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Lover lover let's pretend
We're born as innocents
Cast into the world
With apple eyes
To wish wish dangerous
My dear delirious
To try and leave
The rest of us behind
Shot full of diamonds
And a million years
The disappointed disappear
Like they were never here
Kiss kiss all of this
The hiss that we had missed
And understand what can't be understood
Sear those thoughts of me
Alone and unhappy
I never liked me anyway
If by chance
Or circumstance
We should fail
Don't be so sad
Shot full of diamonds
And a million years
The disappointed disappear
Like they were never here
In a dream
We are connected
Siamese twins
At the wrist
And then I knew we'd been forsaken
Expelled from paradise
I can't believe them
When they say that it's alright
Words can't define what I feel inside
Who needs them?
Caught with this virus of my mind
I give in to my disease, of my needs
To my disease, of my needs
She really loves to break
Her dad says its OK
She really loves to break
And give it all away
Her ma says she's afraid
What more can she fake
She really needs to break
And give herself away
She gave it all away
She gave it all away
She gave it all away
We really love the USA
We're born as innocents
Cast into the world
With apple eyes
My dear delirious
To try and leave
The rest of us behind
And a million years
The disappointed disappear
Like they were never here
The hiss that we had missed
And understand what can't be understood
Alone and unhappy
I never liked me anyway
Or circumstance
We should fail
Don't be so sad
And a million years
The disappointed disappear
Like they were never here
We are connected
Siamese twins
At the wrist
Expelled from paradise
I can't believe them
When they say that it's alright
Who needs them?
Caught with this virus of my mind
I give in to my disease, of my needs
To my disease, of my needs
Her dad says its OK
She really loves to break
And give it all away
What more can she fake
She really needs to break
And give herself away
She gave it all away
She gave it all away
We really love the USA
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I don't know what this song is about. I thought that I'd read that it was about drugs somewhere (imagine that), but if it wasn't here, then I don't know where. The basic idea was diamonds=cocaine, I believe.
I can't help but notice the Adam & Eve storyline, though.
It would seem that the song could be about the fall of man and how a million years later, society pretends that we're not sinners and haven't done anything wrong. We've created our own paradise with riches and diamonds.
It's a bizarre connection, but I think that the Adam & Eve references are there for some reason. And the whole Siamese Dream part seems to be a reference to him being connected to the wrongdoings of his lover, similar to Adam and Eve both being booted from Paradise when Eve ate the forbidden fruit. Of course, Adam ate the apple, too.
I don't know. Anyone want to expand upon the whole Adam & Eve thing? The geek perspective doesn't seem to be supported much by the lyrics, in my opinion.
This is it.
This is it.
I can't believe that people actually think this song is about "couples" and "broken relationships".
I can't believe that people actually think this song is about "couples" and "broken relationships".
I really like your interpretation and I think the whole Adam & Eve thing probably had some role to play in Corgan's formulation of the lyrics.
I really like your interpretation and I think the whole Adam & Eve thing probably had some role to play in Corgan's formulation of the lyrics.
That said, drug addiction is definitely the primary factor. I'm thinking it's probably heroin because of the middle section of the song where he talks about the "dream" and the music takes on a very serene and dreamy quality, which only really fits with heroin. And there are the allusions to injecting (shot full of diamonds, "in a dream we are connected, siamese twins at the WRIST". Also, there are other hints. Such...
That said, drug addiction is definitely the primary factor. I'm thinking it's probably heroin because of the middle section of the song where he talks about the "dream" and the music takes on a very serene and dreamy quality, which only really fits with heroin. And there are the allusions to injecting (shot full of diamonds, "in a dream we are connected, siamese twins at the WRIST". Also, there are other hints. Such as, "my dear delirious" which also fits best with heroin. "The disappointed disappear" right after the "shot full of diamonds and a million years" which refers to getting high and forgetting his troubles and losing any kind of normal perception of time.
And there's the part about being forsaken. Then he speaks of a feeling that he can't describe with words. Immediately after which he speaks of the virus of his mind, giving into his needs and his disease. Addiction is a disease, and if you are addicted (especially with certain drugs, of which heroin is the most notorious example) you truly need your drug to function or your body will shut down.
Either Eve actually IS the drug in question (many junkies could very accurately be described as having only one true love (or relationship) in the world: their relationship with their drug).
