In an interview with NPR, Rivers Cuomo said:
In each of the four EPs [of SZNZ] at least one of the songs interpolate one of his riffs. So it was fun to take a bit of one of his ideas and set my own lyrics to it and try to make it sound like a modern rock song. But I think most people are going to h...
[Verse 1]
One night out under the stars
One night out under the stars
With Romeo and Juliet
One night out under the stars
One night out under the stars
Have you seen this one yet?
[Pre-Chorus]
Shakespeare makes me happy
Shakespeare makes me happy
So happy, and I'm happy to be with you
Shakespeare makes me happy
Shakespeare makes me happy
So happy, and I'm happy to be with you
[Chorus]
We may be
Garden variety
But we can step inside
Of his immortal mind
We get a wider view
Some universal truth
And when we step inside
That's when we realize
This is your life
[Verse 2]
We lay down in the grass
We lay down in the grass
For Henry the IV part 1
And it feels so lovely to laugh
And it feels so lovely to cry
Like a personal battle won
[Pre-Chorus]
Hamlet makes me happy
Falstaff makes me happy
So happy, and I'm happy to be with you
Rosalind makes me happy
Beatrice makes me happy
So happy, and I'm happy to be with you
[Chorus]
We may be
Quite ordinary
But we can step inside
Of his immortal mind
We gain some empathy
Some perspicacity
It happens every time
He makes me want to write
This is your life
This is your life
This is your life
On opening night
Opening Night was written by Rivers Cuomo.
Opening Night was produced by Jake Sinclair & Ethan Gruska & Suzy Shinn.
Weezer released Opening Night on Sun Mar 20 2022.