Sweetness

Sweetness

Sweetness Single Cover

First Played:	Live 1998-11-12 at Hardback Cafe, Gainesville, FL, USA
Released:	2001-07-24
Length:	3:40
Label:	Dreamworks
Writer:	Jimmy Eat World
Producer:	Mark Trombino, Jimmy Eat World

Appears On

• Bleed American
• Believe in What You Want
• Jimmy Eat World - The Videos
• Jimmy Eat World DVD EP

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

If you're listening, whoa

Sing it back, whoa

String from your tether unwinds, whoa, whoa oh

Up and outward to bind, whoa, whoa

[Chorus]

I was spinning free, whoa

With a little sweet and simple numbing me

[Verse 2]

Are you listening? Whoa

Sing it back, whoa

So, tell me what do I need, whoa, whoa

When words lose their meaning, whoa, whoa

[Chorus]

I was spinning free, whoa

With a little sweet and simple numbing me, yeah

Stumble 'til you crawl, whoa

Sinking into sweet uncertainty

[Interlude]

Are you listening? Are you listening?

[Verse 3]

If you're listening, whoa (If you're listening, are you listening?)

Sing it back, whoa (If you're listening, are you listening?)

And I'm still running away, whoa, whoa oh

Won't play your hide and seek game, whoa, whoa

[Chorus] I was spinning free, whoa With a little sweet and simple numbing me What a dizzy dance, whoa And the sweetness will not be concerned with me [Outro]

No, the sweetness will not be concerned with me No, the sweetness will not be concerned with me

Reception with Charting Data/Certification/Sales Data

Jimmy Eat World were invited to perform Sweetness Live on the Late Show with David Letterman episode 1835 in 2002-06-06 . A version of this performance can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i__jEvHvuuw

Personnel

Jimmy Eat World

• Jim Adkins – lead vocals, lead guitar, percussion
• Rick Burch – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Zach Lind – drums
• Tom Linton – rhythm guitar, backing vocals

Production

• Mark Trombino – producer, engineering, mixing
• Jimmy Eat World – producer
• Justin Smith – assistant engineer
• William Eggleston – front cover photograph
• Christopher Wray-McCann – photography
• Jim Adkins – art direction
• Jeff Kleinsmith – art direction, design
• Jesse LeDoux – design

External Links

https://genius.com/Jimmy-eat-world-sweetness-lyrics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetness_(Jimmy_Eat_World_song)#Music_video

https://web.archive.org/web/19991129023344/http://www.jimmyeatworld.net/faq.html

https://twitter.com/jimmyeatworld/status/1009470447220449280

https://twitter.com/jimmymaupin/status/1021933796013350912?s=20

https://twitter.com/jimmyeatworld/status/1286786984308957185?s=20