Or if Adam & Eve represent an actual couple, then heroin is the forbidden fruit and plays a primary role in breaking them apart. "She gave it all away. She gave it all away." This means she either prostituted herself for drugs, or she gave up the drug in which case she would also have to break it off with Adam who is still using.
It may just be that I've gone to Catholic school for 13 years and they pound this stuff into our skulls, but I immediately noticed the Creation, loss of innocence, original sin theme. Like dross said. Only, I think he was showing disbelief that Christians can actually accept that they are forever barred from paradise and are marked from birth.....and then Billy just goes into a few terrific verses about self-loathing......isn't it crazy that the same man who wrote Zero also started Zwan? Two totally different ends of the spiritual spectrum.
so did i i mean the first time i heard this song i thought it was billys point of view about the creation and the expulsion of Adam and Eva from Paradise...
so did i i mean the first time i heard this song i thought it was billys point of view about the creation and the expulsion of Adam and Eva from Paradise...
I agree. Connected at the WRIST as supposed to the HEAD resembles being dragged into sin from birth.
I agree. Connected at the WRIST as supposed to the HEAD resembles being dragged into sin from birth.
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I can not get enough of this song! I can't believe they left it off the Greatest Hits CD!
this is the 1st time ive read the lyrics, i thought i knew what this was about, but i was way off...maybe i should listen to the words more... i do have the dvd, i love the very beginning when Iha is giving the clowns a pep talk. he has kind of a weird vioce. its thick and ...um...chewy...if that makes sense. No? ok. its hilarious when the clowns start to hump each other.
has anyone else noticed that on Billy's guitar it says "I love my mommy"? maybe the song is about her...maybe it was on it in An Ode to No One...gawd, im so high. that kissyface clown is fuckin hot. lmao
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I think its about detachment in modrn families
I think this song is about how a chick turned from being an innocent girl to a more corrupted young adult/drug user. If you read the lyrics thinking like that, you will see what I mean...
I always thought the last line was sarcastic because of how so many young people are ruined by America's drug problem.
I think you're on the right track. The 'giving herself away' is sexual. How many people have sex hoping to receive love in return.
I think you're on the right track. The 'giving herself away' is sexual. How many people have sex hoping to receive love in return.
And I quote: MESSAGE TO HARRY MANBACK Hotsy Menshot from Green Jelly (a jokemetal band in which Maynard debuted as one of the Three Little Pigs explains: “The voice on Message to Harry Manback is my old friend Francesco, (from Rome, Italy) who would come and live with me and my old roommate Jerry, off and on. I kicked him out after he stole some possessions from Jerry, and he called that night on the answering machine because he was afraid of me, and couldn’t threaten me to my face. He was 6’2” but only weighed 130 pounds and looked like Ichabod Crane from Sleepy Hollow. I could’ve broken him like a twig. He called back again the next morning, and that message was finally heard on Message to Harry Manback II on Salival. Anyway, everyone used to imitate it from my impression, even though they have never heard it. Years later, I found the tape and played it for Figlio di puttana, sai che tu sei un pezzo di merda? Hm? You think you’re cool, right? Hm? When you kicked out people [out of] your house? I tell you this, one of three Americans die of cancer, you know? Asshole. You’re gonna be one of those. I don’t have the courage to kick your ass directly. Don’t have enough courage for that, I could, you know. You know you’re gonna have another accident? You know I’m involved with black magic? Fuck you! Die. Bastard! You think you’re so cool, hm? Asshole. And if I ever see your fucking face around, In Europe or Italy, Well I’ll — That time I’m gonna kick your ass. Fuck you! Fucking Americans, Yankee. You’re gonna die outta cancer, I promise. Deep pain... No one does what you did to me. You wanna know something? Fuck you! I want your balls smashed, eat shit! Bastard! Pezzo di merda, figlio di puttana. I hope somebody in your family dies soon. Crepa, pezzo di merda, e vai a sucare cazzi su un aereo!
[Edit: 01/01/1967]
Has anyone else seen the live version of this on the Greatest Hits DVD? It's hilarious. The band is playing with a group of clowns, amd at the point in the song when the music slows, they all start moving around slowly and acting spooky.
well, i think it's about a couple that just broke up and i love the line "in a dream, we were siamese twins, connected at the wrist..." which means...they were almost like, holding hands and "to wish,wishh is dangerous, my dear delerious..." she was a little crazy to try and wish for something...?
You're right, and it does give referance to the album title doesn't it?
You're right, and it does give referance to the album title doesn't it?
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