Rivers seems to be placing himself in his father’s shoes and imagining what it would be like to die knowing your children hate you.
His relationship with his father was explored on “Say It Ain’t So,” a song from the band’s 1994 debut. The lyric, “Dear Daddy, I write you in spite of years of silenc...
[Intro]
Simple love songs
Drenched in blood songs
Coming out all wrong songs
[Verse 1]
Hesitate to throw your stones
When criminals are victims
Looking back into our past
There's no cause for these symptoms now
[Chorus]
Forgive your foolish father
He did the best that he could do
You are his daughter
And he'd do anything for you
[Verse 2]
Think of how destroyed he feels
Walking to his grave plot
Knowing that the one he loves
Hates him with all of her heart
[Chorus]
Forgive your foolish father
He did the best that he could do
You are his daughter
And he'd do anything for you
[Bridge]
These nucleotides are paired up in a strand
How comical this stuff that makes a man
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Forgive your foolish father (Forgive your father)
He did the best that he could do
You are his daughter (You are his daughter)
And he'd do anything for you
Anything for you, anything for you
Anything, anything
Anything for you (Anything for you)
[Outro]
Everything will be alright in the end
Everything will be alright in the end
Everything will be alright in the end
Everything will be alright in the end
Everything, everything, everything will be alright now
Everything will be alright in the end
(Except you die)
Foolish Father was written by Rivers Cuomo & Patrick Stickles.
Foolish Father was produced by Ric Ocasek.
Weezer released Foolish Father on Tue Oct 07 2014.