Sonic Youth - Eric's Trip Lyrics

I can't see anything at all, all I see is me
That's clear enough
And that's what's important, to see me

My eyes can focus
My brain is talking
It looks pretty good to me
My head's on straight, my girlfriend's beautiful
It looks pretty good to me

Sometimes I speak
Tonight there's nothing to say
Sometimes we freak
And laugh all day

Hold these pages up to the light
See the jackknife inside of the dream
A railroad runs through the record stores at night
Coming in for the deep-freeze

Mary, a simple word, are you there in the cold country?
Your eyes so full, your head so tight
Can't you hear me?
Remember our talk that day on the phone?
I said I was the door, and you were the station
With shattered glass and miles between us
We still flew away in the conversation

My cup is full, and I feel okay
The world is dull, but not today

She think's she's a goddess
She says she talks to the spirits
I wonder if she can talk to herself?
If she can bear to hear it?

This is Eric's trip
We've all come to watch him slip
He's slipping all the way to Texas
Can you dig it?

I see with a glass eye
The pavement view
A shadow forming, across the fields rushing
Through me to you

We tore down the world, and put up four walls
I breathe in the myth
I'm over the city, fucking the future
I'm high and inside your kiss

We can't see clear
But what we see is alright
We make up what we can't hear
And then we sing all night

Scattered pages and shattered lights
See the jackknife, see the dream
There's something moving over there to the right
Like nothing I've never seen

Hipster fucktards really like this shitty ass band

People need to admit Ranaldo and Thurston made a revolution at playing guitar

"You're a riot kids but you'll never make it in this, business." GK.

Eric's Trip! :)

We tear down our world
And put up four walls
I breathe in the myth.....😃😂

Drinking a bottle of robitussin then bombing down the freeway shoulder lane on my bicycle is what this song reminds me of

An all american good time

Today, I played this song 10 times consecutively.

I wonder if Erics trip named there band after this xd

That is exactly what they did

True Alternative rock

Lyrically amazing too.

Badass ;)

I love it

Another great Lee Ranaldo song.  Underrated but so important member of a fantastic band.

pipeline in particular!!!

Lee fucken SHINES in the spotlight! Gotta luv Mote & Wish Fulfillment.

TheStonyB All my favourite songs off Daydream Nation are all of Lee's songs.

Most people do agree that lee is the better guitarist

Lee Ronaldo is terrible at art...¿

is this a trip as in an L.S.D. trip?

+Joe Cleaver This is Eric's Trip

It other words, yes it is speaking about someone's lsd trip

"To see the things of the present moment is to see all that is now, all that has been since time began and all that shall be unto the world's end; for all things are of one kind and of one form." Marcus Aurelius

That song is so addictive. I think it's my favorite one from Sonic Youth.

Best Sonic Youth song

You bet!!!

A psychedelic song on steroids.

I think so, too

This painting is called Kerze by german artist Gerhard Richter and is now worth 10 million€. I'm still wondering why they choose that.

Probably because it is a candle worth 10million Euro. Just in like a wtf this art man. Like the Frank Ocean verse in 'slide' by Calvin Harris, talking of that ridiculously expensive boy and pipe painting by Pablo.

I guess it's like this is what money does?

bit specific,don't you think? how about the george harrison of 80's indie rock.

It's practically there, if you'd said 1,000,000 then I'd agree with you.

Really? Less than 30 thousand views? What is wrong with the world!

Lee Ranaldo, the George Harrison of Sonic Youth.

wowbobwow37 the Bob Weir of Sonic Youth

Love music lovers! Rock on \m/

The sonic youth of Sonic Youth

gerhard richter

Did I say Nirvana didnt use pop song structures in their music??? No. I didnt. But they were still 10x better then Pantera tho.. and 10x more important..

Curt Cobain- Shot himself in the face because he couldn't stand the fame.
Dimebag Darrell- Shot in the face because a fan couldn't stand having him take his fame to another band.
You're calling them pop because they follow a song formula? Are you serious? Tell me what fucking Nirvana song didn't follow verse, chorus, verse, chorus, solo, end? Pop music stands for popular music, dumbass.
By the way look at any live song and show me what they couldn't recreate from studio. Please.

A shitty mainstream pop band? Dude I'm not even going to respond to anything else you said.
P.S. it's every bands ambition to have millions of fans... that's why they do it. They don't do it to not get paid, bro.

Aaron R hipsters have never changed

Make youtube great again!

how u gonna compare this to a shitty mainstream pop band like Pantera??? This is the exact opposite of dumbass heavey metal. SY is artful, unique, and full of integrity.. They werent out there to make millions of 15 year old future wife beaters cream thier pants with sweet guitar shredds.. Metal fans, in general, are fuckin dumb... I know your comments ended about 2 months ago, but your ignorance really pissed me off, sorry. Have a great day! : )

I can't see anything at all!

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wow, you're right.

those candles are a painting, did you know that, i didnt

Since when did singing matter? The band sucks fucking ASS.

Tell you what, why don't you tell me WHY they are a good band. Tell me why I should appreciate anything they have put out. You won't convince me that I should like them, I never will like them, but you can convince me that they don't suck and are a good band, objectively speaking. I mean, do you think I really care for Hendrix's music? Do I think he's the absolute BEST guitarist? No, I don't. I just respect and appreciate what he did.

BareBandSubscription I realize this comment is 5 years old but you’re right, nobody will convince you because music is fucking subjective. Your comment makes you look absolutely retarded.

Tell you what, you send me a video of you singing Pushing Me Away. If it is even half as good as Chester, I'll never listen to them ever again. K?

HA! Somebody did a little creeping ;)

You're sitting here trying to tell me that Jimi Hendrix was the very first guitarist to EVER use harmonics in his music? I think you might be retarded...Electric guitars have been around since the 30's, and ol' Jimi Hendrix came up with harmonics in the 60's and 70's huh? Yea, you sound real educated yourself.
P.S. Every guitar player invents his own chords

a simple word, are you there in the country?

HE WAS NO INNOVATOR?! That band single handedly changed the face of heavy metal. We're not going to ever click on this topic, especially now that I see you're sucking Jimi Hendrix shlong, who was the most over rated guitar player that ever lived. Sigh...

This song is on an album that's preserved in the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress All Mainstream Artist Eat a Dick

You're the one bringing up Bieber dude? Don't talk to me about bringing up points with no context. My point is, when your guitar playing is above standard and the band makes good music, you're going to have more views than the other guy. You're also going to be more well known for what you do... unlike these dudes with 20,000 views a video.

Not to mention, look at the listener views difference. hahaha these people suck

I've clicked 5 songs of theirs and in none of them can you even hear a distinct guitar part. It's just blended noises. How they win #1 guitarist ever is beyond me. I'd love to see this douchebag try and do any scale half as fast and accurate as Dimebag. Pfft

They did.

I wonder whether the band Eric's Trip took its name from this gem.

I have only just found out that Lee's the lead vocalist here. All this time I thought it was Thurston.

The best album ever...maybe

fuck yeah!