Where to Start
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| Demo by Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Album | Alone IX: The Make Believe Years | |
| Recorded | 2004 | |
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | |
| COR# | 532 | |
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This song is part of the "Where to Start" (COR# 532) lineage of songs
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"Where to Start" (also known as "All I Need to Know" or "All I Need to Know Is Where to Start") is a song written by Rivers Cuomo and demoed by Weezer in contention for the band's 2005 album, Make Believe. The song is a reworking of an earlier Cuomo demo titled "Clearer Eyes." It is one of several scrapped songs from the album sessions dubbed "the Fallen Soldiers" by Karl Koch.
Appearances
Overview
The demo "Clearer Eyes" was recorded by Rivers Cuomo in 2003 at the band's rented office space in 2003, and possibly demoed as a band in August of that year at Rod Cervera's studio. Cuomo demoed the song himself at Cello Studios in December.
Cuomo later rewrote "Clearer Eyes" as "All I Need to Know" and continued demoing it at S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios periodically throughout 2004, initially putting the song on his "A-list" of songs in contention for the band's planned album. The song was not initially in consideration by the time the band entered Grandmaster Recorders to record Make Believe, but the song was reattempted by the remaining band members after Rivers Cuomo left the studio in September to resume classes at Harvard. A finished studio recording of "Where to Start" (sans final mix) was completed as of October but ultimately went unused. The eleven unusued songs from these sessions were later dubbed "the Fallen Soldiers" by Karl Koch.
Lyrics
Is there someone I can find
Who will bring me peace of mind?
I am alone, always have been
Never have opened up
Never shared from my cup
I am looking outward
Seeing what I see
Is there any other
Who is right for me?
I will give her all my love
With an open heart
All I need to know is
Where to start
I am wiser than before
When I opened every door
Looking inside, running away
Scared of what I might find
Now I'm crossing the line
I am looking outward
Seeing what I see
Is there any other
Who is right for me?
I will give her all my love
With an open heart
All I need to know is where to start
Please save me, please save me
Please save me from myself
Please save me, please save me
Please save me from myself
I am looking outward
Seeing what I see
Is there any other
Who is right for me?
I will give her all my love
With an open heart
All I need to know is
Where to start
And I will give her all my love
With an open heart
All I need to know is
Where to start
All I need to know is
Where to start
Known recordings
| Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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| For prior demos, see "Clearer Eyes" | |||||||
| Rivers Cuomo | All I Need to Know | 01 532 All I Need to Know 2004-02-03.mp3 | February 3, 2004 | S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 3:53 | Alone IX: The Make Believe Years | |
| Rivers Cuomo | All I Need to Know | 01 532 All I Need to Know.mp3 | February 20, 2004 | S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 3:53 | Alone IX: The Make Believe Years | |
| Rivers Cuomo | All I Need to Know Is Where to Start | 10 532 All I Need to Know is Where t.mp3 | April 23, 2004 | S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 3:57 | Alone IX: The Make Believe Years | |
| Rivers Cuomo | Where to Start | 05 Where to Start 2004-07-05 532.mp3 | July 5, 2004 | S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA | 4:05 | Alone IX: The Make Believe Years | |
| Weezer | Where to Start | July 22—September 25, 2004 | Grandmaster Recorders, Los Angeles, CA | Rough mix | |||
| Weezer | Where to Start | July 22—October 4, 2004 | Grandmaster Recorders, Los Angeles, CA | Completed, no final mix | |||