Shadow of a Doubt
Sonic Youth * Track #2 On EVOL
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Album EVOL
Shadow of a Doubt by Sonic Youth
Performed by
Sonic YouthProduced by
Martin BisiWrited by
Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo & Steve Shelley & Kim GordonAbout
The second track on Sonic Youth’s 1986 album Evol, following “Tom Violence”.
The lyrics were inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s film Strangers on a Train. Also, Shadow of a Doubt is the title of another Hitchcock film.
The music video was directed by Kevin Kerslake and features Kim Gordon sitting on t...
Shadow of a Doubt Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Met a stranger on a train
He bumped right into me
Swear I didn't mean it
Swear it wasn't meant to be
Must've been a dream
From a thousand years ago
I swear I didn't mean it
Swear it wasn't meant to be
From the bottom of my heart
He was looking all over me
You take me and I'll take you
You kill him and I'll kill her
Swear it wasn't meant to be
Swear I didn't mean it
Kiss me
Kiss me in the shadow of
Kiss me in the shadow of a doubt
Kiss me
Kiss me in the shadow of
Kiss me in the shadow of a doubt
[Verse 2]
Must've been a dream
It's just a dream I had (No, no, no)
Swear it was just a dream
Just a dream (Swear it wasn't meant to be)
Dream I had
No, no, no, no (Swear, no, no, no, no, no, no)
Didn't do it, didn't do it
Maybe, maybe (No)
It's just a dream
Just a dream
It's just a
Just a
No
[Verse 3]
Met a stranger on a train
He bumped right into me
Swear I didn't mean it
Swear it wasn't meant to be
Must've been a dream
From a thousand years ago
Kiss me
Kiss me in the shadow of a doubt
Kiss me
Shadow of a Doubt Q&A
Who wrote Shadow of a Doubt's ?
Shadow of a Doubt was written by Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo & Steve Shelley & Kim Gordon.
Who produced Shadow of a Doubt's ?
Shadow of a Doubt was produced by Martin Bisi.
What guitar tunings are used for this song?
Thurston uses F#F#F#F#EB, and Lee uses F#F#AAEE.
What do the EVOL CD liner notes say about this song?
Didn’t have the word “violence” in it – it was violence. Plunging headlong, silently, with great noise all around, to destruction. The bliss of near impact.
– Lisa Crystal Carver, 1993