u/The_Fiji_Water

We have two versions of the song and I believe the first one is absolutely inspired by Rivers reflecting on the relationship and breakup with Matt Sharp:

• reflecting on private memories and Rivers admitting he didn't realize how important Matt was to him

• a relationship that changed and became toxic

The second verse is a little too on the nose.

• “I went to college / you went on tour”

The fork in the road, Rivers going to college and Matt going on tour with The Rentals.

• " You made me feel like I was special / But now I’m not sure I could even let ya"

Matt was the emotional center that validated Rivers early on and hyped the songs and the band. Rivers dealing with his wounds.

• “Meet back at Canter’s / this time I’ll buy”

And then it sounds like Rivers wanting to make an attempt at reconciliation, "this time I'll buy,"

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The rewritten second verse seems like it could read as a reflection of Mikey and Rivers' lost relationship.

• “Every night’s your birthday, got shows back to back”

Green Album days and Mikey partying like its his birthday

• “hand on the burner, cracking the skull”

Self-destruction and mind-altering

• “Is it still hedonism if you’re feeling miserable?”

His behavior / drug use once seen as excessive hedonism wasn't actually pleasure seeking but instead self-medication and self-destruction.

• “Don’t want your songs to become the clues to why we lost you”

That fits Mikey painfully well: touring, drugs, mental-health collapse, then paintings/art afterward, then his death. The “songs” word may stay because it’s a song lyric and because Weezer’s world is music, but emotionally it can include paintings.

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