To my mistakes to my mistakes of cowardice
She shimmy shakes the Jimmy Jakes of consequence
Born of the airs and dues my airs of madness do declare
That it's o.k. it's love
It's what you wanted to see it's who you wanted to be
For what you needed to need she'll make it up
Love it's who you know
Machine gun blues her vacant rush is so steel
I'm unaware lost inside your visions
I got mine too over, I got mine and I got you
'Cause I know you, you're love
It's what you wanted to see, it's who you wanted to be
For what you needed to need, she'll make it up
Love, it's who you know
When I lost my mind, I knew I was in for a long time
Can I look up to you as you look down on me
Can I feel in to you as you felt in to me
I can't help what you see, I can't help but to be
For what I needed to need, she'll make it
Love, it's who you know


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Love Lyrics as written by William Patrick Corgan

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    lady picture show, i hope u r the one joking...this is clearly a song about empty sex as a replacement for real love...a lot like "Young Lust" by Pink Floyd...i mean, seriously, "her vacant rush" --it's powerful, but empty and meaningless-- "the airs of madness do declare that it's ok" --he's goin crazy, and since the sex makes him feel better, it's justified-- and of course, "love, it's who you know" --i think(hope) most people don't think of love as the person but as the relationship w/ the person...this line could go as far as to reveal she's a hooker!!! (ex: weed, it's who u know...i'd say that's true!)

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