Bleeding the Orchid

I think its about the place of the band in the hearts of the fans. And the same attitude they have now, to the attitude they had 10 years ago.

"So here we are, upon your stage, The lies we shared, The dreams we saved."

As if to say, wev done it before

"Here we are, Upon your stage The love we share, The dreams we’ll save."

As if to say, we are going to do it again. Im not realy sure, thats what i get out of it so far, its to early to say for sure though.

Instead of: Life is my weakness, Love is my soul, If nothing means no one, Can play all alone.

I hear: If life is my witness Love is my soul, If nothing means no one, And blank Avalon

Instead of: If fear comes easy, I can lay down, Milk from a flower, Blood from a stone.

I hear: If fear conquers easy, I can lead on, Milk from the flower, Blood from a stone.

Instead of: So here we are, upon your stage, The lies we shared, The dreams we saved.

I hear: So here we are, upon your stage, The laughs we shared, The dreams we saved.

Instead of: Blessed my weakness, Blessed my wrongs, As hate forms a sequence, Of one by one.

I hear: Listen audience, Blessed my rose, As hate forms a sequence, Of one by one.

Instead of: As freedom’s not easy, There’s so much to want, There’s clouds in my shower, Ghosts in my home.

I hear: As freedom’s die easy, There’s so much to want, There’s clouds in my shower, Ghosts in my home.

I agree with dougydarkangel.

I agree with dougy, but I also think part of it is an inverse of that too, as in the fans in the band's heart:

"Do you miss where you were? They shall seal your shout." -As in, Billy missed being in his band, and the cheers and love from his fans "sealed his shout" to get the band back together.

"Guilty of this silent march, There's triumph through love So they’ll shout, And all this will go on." -The silent march could refer to his solo album, and the triumph through love could mean the triumphant return to rock as the Smashing Pumpkins. "So they'll shout/And all this will go on" once again refers to the cheers from the fans, and the Pumpkins will once again go on.

"We’ll have some trust, We’ll have some youth." -The trust is from their diehard fans who have been waiting for the reunited band to be back. The youth -- perhaps Ginger and Jeff, the new, young members of the band?

That's what I think of it so far.

does he say "If life is my witness" for the first line?

does he say "If life is my witness" for the first line?

its possible it can be a song to d'arcy and james hes basically saying he missed what they used to be and he had the memories he ends up sharing the dream/memories/love with new members and continuing with what was dear to him

this could be a political song calling for peace and love instead. or it could be about apathy and love overcoming that particular feeling. i'm not sure

I agree with the above comment. I heard the same things when listening just a moment ago.

Whoops............I mixed one up. It should have read:

Instead of: Listen audience, Blessed my rose, As hate forms a sequence, Of one by one.

I hear: Blessed my weakness, Blessed my wrongs, As hate forms a sequence, Of one by one.