Sunny Day Real Estate
Sunny Day Real Estate
Sunny Day Real Estate
Sunny Day Real Estate
Sunny Day Real Estate
Sunny Day Real Estate
Sunny Day Real Estate
Sunny Day Real Estate
Sunny Day Real Estate
Sunny Day Real Estate
Many believe this song to be about the bassist, Nate Mendel leaving Sunny Day Real Estate to join Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters.
Enigk uses imagery of a hostile stereotypical capitalist setting to frame Mendel leaving the band. It can be implied that Enigk may be blaming the nature of the music i...
[Verse 1]
We choke on the poison wind
Well, these sad eyes can tell the story
Walk along an empire's path
And you said you'd come back again
But you talk to yourself
Believing the fear that drives your greed
When you discover the empty place
A hollow world of instant pleasures
[Chorus]
The way you were
So disturbed
What's your worth?
[Post-Chorus]
Try to smile as they devour our youth
[Verse 2]
With a diamond eye, you gaze
At the blackened plains spread out beneath you
When the lights go out
You see the world as you have never known it
And I talked to myself
Believing that you would come back again
[Chorus]
The way you were
So disturbed
What's your worth?
What is it you heard?
[Post-Chorus]
Try to smile as they devour our youth
The Shark’s Own Private Fuck was written by Jeremy Enigk & Dan Hoerner & William Goldsmith & Jeff Palmer.
The Shark’s Own Private Fuck was produced by Greg Williamson.
Sunny Day Real Estate released The Shark’s Own Private Fuck on Tue Sep 08 1998.