# The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins (also simply known as Smashing Pumpkins) is an American alternative rock band formed in Chicago in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha, bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. The band has undergone several line-up changes since their reunion in 2006, with Corgan being the primary songwriter and sole constant member since its inception. The current lineup consists of Corgan, Chamberlin, and Iha. The band is known for its diverse, densely layered sound, which evolved throughout their career and has integrated elements of gothic rock, heavy metal, grunge, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, shoegaze, dream pop, and electronica.

## Song lyrics

All tracks are written by Billy Corgan, except as noted.

### Gish (1991)

* I am one as you are three, Try to find a messiah in your trinity. Your city to burn, your city to burn, Try to look for something in your city to burn. You’ll burn.Am I as I seem? I’m down. Down, So down.
** "I Am One", written by Corgan and Iha
* Way down deep and in my heart Lies a soul that’s torn apart. Tell me, tell me what you’re after, I just want to get there faster.
** "Siva"
* Could have known I would reveal. Should have known I would conceal your way.
** "Rhinoceros"
* My daydream seems as one inside of you. Though it seems hard to reach through this life, Your blue and hopeless life. My daydream screams bitter ’til the end. The love I share, true, selfish to the heart, My heart, my sacred heart.
** "Daydream"

### Siamese Dream (1993)

* Freak out and give in. Doesn't matter what you believe in. Stay cool And be somebody's fool this year. 'Cause they know Who is righteous, what is bold. So I'm told.
** "Cherub Rock"
* I wanted more Than life could ever grant me. Bored by the chore Of saving face.Today is the greatest Day I've ever known. Can't wait for tomorrow, I might not have that long. I'll tear my heart out Before I get out.
** "Today"
* Faith lies in The ways of sin. I chased the charmed, But I don't want them anymore.
** "Hummer"
* Bleed in your own light, Dream of your own life. I miss me. I miss everything I’ll never be.And on and on, I torch my soul to show The world that I am pure. Deep inside my heart, No more lies.
** "Rocket"
* I used to be a little boy, So old in my shoes. And what I choose is my choice. What's a boy supposed to do? The killer in me is the killer in you, my love. I send this smile over to you.
** "Disarm"
* I'm all by myself, As I've always felt. And I'll betray my tears To anyone caught in our ruse of fools.
** "Soma", written by Corgan and Iha
* So let the sadness come again, On that you can depend on me, yeah. Until the bitter, bitter end of the world, yeah, When God sleeps in bliss.
** "Soma"
* We'll try and ease the pain, But somehow, we'll feel the same. Well, no one knows Where our secrets go.
** "Mayonaise", written by Corgan and Iha
* Fool enough to almost be it, And cool enough to not quite see it. And old enough to always feel this. Always old, I'll always feel this. No more promise, no more sorrow, No longer will I follow. Can anybody hear me? I just want to be me.
** "Mayonaise"
* What moonsongs Do you sing your babies? What sunshine do you bring? Who belongs? Who decides who's crazy? Who rights wrongs where others cling?
** "Luna"

### Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)

* Time is never time at all. You can never ever leave Without leaving a piece of youth. And our lives are forever changed. We will never be the same. The more you change, the less you feel.
** "Tonight, Tonight"
* Emptiness is loneliness And loneliness is cleanliness And cleanliness is godliness And God is empty just like me.Intoxicated with the madness, I'm in love with my sadness.
** "Zero"
* The world is a vampire, Sent to drain. Secret destroyers Hold you up to the flames. And what do I get For my pain? Betrayed desires And a piece of the game.
** "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
* Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage. Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage. Someone will say, "What is lost can never be saved" Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage.
** "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
* I fear that I am ordinary, Just like everyone To lie here and die among the sorrows Adrift among the days For everything I ever said And everything I've ever done is gone And dead.As all things must surely have to end And great loves will one day have to part I know that I am meant for this world.
** "Muzzle"
* My life has been extraordinary, Blessed and cursed and won. Time heals but I'm forever broken By and by the way Have you ever heard the words I'm singin' in these songs? It's for the girl I've loved all along. Can a taste of love be so wrong?
** "Muzzle"
* Speak to me in a language I can hear, Humor me before I have to go. Deep in thought, I forgive everyone. As the cluttered streets greet me once again, I know I can't be late. Supper's waitin' on the table. Tomorrow's just an excuse away, So I pull my collar up and face the cold, on my own.
** "Thirty-Three"
* The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet At the blasphemy in my old jangly walk. Steeple guide me to my heart and home, The sun is out and up and down again.I know I'll make it, love can last forever Graceful swans of never topple to the earth.
** "Thirty-Three"
* And I don't even care To shake these zipper blues. And we don't know Just where our bones will rest. To dust I guess, Forgotten and absorbed into the earth Below.
** "1979"
* That we don't even care, As restless as we are. We feel the pull In the land of a thousand guilts And poured cement.
** "1979"

