Sonic Youth
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The only song written and sung by experimentalist Lee Ranaldo left on one of SY’s most pop albums, as the exquisite “Genetic” was demoted to b-side.
In a recent interview with a Brazilian website, Ranaldo has been revealing, tho still partly mysterious about the meaning of the lyrics and about his...
[Verse 1]
I see your wishes on the wall
And that's alright with me
I see you run to make a call
Hoping that there's someone free
Your life and my life, they don't touch at all
And that's no way to be
You've never seemed so far
[Pre-Chorus 1]
What's real? What's true?
I ain't turning my back on you
Where you going? Where you been?
Making wishes, watching dreams?
[Chorus 1]
It might be simple, it might be true
I might be overwhelmed by you
You might be empty
The way your eyes just look right through
It's such a mess now anyway
Wish fulfillment every day
I don't believe you
Now I can't hear a word you say
[Verse 2]
I see you shaking in the light
Reading the headline news
The others, they're not quite so bright
You want them to choose you
I could almost see your face tonight
Singing simple rhythm and blues
You'll always be a star
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Shake it, baby, come on, scream
Did I see your face in a magazine?
Your doubt, it leaves me sore
I can't stand it anymore
[Chorus 2]
It's my favorite shot of you
You looked so pretty, your eyes were true
I'm still on your side
In spite of everything you do
We're only blood on light on life
New pretty pictures every night
Come wish beside me
Don't you know you know what's right?
Wish Fulfillment was written by Kim Gordon & Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo & Steve Shelley.
Wish Fulfillment was produced by Sonic Youth & Butch Vig.
Sonic Youth released Wish Fulfillment on Tue Jul 21 1992.
Thurston uses EGDGED, and Lee uses EEBBEF#. The official Sonic Youth website lists a DEGDBB tuning for Kim, but nothing is said about this in the notes, which instead redirect to her bass tuning for “Drunken Butterfly”.