Lily (My One and Only)

this song is actually pretty funny. it's about a peeping tom who gets caught by the girl he's spying on and him being arrested at the end of the song: "and as they're draggin me away" get it??

It's totally about stalking. Although maybe it's about some dude with a restraining order because the "When I'm with her I feel fine" bit which kind of implies he's been with her before. Anyway I like the cat theory. I like cats.

i dont think its entirely about a stalker but i think its about a boy whos completly in love with a girl beyond him and just try his best to get her notice him >>"cause i'm hanging in this tree in the hopes that she will catch a glimpse of me" peeping toms or stalkers prefer to be anonymous but the person describe isn't afraid of his love to be known so his intentions must pure not malicious. it kinda like a black humour

Haha I know this point has been made before, but I love how the music sounds innocent and gentle, when in reality it's about a creeper. I guess the song is that way because it's being told from the creeper's point of view, so it probably reflects his tender emotions.

I don't think this is exactly what the song is about (however, I'm not convinced it's about a stalker), but it's extremely relatable. I'm a teenager and me and a girl who happens to actually be named Lily love each other, however, due to personal circumstances we cannot date until were a few years older (she's a bit youngee than me). The officer in the song low-key reminds me of our friends saying it'll never work out, pulling us away from each other.

it's a great song. I never say it that way, starlight and slaphappy, I always thought it was a little more sinister... but the 'peeping tom' theory makes more sense eh. I love the name Lily. I want to call my daughter Lily... Great song. Great band. Great album... Pumkins kickass fullstop!

i think its about a peeping tom, and i know that billy has a pet named lilly, but i dont know if its a cat or a dog or what it is. But were would that fit into it

I can't help but think of the Snape and Lily relationship flashback in Harry Potter...the first time they meet as children Snape is hiding out and watching Lily and Petunia

Clearly, Lilly is a love interest! ....I think the song intentionally fools us into thinking that the relationship is real. When he says "I can hardly wait until I'm with her" it's how he's feeling, not something that is going to happen. When he says "love is in your eyes" feeling her love exactly how he wants it to be. It's all in his head. Lastly, when he says "and when I'm with her I feel fine" he feeling like she saves him just by being in his life. None of it is really happening. The hanging in the tree is slapstick. The writer is throwing us off the track of his sadness by disguising the unfortunate truth that they he is not as close to her as he would like to be. The unfortunate truth that he doesn't know if she even see's him. The terrible truth that he is having a fantasy that he doesn't really believe can ever be actualized. So why not put the sad truth in funny hat? I convenient disguise. It's by no means hiding the feelings they are clearly on display for us to feel them subconsciously as we puzzled by what it all means

didja know that if you subsitute "molly" for everytime he says "lily" it fits perfectly!? Has anyone else noticed that the smashing pumpkins say "one and only" in alot of thier songs? In "lily(my on and only", "By starlight", "Zero".........