According to sonicyouth.com, Kim Gordon has said about this song:
I was sort of inspired by this book, Reena Spauling, who is kind of a fictional character. It’s a collaborative piece of writing by a bunch of people. It’s a fictional character about this fantastic kind of girl creature who makes he...
[Chorus]
You keep me coming home again
You keep me coming home again
[Verse 1]
When you were gone
I met a friend
She taught me how to
Live in the end
[Chorus]
You keep me coming home again
You keep me coming home again
[Verse 2]
Are her eyes
Brown or blue?
How does she keep her
Static cool
My heart and soul
Are rocked up in her eyes
A little blink, yea, I recognize
A little blink, yea, that's my prize
A white horse
Sitting right there by her side
Hard to ignore
Hard to disguise
She'll never ever
Realize
[Chorus]
You keep me coming home again
You keep me coming home again
[Bridge]
When you were gone
I was out of my mind
[Outro]
I had a friend who laughed all the time
I had a friend who cried all the time
I had a friend who screamed all the time
I had a friend who lied all the time
Reena was written by Kim Gordon & Steve Shelley & Lee Ranaldo & Thurston Moore.
Reena was produced by John Agnello & Sonic Youth.
Sonic Youth released Reena on Tue Jun 13 2006.
Thurston Moore:
Actually, some of these songs were taken from these short little cues I made for TV commercials. I got a gig early last year to do some TV commercial cues for HSBC bank. I think they used one or two. […] like 10-second pieces. So I have this whole grab bag of sonic riffs and I did t...