"By Starlight" as written by and Billy Corgan....
By starlight I'll kiss you
And promise to be your one and only
I'll make you feel happy
And leave you to be lost in mine
And where will we go what will we do?
Soon said I, will know
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?
Her eyes, her eyes were as vacant as the seas, yeah
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?
And all along, we knew we'd carry on
Just to belong
By starlight I know you
As lovely as a wish granted true
My life has been empty, my life has been untrue
And does she really know, who I really am?
Does she really know me at last
And are you just like me?
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?
Her eyes, her eyes were as vacant as the seas, yeah
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?
And are you just like me?
And are you just like me?
And are you just like me?
And promise to be your one and only
I'll make you feel happy
And leave you to be lost in mine
And where will we go what will we do?
Soon said I, will know
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?
Her eyes, her eyes were as vacant as the seas, yeah
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?
And all along, we knew we'd carry on
Just to belong
By starlight I know you
As lovely as a wish granted true
My life has been empty, my life has been untrue
And does she really know, who I really am?
Does she really know me at last
And are you just like me?
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?
Her eyes, her eyes were as vacant as the seas, yeah
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?
And are you just like me?
And are you just like me?
And are you just like me?
Lyrics submitted by y2doggy, edited by BIRDDUDE830, jpthefarmer
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"Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?"
Being able to share the same pain with someone you're in love with sounds purty emo but awesome.
"I'll make you feel happy, and leave you to be lost in mine"
My favorite Pumpkins song.
"In Billy Corgan's autobiography he describes his wedding day, writing that while the priest spoke he looked into his wife's eyes and thought she was a million miles away. He makes constant reference to her eyes in this song: "Dead eyes vacant as the sea." He didn't enjoy the wedding day and in the night when his wife had gone to bed he went out and looked up at the stars and thought he had made a mistake, hence "by starlight." He says, "I'll promise to be your one and only," and "Are you just like me," showing that he thinks she feels the same way. Corgan married Chris Fabian in 1993, and they divorced in 1997."
These don't seem like very loving, positive lines to me.
this song is so perfect. it describes what everyone wants. that person that you can look at and now that they understand just how you feel.
eyes are everything.
Powerful song.
I mean... I love almost all pumpkins songs...
But this song is so special to me...
I love smashing pumpkins
I love billy corgan