Sonic Youth - The Empty Page Lyrics

These are the words
But not the truth
God bless them all
When they speak to you
But that's all right
On an empty stage
Sing out when
There's no other way
Come drift the town
Where secrets lie
Where friends & neighbors
Keep drifting by
But that's all right
You're here to stay
Sing out tonight
The empty page
I always thought I'd see
Your name in flashing light
You did it all for free girl
And freely ripped the night
(yr free to fight)
These are the words
But not the truth
God bless them all
When they speak to you
But that's all right
You're here to stay
Sing out tonight
The empty page
Do you remember the time
When you were new in town
You smashed yr head in the mirror baby
And kissed the frozen ground
(yr ripped up sound)

Surely, the bread is of my humility and the rotten fish of the people, and there would be scores of it, waiting to be drowned for the taste by a fine and inky butter...and then we would be cast aside, our Peers, into a dark chaos, a lake of fire, perhaps, because your quills do not provide butter of their own? And, surely I wouldn't keep scores of fine butter for myself? Or, I would captain a chair and he like a saviour of the fish and harvest a gross penicillin?
-Franzmus Puffgrinker

Surely, the bread is of my humility and the rotten fish of the people, and there would be scores of it, waiting to be drowned for the taste by a fine and inky butter...and then we would be cast aside, our Peers, into a dark chaos, a lake of fire, perhaps, because your quills do not provide butter of their own? And, surely I wouldn't keep scores of fine butter for myself? Or, I would captain a chair and he like a saviour of the fish and harvest a penicillin?
-Franzmus Puffgrinker

wir sehen uns, ich mus europa abschlten, love alle telefone klingeln.

die musik war da, der rest noch nicht, alles später.

ich war zu jung,

2019 "i am not bieber"

I am not Beck

very...very...nice....

I TOO am not beck

Thurston is the kindest person on the planet! I enjoy his concerts and kindness. His work as a musician is unforgettable.. Ty my friend!!!

Kim in a school girl outfit 🔥

"I am not Raisbeck"

Quiero tocar con vosotros.

Sonic youth rules!!!!

Good song

Is this 30fps? Looks higher....

los amo mas que a cualquier cosa

too bad sonic youth is no more thanks to him and his dick and side hoe lolool

ดูผู้หญิงคนนั้นสิ

You guys have made a great mass of work, it stands so well the test of time. Someday I hope we'll all laugh about this stuff.

i think its wrong to keep sonic youth from the world you guys should get back together

"I am not Beck"


best t-shirt

Agreed, I might paint one just like it lmao.

great song, but god damn are their videos awful.

haha, yeah they have amazing music but really bad videos

you know nothing about sonic youth and punk rock

sonic youth fan? Search

switchbladeseven - scream undone

I think you'll enjoy them!

Wan Mascis thank you

3:08 NIRVANA XD

not SY is like Nirvana. Nirvana is, partially, as SY

nirvana????? such a ignorant

This may be the best piece of music made by humanity. Not any other song carries such a sense of nostalgia as this in the world. And when that last part hits It feels like dying, but I'm dying happily.

+MrLoomerings it feels like dying to me too

Momonio as with a great majority of their music. A peaceful and after an amazing outro. I almost cry at the beauty of their sound.

try frank ocean "blonde" some serious nostalgia on their

IN THE 80'S THE BAND ROSE FROM PUNK TO POSTMODERNISM TO SURVEY THEIR BATTERED BEAUTY OF THE LATE-CENTURY CIVILIZATION, GRAVITATING TOWARD SUCH SUBJECTS AS TEEN ANGST AND SERIAL KILLERS, ACTUALLY JACKING INTO THEIR WORLD'S CONFUSION. MOST OF ALL, SONIC YOUTH ROSE FROM NEW YORK, THEIR DETUNED GUITAR HARMONIES MINDING THE GAP BETWEEN SUBWAYS AND SKYSCRAPERS.

"I am not Beck" hahahahahahahaa

Underrated song

This is up there in the top 5 of all time. "These are the words but not the truth...."

The empty page...full of words but they're not the truth...:(
i prefer to see the empty page as the chance for a new start, its all up to you to fill it with honesty, integrity and love. Just the words, often, are meaningless...what really matter are the acts..♡

Thanks for this song, it really helps a lot sometimes, sometimes.

I feel you! :)

love his voice

for some reason his voice is sleep inducing. <3

Right?!! I thought the same :))

Delícia de som, para uma tarde como essa. #amoooo  

Angélica, assim como eu, você foi abençoada pelo fato de ouvir essa banda. É sério, é um gosto peculiar. Nirvana, Sonic Youth e Smashing Pumpkins é tudo de bom! rs

@Lucas Henrique Amo demais ! Realmente são poucos. 

