Weezer - Say it ain't so

"Say it ain't so" is the third single by American rock band Weezer, Released July 13, 1995, as both a single and as a part of their debut album, Weezer (The Blue Album). Written (like most Weezer songs) by frontman Rivers Cuomo, the song came to be after he had all the music finished and one line, "Say it ain't so". Cuomo made a connection to an incident in high school where he came home and saw a bottle of beer in the fridge. Because he had believed his parents split up when he was four because his dad was an alcoholic, he began to fear that his step father would soon leave his mother much like the way his father did. The music video for "Say It Ain't So", directed by Sophie Muller, was less successful than the previous two Weezer videos directed by Spike Jonze, however the song was still successful climbing to the top 10 of the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It featured the band performing in the garage of their former house, and the bandmates playing hacky sack in the backyard...

Oh yeah...all right...
Somebody's Heine' is crowdin' my icebox
Somebody’s cold one is givin' me chills
Guess I'll just close my eyes

Oh yeah...
All right...feels good...inside
Flip on the telly, Wrestle with Jimmy
Something is a-bubbling, behind my back
The bottle is ready to blow...

Say it ain't so.....Your drug is a heartbreaker
Say it ain't so.....My love is a lifetaker

I can't confront you, I never could do
That which might hurt you, just try and be cool, And I say...
This way.... is a waterslide away from me that takes you further every day
...so be cool

Say it ain't so.....Your drug is a heartbreaker
Say it ain't so.....My love is a lifetaker

Dear Daddy,
I write you in spite of years of silence.
You've cleaned up, found Jesus, things are good or so I hear
This bottle of Steven's awakens ancient feelings
Like father, stepfather, the son is drowning in the flood
Yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah

Say it ain't so.....Your drug is a heartbreaker.
Say it ain't so.....My love is a lifetaker.....



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