Tales Of A Scorched Earth

Album: Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (1995)
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  • Farewell goodnight last one out turn out the lights
    And let me be, let me die inside
    Let me know the way from of this world of hate in you
    'Cause the die is cast and the bitch is back
    And we're all dead yeah we're all dead
    Inside the future of a shattered past
    I lie just to be real, and I'd die just to feel
    Why do the same old things keep on happening?
    Because beyond my hopes there are no feelings

    Bless the martyrs and kiss the kids
    For knowing better, for knowing this
    'Cause you're all whores and I'm a fag
    And I've got no mother and I've got no dad
    To save me the wasted, save me from myself
    I lie just to be real, and I'd die just to feel
    Why do the same old things keep on happening?
    Because beyond my hopes there are no feelings

    Everybody's lost just waiting to be found
    Everyone's a thought just waiting to fade
    So fuck it all 'cause I don't care
    So what somehow somewhere we dared
    To try to dare, to dare for a little more, yeah yeah
    I lie to just to be real, and I'd die just to feel
    Why do the same old things keep on happening?
    Because beyond my hopes there are no reasons Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Dewayne from EnglandGreat song for dealing with apathy, mainly cause it just makes you wanna break s--t and go insane.
  • Karl from Ingatestone, United Kingdomin most bits of this classic track it goes on like Morbid Angel, and some of it goes like Slipknot. last June, i got Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness from HMV.
    I hope anyone remember Billy Corgan going all Slipknot on this song
  • Matt from Houston, TxThis song pretty much sums up my life
  • Andres from Deltona, FlI believe Billy Corgan sang into a Mic that was made to pick up Guitar sounds.

    I remember reading this somewhere, but unfortunatly I can't cite the source so don't take my word for it... :
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    It's not a normal mic, but one that is designed to pick up louder (higher?) noices.
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