Trilogy by Sonic Youth
Trilogy by Sonic Youth

Trilogy

Sonic Youth * Track #12 On Daydream Nation

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Trilogy by Sonic Youth

Release Date
Tue Oct 18 1988
Performed by
Sonic Youth
Produced by
Sonic Youth & Nick Sansano
Writed by
Lee Ranaldo & Thurston Moore & Steve Shelley & Kim Gordon
About

The closing song to the classic Daydream Nation is a three-part piece. Some CD versions slice it into different tracks, but the liner notes separate it as:
a) “The Wonder”
b) “Hyperstation”
z) “Eliminator Jr.”

While parts a) and b) fit more seamlessly, and are both sung by Thurston Moore, part z) b...

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Trilogy Lyrics

The Wonder

[Verse 1]
I see flashing eyes
They're flashing 'cross to me
Burning up the sky
Sunshining into me
Your locus crown
A cop-killing heartbeat
Head's looking down
Bowing out to the street

[Chorus]
I'm just walking around
Your city is a wonder town

[Verse 2]
Lips red to white
Lips green in blacked night
Your spirit flares
Flaring up leonine

[Chorus]
I'm just walking around
Your city is a wonder town

[Verse 3]
Transmitter rhyme
Transmitter all the time
Looking up to the sky
I'm seeing ghosts flying

[Chorus]
I'm just walking around
Your city is a wonder town

[Bridge]
I think I've been there once before
Something tells me there's so much more
She's back in town to even the score
It's time to go

[Verse 4]
I see flashing eyes
They're flashing 'cross to me
Burning up the sky
Sunshining into me
Your locus crown
A cop-killing heartbeat
Head's looking down
Bowing out to the street

[Chorus]
I'm just walking around
Your city is a wonder town

Hyperstation

[Verse 1]
Falling out of sleep, I hit the floor
I pull on some rock tee and I'm out with the door
From Bowery to Broome to Greene, I'm a walking lizard
Last night's dream was a talking baby wizard

[Chorus]
All coming from female imagination
Daydreaming days in a daydream nation

[Verse 2]
Smashed up against a car at 3 AM
The kids dressed up for basketball beat me in my head
There's bum trash in my hall and my place is ripped
I totaled another amp, I'm calling in sick

[Chorus]
It's an anthem in a vacuum on a hyperstation
Daydreaming days in a daydream nation

Eliminator Jr.​

[Verse 1]
Tears cruise away, packed and then took a shit
The sky is ours, dark stains on his pants
Enough to make him blush around the bone
Take a walk in the park? Shit, yeah!

[Verse 2]
It's a poor boy, a rich boy
A poor rich boy coming right through me
Rich boy, poor boy
Poor rich boy coming right through me

Trilogy Q&A

Who wrote Trilogy's ?

Trilogy was written by Lee Ranaldo & Thurston Moore & Steve Shelley & Kim Gordon.

Who produced Trilogy's ?

Trilogy was produced by Sonic Youth & Nick Sansano.

When did Sonic Youth release Trilogy?

Sonic Youth released Trilogy on Tue Oct 18 1988.

What guitar tunings are used for this song?

Thurston uses GGDDD#D# for the whole thing. Lee uses GGC#DGG for “The Wonder” and “Hyperstation” but switches GGDDGG for “Eliminator Jr”, which he also used for live performances of “Hyperstation” in 2007.

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