Songs
Obsolete
Description
"Obsolete" is a song originally composed, performed, recorded, and released by Regina Spektor. The song was first performed on 2016-09-29, the day before its official release on the LP Remember Us to Life. A subsequent live performance was performed, recorded, and released as part of the live LP Live on Soundstage, released in 2017.
"Obsolete" was performed throughout 2016 and 2017 in support of the release of Remember Us to Life. In 2018, it was performed live five times and has not been performed since.
On the S01E12 episode of the PBS series Poetry in America entitled "The New Collossus", Regina recited the poem "The New Colossus" while an instrumental version of "Obsolete" played.
Official Releases
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Music Videos
Demos
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Live Performances
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Lyrics
This is how I feel right now
Obsolete manuscript
No one reads and no one needs
Pages lost, incomplete
No one knows what it means
Minds grow dark, so suddenly
I was lost on your street
Hey I'm talking to myself
I can hear you listening in
To my thoughts, to my dreams
What I want, can't compete
Obsolete
Take me to the water's edge
Let me stand in the sand
Let me hear the waves crash-land
Useless part
This useless heart
Useless art
What am I? why I am I
Incomplete?
Obsolete
This is how it feels right now
Obsolete manuscript
No one reads, no one needs
Useless part
This useless heart
Useless art
What am I? why I am I
Incomplete?
Obsolete
All I want
Can't compete
All I want
Is a sleep
All I want
Incomplete
All I want
Obsolete
Song Facts
Release Status:
Released
Originally By:
Original
Collaborators:
Solo
Alternate Titles:
N/A
Written:
Unknown
Demo:
N/A
First Official Release:
First Live Performance:
Last Live Performance:
Song Stats
First Known Date:
Last Known Date:
Time Between First Known Date and Last Known Date:
Time Between First and Last Performance:
about 2 years and 3 months
# of Appearances on Official Releases:
2
# of Times Performed Live:
66
Themes & References
Trivia
Media Features
• "Obsolete" was used in the film Egg, released in theaters on 2019-01-18.
There are no known media features associated with this song.
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