Lagu "Slave" yang dibawakan oleh Weezer mengeksplorasi tema cinta dan kebebasan. Lirik lagu ini menyoroti perjuangan seseorang yang terjebak dalam hubungan yang tidak lagi sehat. Dengan menggunakan metafora sebagai "budak", lagu ini menggambarkan perasaan terkekang dan kehilangan arah karena dominasi orang lain dalam hubungan tersebut. Sang penyanyi menyadari bahwa satu-satunya cara untuk membebaskan diri adalah dengan mengakhiri hubungan, meskipun itu berarti mengucapkan selamat tinggal pada hal-hal yang tidak pernah mereka coba sebelumnya.
Slave Lyrics
Weezer
Love barely alive in your arms, slave
Dreams taken too far every night, slave
Who put on your heart?
Who put on your heart?
Who put on your heart?
'Cause I can't change, no
When you're on your own
You can see things
Clear, clear as a bell
And you're free, slave
Who put on your heart?
Who put on your heart?
Who put on your heart?
'Cause I can't change, no
And my girl we'll say good-bye
To the things we'll never try
Who put on your heart?
Who put on your heart?
Who put on your heart?
'Cause I can't change, no
And my girl we'll say good-bye
To the things we'll never try
Love, barely alive
Love, barely alive
Love, barely alive
Slave...
Dreams taken too far every night, slave
Who put on your heart?
Who put on your heart?
Who put on your heart?
'Cause I can't change, no
When you're on your own
You can see things
Clear, clear as a bell
And you're free, slave
Who put on your heart?
Who put on your heart?
Who put on your heart?
'Cause I can't change, no
And my girl we'll say good-bye
To the things we'll never try
Who put on your heart?
Who put on your heart?
Who put on your heart?
'Cause I can't change, no
And my girl we'll say good-bye
To the things we'll never try
Love, barely alive
Love, barely alive
Love, barely alive
Slave...