### Adore (1998)

* It’s you that I adore, You’ll always be my whore. You’ll be the mother to my child, And a child to my heart.
** "Ava Adore"
* Lovely girl, you're the murder in my world, Dressing coffins for the souls I've left to die. Drinking mercury to the mystery Of all that you should ever leave behind In time.
** "Ava Adore"
* I know we're just like old friends. We just can't pretend That lovers make amends.We are reasons so unreal, We can't help but feel That something has been lost.
** "Perfect"
* But please, you know you're just like me. Next time (Time), I promise we'll bePerfect, Perfect, Perfect strangers down the line, Lovers out of time. Memories unwind.So far, I still know who you are, But now (Now), I wonder who I was.
** "Perfect"
* Who am I to need you now? To ask you why? To tell you no? To deserve your love and sympathy? You were never meant to belong to me.And you may go, but I know you won’t leave. Too many years built into memories. Your life is not your own.
** "Crestfallen"

### Machina/The Machines of God (2000)

* You know I’m, you know I’m not dead, I’m just living in my head. Forever waiting On the ways of your desire. You always find a way And through it all Into us all you move, Forgotten touch, Forbidden thought. We can never have enough.
** "The Everlasting Gaze"
* You and me Meant to be. Immutable, Impossible. It’s destiny, Pure lunacy. Incalculable, Inseparable.But for the last time, You’re everything That I want and asked for. You’re all that I dream.
** "Stand Inside Your Love"
* Try to hold on to this heart a little bit longer. Try to hold on to this love aloud. Try to hold on, for this heart’s a little bit colder. Try to hold on to this love.
** "Try, Try, Try"

### Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music (2000)

* Last chance to make believe in always and all it seems. Train wrecks hide underneath your umbrella, Set the frame destiny on this first name soliloquy. Tired symphonies play downward.Let me give the world to you my love. Let me give the world to you my love. Let me show you what I'm thinking of. Let me give the world to you my love.
** "Let Me Give the World to You"

### Zeitgeist (2007)

* Please don’t stop, It’s lonely at the top. These lonely days, When will they ever stop? This doomsday clock ticking in my heart. Not broken.I love life every day, In each and every way. Kafka would be proud, to find out I’m certain of the end. It’s the means that has me spooked It takes an unknown truth to get out.
** "Doomsday Clock"
* We are the real, If real ever was. And just because We are the ruin Of every living soul, We are surreal 'Cause someone gave us up.Don't break the oath, I want to love you when you're happy. Don't break this oath, I want to be there when you're sad. Freeze-frame the pouring rain.
** "Tarantula"

### Oceania (2012)

* Rise! Love is here Oh don’t make me wonder. Life’s never clear where choice is a gift To use and abuse, To build on proof. Oh don’t make me suffer. Birds find the wind and wing, Rest in the shells I’ve designed, Run through the fields I’ve denied, And stroll upon the years I’m alive.There’s a sun that shines in, There’s a world that stares out at me And all I refuse to please.
** "Panopticon"
* Never let the summer catch you down. Never let your thoughts run free. Even when their numbers draw you out. Everything I want is free. ‘Til the end ‘Til the end ‘Til the end I’m gonna love you 101 percent. I’m gonna love you ‘til this ends.
** "The Celestials"

### Monuments to an Elegy (2014)

* When they say What it's worth, The world tells you first. And you know Where to hurt.The world's on fire so The world's on fire so The world's on fire so Have you heard?
** "Being Beige"
* I don't mind what you're running 'Cause you and me we're just something. Don't just hang what you're running on I don't mind we're so alone.
** "One and All (We Are)"
* Find first obsessions before yourself A candlesong for where you are. You can't escape this, like someone else. Your love remains.
** "Run2me"
* Away, away foul dreams, You're gonna listen now to me. No rules, or in-betweens, You're gonna listen now to me. Waste all your time, Find another kind of boy. A feint up on the line, A phantom I don't care to hold.
** "Drum + Fife"

### Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. (2018)

* Stumbling before you speak, Stunning and stunning and stunning the black. You turn turncoat, Inward to seek out all your hopes. It's your signals That hurt me most.We’re in the middle, We’re in the middle: Ghosts.
** "Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)"
* I feel that something ain’t right; No fear but reasons that I can’t cite.Tear down the sun, Bring down the sun. I’m not everyone. I’m not everyone. I’m not everyone.
** "Solara"

### Cyr (2020)

* Whomever wants you alone, Whomever wants you atoned, It's with this prayer, I disown Whomever wants you alone.
** "The Colour of Love"
* Fragments form the mind, Shadows hold the mist. Fractured as this wish, Shattered I resign. We're on the verge, we're on the verge Of sacred dawning and sloe-sloe eyesSay, I done told you Say how I tried too. Where you've wrought From creation's crown Say, dire warning Stare down your masters With the promise of (With the promise of) One and what you are. We're on the verge.
** "Cyr"

### Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts (2022)

* So swallow hard the serpents Of many tags and faces hid in masks, Coiled 'round this lung until the last. He’ll crack your boots, young pagans 'Cause like you, I was hatched to traipse on cold And seventeen's a long drawn way from home.
** "Beguiled"
* Take me away, I'm gonna find you. Take me away, I'm gonna find you. 'Cause nobody else could ever mind you. Take me away, I'm gonna find you.
** "Spellbinding"

### Aghori Mhori Mei (2024)

* Nails to the quick Daddy died and liars lie. A bit more than sick A dash in bittersweet What's that make of me? Save a lost thing, No choice but a choice to leave.Can't you make me believe? Up where the others dare. What chance have I, what chances we? Would fight in love's affair.
** "Sighommi"

## External links

* Official website