In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
If I was to listen I'd turn back
Give up on my reasons
Forgive up the past
You think I'd swallow that?
Bearing weight in ceilings
Just to stop and ask of Thorazine
Thora Zine, Thora Zine, Thorazine
They give you this
They take away that
Thorazine
There'll be no others
There'll be no long lost friends
Empty on the insides
Empty of a last pretense
To stand by on feeling of the end
So many lives
A runaway life
So many lies
When they locked you up they shut me out
Gave me the key so I could show you around
Yet we were not allowed
Omens of the daydream
But caught as you're bound in Thora Zine
Thora Zine, Thora Zine, Thorazine
They give you this
They take away that
Thorazine
There'll be no rallies
There'll be no long lost friends
Caught on a spotlight running out of present tense
To fix by a feeling of an end
So many lives
A runaway life
Please come back
Please come back
Please come back Pale Horse
Please come back
Please come back
Please come back Pale Horse
Please come back
Please come back
Please come back Pale Horse
Please come back
Please come back
Please come back Pale Horse
Give up on my reasons
Forgive up the past
You think I'd swallow that?
Bearing weight in ceilings
Just to stop and ask of Thorazine
Thora Zine, Thora Zine, Thorazine
They give you this
They take away that
Thorazine
There'll be no others
There'll be no long lost friends
Empty on the insides
Empty of a last pretense
To stand by on feeling of the end
So many lives
A runaway life
So many lies
When they locked you up they shut me out
Gave me the key so I could show you around
Yet we were not allowed
Omens of the daydream
But caught as you're bound in Thora Zine
Thora Zine, Thora Zine, Thorazine
They give you this
They take away that
Thorazine
There'll be no rallies
There'll be no long lost friends
Caught on a spotlight running out of present tense
To fix by a feeling of an end
So many lives
A runaway life
Please come back
Please come back
Please come back Pale Horse
Please come back
Please come back
Please come back Pale Horse
Please come back
Please come back
Please come back Pale Horse
Please come back
Please come back
Please come back Pale Horse
Lyrics submitted by mike, edited by ElizHannah
Pale Horse Lyrics as written by William Patrick Corgan
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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i hate to say this EVERY single song, but this is so beautiful. "Please come back... please come back... Pale Horse.." the background vocals by Nicole are amazing. NO Reliance on power-chords, and REALLY good bass. for some reason, it doesn't sound like Billy's bass playing. Nicole definitely had a lot of influence in this album. it's not ALL Billy, like the other albums. other than that, this is just a REALLY catchy melody.
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Agree with the take on Thorazine and I think that we're out of the "concept" portion fo the album.
Thorazine is Chlorpromazine ( it is marketed in the U.S. as Thorazine) and is used to treat schizophrenia.
In old horror movies that featured asylums you'd always have a character that just shuffled around everywhere, but went nowhere... that can be a side effect of Thorazine.
As far as the title...<br /> <br /> Pale Horse was the horse that was ridden by Death in Revolations.
Thorazine, just like any other drug that is involve in seretonin adjustments, causes the mind of the patient to become less aggresive (mainly used to treat psychosis.) Thus "they give you this(the medication), they take away that(making you void of any feeling)" I can personally relate to the lyrics of this song as I experience the "numbness" that comes with taking antidepressants to take away the emotional torment. I feel almost as if i am engulfed in an apothic cavity/ a walking zombie.