“Off You” features what Deal refers to as “that noise.”
“We were at the studio. ‘Off You’ sounds good. The bass is done, the guitar is done. Then Kelley wanted to play bass pedals. It came out as so obviously not a noise that would go with the song, but it sounded cool.”
I've laid this island sun a thousand times
I'm on it, but I'm going strange
This island's chills and shell cover me
With winded rock and skies I've yet to see
I tried, I even sent in friends
They did it as a favor, 'cause I'm not that way
I am the autumn and the scarlet
I am the make-up on your eyes
I land to sail, island sail
Yeah, we're movin', yeah, we're movin'
This island's sun I've laid a thousand times
Fortune me, fortune me
Of all of my mistakes I think I lent you late
Now every set percent seemed to come my way
But I've never seen a starlet
Or a riot or the violence of you
I am the autumn and the scarlet
I am the make-up on your eyes
I land to sail, island sail
Yeah, we're movin'
Yeah, we're movin'
I land to sail, island sail
Yeah, we're movin'
Yeah, we're movin'
Yeah, we're movin'
Off You was written by Kim Deal.
Off You was produced by Steve Albini.
The Breeders released Off You on Tue Mar 26 2002.