Here Is No Why Lyrics
the endless drags of a death rock boy mascara sure and lipstick lost
glitter burned by restless thoughts of being forgotten and in your sad machines
you'll forever stay
desperate and displeased-with whoever you are and you're a star
somewhere-he pulls his hair down-over a frowning smile a hidden diamond you cannot find
a secret star that cannot shine over to you
may the king of gloom, be forever doomed
and in your sad machines
you'll forever stay
burning up in speed lost inside the dreams, of teen machines
the useless drags, the empty days
the lonely towers of long mistakes
to forgotten faces and faded loves
sitting still was never enough
and if you're giving in, then you're giving up
cause in your sad machines
you'll forever stay
burning up in speed
lost inside the dreams, of teen machines
"Here is no why" is an anagram of "whiny heroes" lol, probably not intentional but still funny in the context of the song
Whenever I hear this song I totally feel Billy was singing about Kurt Cobain. "Somewhere he pulls hair down, over a frowning smile". Billy was trying to show how shy and how much Cobain wanted NOT to be in the spotlight but he tried to hide it because he wasn't happy at all. That's what I get out of it. Love this song.
i totally agree with you iwas about to say something about that than i read your post.
i totally agree with you iwas about to say something about that than i read your post.
@y2doggy I always thought it was about Trent Reznor. The phrases "The endless drags of a death rock boy " (suicidal lyric themes) and "in your sad machines you'll forever stay" (industrial music) always made me think of Nine inch nails. Maybe they were kinda rivals. I always remember an interview to Reznor in Rolling stone circa 96~97. He said he wanted to be "Always one step ahead of Billy Corgan".
@y2doggy I always thought it was about Trent Reznor. The phrases "The endless drags of a death rock boy " (suicidal lyric themes) and "in your sad machines you'll forever stay" (industrial music) always made me think of Nine inch nails. Maybe they were kinda rivals. I always remember an interview to Reznor in Rolling stone circa 96~97. He said he wanted to be "Always one step ahead of Billy Corgan".
Or maybe is just about himself.
Or maybe is just about himself.
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That is an interesting look at the song, y2. I never thought of that. To me, the song is Billy looking back at his eighteen year-old self. The days when he was covered in make-up and was convinced that he had no future. And while Billy has kept his attitude about the world, and his sadness, he has of course realized he has a very important place in the world - to make music that can beautifully depict the sorrows of life.
See, for some reason, I always thought of this song as being like a 90's version of "Turn the Page" all about the rigors of life as a musician on the road and everything and maybe about how commercial the Pumpkins wound up getting "lost inside the dreams of teen machines" and all.
I also agree with DeathRockBoy and y2doggy. I think they both have good points. Its probably about both, bacuase maybe Billy thought he had a lot in common with Kurt. So the song is probably about them both.
Yeah, that's a very good take on the song, about Kurt and all. But he's talking about himself as a teenager, I can totally 100% relate to this song, which is why I love it so much. "Desperate and displeased, with whoever you are, and your a star", genius. everyones a star, but when you don't like yourself, you need oncvincing.. I can't explain it very well.
Billy is saying to all the lonely teenagers out there "You aren't going to get anywhere by sitting still and feeling bad about yourself".
"There's a lot of me in that lyric. There's certainly an acknowledgment of that self-absorbed woe-is-me thing. The chorus says a lot: 'In your sad machines you'll forever stay.' It's a wink back at the overly dramatic 18-year-old me."
-------thats a quote from Billy himself
goddammit...can yall please get of the cobaine rush for once?!...if you can just forget that kurt cobaine ever happened,you can realize that the song is about kids who are depressed and disenchanted with their lives, just like KURT COBAINE!...yes..this song can be applied to him only in the fact that kurt was just like any other sad and lonely kid.
Interesting that there are so many comments here linking Billy (Corgan) and Kurt (Cobain).
Just reading Slaughterhouse 5 by another Kurt, Vonnegut, where the main character is another Billy, Pilgrim. One of the famous quotes from the book of course being "there is no why".
“Here There Is No Why” was also the infamous Dr. Joseph Mengele’s answer to Roma (Rachel Roth), the author of 'Here there is no why', and to millions of Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
Makes me think perhaps the sad/teen machines in the song may also be war related.....