
Too many thoughts in my head now
I can’t get out of my brain
Running around in big circles
Feel like I’m going insane
Nothing can titillate me
Dried up like a dead battery
Throw me upon the heap
Gonna be reused but it won't be me
Can't seem to get connected
What was the name of the network?
Dumb bots with a dumb program
I need a lover with a little more RAM
Too many thoughts in my head now
I can’t get out of my brain
Running around in big circles
Feel like I’m going insane
I stayed up reading Mary Poppins
Overwhelmed by Netflix options
I tried to find a way to clear my mind
I took a walk in Runyon Canyon
Scared to death of mountain lions
Poison oak might eat my flesh and eye
I'm so high on cookies it's insane
Too many thoughts in my head now
Running around in my brain
They got me running in circles
Feel like I'm going insane
I had a funky night and my brain needs a break
I had a funky night and my brain needs a break
'Cause there's too many thoughts in my head, now
Running around in my brain
I tried to get them down on paper
But they're too fast, like "see you later"
Could you be my court stenographer
Mass media isn't helping
Zap my circuits till they're melting
Purell kills only 99% of germs
I'm so high on Chopra it's insane
Too many thoughts in my head now
Running around in my brain
They got me running in circles
Feel like I'm going insane
I had a funky night and my brain needs a break
I had a funky night and my brain needs a break
'Cause there's too many thoughts in my head, now
Running around in my brain
Lonely
I never thought that life would turn out like this
I never thought that I'd feel empty
I'm really tired of this Lawrence Welk shit
Too many thoughts in my head now
Running around in my brain
They got me running in circles
Feel like I'm going insane
Nothing can titillate me
Dried up like a dead battery
Throw me upon the heap
Gonna be reused but it won't be me
Can't seem to get connected
What was the name of the network?
Dumb bots with a dumb program
I need a lover with a little more RAM
Funky night and my brain needs
Funky night and my brain needs
Funky night and my brain needs
Funky night and my brain needs
Known recordings
Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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Rivers Cuomo | 19 too many thoughts in my head, now.mp3 | 1997[1]—March 11, 1998 | Cole Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 1:27 | Alone VI: The Black Room | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Stab in the Dark | STAB IN THE DARK - ROUGH 1 - SEPT 7.mp3 | September 7, ? | 0:46 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | Instrumental, melody resembles "Too Many Thoughts" verse melody | |
Rivers Cuomo | Too Many Thoughts | TOO MANY THOUGHTS - ROUGH 1 - OCT 13.mp3 | October 13, 2013 | 1:00 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Too Many Thoughts | TOO MANY THOUGHTS - NO VCL.mp3 | October 2013(?) | 1:00 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | Instrumental | |
Rivers Cuomo | Ideas 10-15-2013 16h33m26s.mp3 | October 15, 2013 | 0:41 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | Coda vocal meter | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Too Many Thoughts in My Head | Too Many Thoughts In My Head.mp3 | 2013(?) | 2:28 | Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Too Many Thoughts in My Head | Too Many Thoughts In My Head @120 +3.mp3 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years | Duplicate of "Too Many Thoughts In My Head.mp3 | |||
Rivers Cuomo | Too Many Thoughts in My Head | Too Many Thoughts In My Head.mp3 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years | Duplicate of "Too Many Thoughts In My Head.mp3 | |||
Rivers Cuomo | Too Many Thoughts | TOO MANY THOUGHTS.mp3 | ? | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | Too Many Thoughts in My Head | too_many_thoughts_verse_2018_5_21_14_18_16.mp3 | May 21, 2018 | 2:14 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Too Many Thoughts in My Head | dictadroid28_2018_5_21_14_14_25.mp3 | May 21, 2018 | 2:06 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Too Many Thoughts in My Head | too_many_thought_verse_variation_2018_10_30_9_40_3.mp3 | October 30, 2018 | 3:28 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Too Many Thoughts in My Head | Too Many Thoughts In My Head 3 @126 +4.mp3 | 2018 | 3:54 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Too Many Thoughts in My Head | Too Many Thoughts In My Head 4 @126 +4.mp3 | 2018 | 3:54 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Too Many Thoughts in My Head | Too Many Thoughts In My Head 4 noc3 @126 +4.mp3 | 2018 | 2:59 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Too Many Thoughts in My Head | Too Many Thoughts In My Head 5 @126 +4.mp3 | 2018 | 4:02 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Too Many Thoughts in My Head | Too Many Thoughts In My Head 9 personal +4.mp3 | 2018 | 3:48 | Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years | ||
Rivers Cuomo | Too Many Thoughts in My Head | TooManyThoughts Matty Ref 4 LIM.mp3 | 2018 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | Too Many Thoughts in My Head | TooManyThoughts Matty Ref 8 LIM.mp3 | 2018 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo | Too Many Thoughts in My Head | TooManyThoughts Matty Ref 9 LIM.mp3 | 2018 | ||||
Weezer | Too Many Thoughts in My Head | 2018 |
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4:03 | Weezer (The Black Album) |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Heisel, Scott. Black Album bio - November 2018