+Angélica Fontes :)

great tune, thanks Thurston.

2002, such a memorable year for me. 

therston you cheater!

I AM NOT THURSTON MOORE

Did I seriously just watch a Justin Bieber fragrance ad before this video? Are you fucking kidding me? Fuck you, Vevo.

So it might as well have been called the empty plant? :D

so why dont you kill him!

men who look like old lesiosbns and old slesbians who look like men. pensi street.

Such a Loser!

That'd be funny, haha.

LAUGHTING MY FUCKIN' ASS OFF!!

anyone else here who has a weird fascination of Thurston's face?

The "Page" refers to Jimmy Page. When Steve Albini recorded Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Thurston kept trying to come around and he wanted to hang with them but Steve kept blowing him off. This seems about that time period.

Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together: 130,000,000 views. Sonic Youth - An Empty Page: 281,000 views. This is exactly what is wrong with this world...

lol, beck doesn't know how to use a computer.

From swear to Jezus ~not bad(y). Fluent ~is what?-Fluid?Root`s? My anglish isn`t polish, I` sorry ladys..and geltelmen

I rely on dictonary. Do you understand? Version demo for "train"janusz Bigda is very good, on side Janusz Bigda. This train go to deatch. God anger -help in Jezus Christ. I`m sin, what about who are you? Jesus`s right.

Pazdrawiaju ja Ciebie, I`m polish man:) I happy, że somebody -Ty(You-women?) for me say. Recommend for You: Janusz Bigda, Train(Pociąg). Is not I`m. It is about Jezus..

fuck vevo and justin bieber!

I thought so.

I can speak a bit of polish (I'm fluent in Czech and Slovak). I'm guessing this is about an advertisement ruining something. I did not use Google translate, I swear to god.

I wish I could post the link to the interview Thurston did with Beck here. Just youtube "thurston beck" and it should show up on top.

Are YOU Beck?

i'm in love

There should be a shirt released saying I Am Not Beck lol

It is pretty easy to make yourself though

beck should have played thurston in this video for full-throttle irony. no one would ever know.

i like this sound.

kurwa, reklama sie zawiesza na początku!

Fucking VEVO makes it multiply

BASELESS FRENCH PROPAGANDA!!!!!!!!!!!

i lOV ethurtston moore ehgos he s so percect

the 'i am not beck' t-shirt is awesome,haha

Fuck the video quality just enjoy listening to this awesome band!

if the VEVO will fuck off than you wont see this video in good quality.

Oh well, fuck a Grammy. It's not like Grammys are meant to go to the best musicians anyway, academy awards are just propaganda.

@shauno5166 and i don't like that the other top comment is always someone critisizing the other top comment.

Got to love the comments (not just here but every other VEVO video) that complain about VEVO, yet they'll continue supporting by watching the videos.

HAHAHAH, I AM NOT BECK.

To anyone who complains about vevo - get AdBlock Plus for your browser... then it's just the same as watching any other video, no ads

@futurfry A little ironic..

I got here from Beck lol

Amazing...

FUCK YOU VEVO! STOP BRINGING US HIGH QUALITY VIDEOS OF THE MUSICIANS WE WANT AND LOVE, IMPARTIAL TO TASTE.

@almostgary I'd simply say that I don't know. My friends consider me an hipster, excluding the fact that I'm a nice person (that's what they say, I don't pretend) and Sonic Youth is one of my favorite band, so I guess it might be for some. For me, it's just good music.

Top comment of everybody: "He's Not Beck"

Of course you,re not Beck, Beck is the one besides you whos dancing with a dress...XD

i am not beck

@thnikker They support all kinds of artists (including controversial ones like Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga) and they censor dirty words. Including hell :). While the first is an arguable fault (i don't really mind it), the second is a bit annoying.

@almostgary probably you're fucking retarded how can you call sonic youth that new shit? you're just as stupid like these idiot hipsters

@nbleau i bet he hates that

sonic youth is not looking for salvation.

he looks like ron weasley

Beck should come out on stage for these guys and pretend to be the singer ;)

everyone hates vevo :)

he was shirtless. oh my god.

OKAY THEN FUCK VEVO AND GET IT THE FUCK OUTA' HERE

fuck the cloth. Music is good

@rfcompte
Beck should be wearing a T-Shirt that reads "I am Thurston Moore"