Replica
By: Beck Hansen
Written by: Beck Hansen

Versions:
  1. Replica (3:25)
    Available on Modern Guilt.
    Credits
    Recorded at: Anonyme Studios
    Beck Hansen: Bass (Electric), Electric Piano, Guitar (Electric), Marimba, Producer, Vocals
    Danger Mouse: Beats, Keyboard Bass, Producer
    Drew Brown: Engineer
    Greg Kurstin: Piano
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  3. Replica (acoustic) (3:15)
    Available on Modern Guilt acoustic.
    Credits
    Bram Inscore: Bass
    Joey Waronker: Drums
    Beck Hansen: Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
    Jessica Dobson: Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals (Background)
    Brian Lebarton: Piano
 
Lyrics:
Replica [Version (a)]:

Make a perfect replica of your life
Cut the paper with exacto knife
Tape it up, tape it up against the howling wind
I'm so tired, don't know where to begin
It's so unreal, it's all I need
This replica...

I was the last to see me down on my knees
These antibodies learn to be the disease
And I learn to be what fights against me
Make a replica, a place you can sleep
We can live in a hollow tree
Grow up old and bury the sea
But when this replica begins to look cheap
I'd throw it out and now it's home to me
It's so unreal, it's all I need
This replica...

Build it up
Build it up
This replica
Now we build it up
Build it up
Build it up
Build it up
 
The Song:

"Replica" is a song on Modern Guilt. DangerMouse came up with the beat, which Beck described in an interview as "very challenging." Beck noted he never would have written to this kind of music without DangerMouse.
 
Live:

Played live 15 times:
Earliest known live version: June 9, 2008
Latest known live version: March 26, 2009