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Tonight, Tonight Lyrics

Time
Is never time at all
You can never ever leave
Without leaving a piece of you

And our lives are forever changed
We will never be the same
The more you change, the less you feel

Believe
Believe in me
Believe, Believe!

That life can change
That you're not stuck in vain

We're not the same, we're different
Tonight, Tonight

Tonight
So bright
Tonight, Tonight

And you know you're never sure
But you're sure you could be right
If you held yourself up to the light

And the embers never fade
In the city by the lake
The place where you were born

Believe
Believe in me
Believe, Believe!

In the resolute urgency of now
And if you believe there's not a chance
Tonight, Tonight

Tonight
So bright
Tonight, Tonight

We'll crucify the insincere
Tonight, Tonight
We'll make things right
We'll feel it all
Tonight, Tonight
We'll find a way to offer up the night
Tonight
The indescribable moments of your life
Tonight
The impossible is possible
Tonight, Tonight

Believe in me as I believe in you
Tonight
Tonight, Tonight
Tonight, Tonight
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Writer
William Patrick Corgan
Duration
4:14
Sentiment
Positive
Submitted by
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I think this song is encouragement to be true to yourself and to believe in yourself. It says you should live in the moment and not the past. It's not so much about any one night in my opinion, but I art is in the eye of the beholder.

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I'd suggest taking a look at the song as a piece of a bigger whole. It's a prelude to the Mellon Collie album as a collective work. The passing of time is a key theme throughout MCIS, and I think "Tonight, Tonight" is the explaination of that. It's sort of the band's way (well... Billy's way) of saying "This is where we are, this is what we feel, and this is what tonight is about". They "crucify the insincere" through Zero, Bullet with Butterfly Wings, An Ode, etc.. In other songs, Corgan "make[s] things right" with personal messages about his childhood and relationships. And finally, he "finds a way to offer up the night" in the twilight of the album, the closing tracks of the second disc. The "indescribable moments" are simple the feelings conveyed by the music.

Ain't that a nice interpertation? :)

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awesome song. the night that i found out that my now ex was already with another guy, i drove up to my church around 10pm and i was listening to this song. i couldn't help but cry. the orchestral parts of the song are phenomenal and i totally love it. i just wish that she would have believed in me as i believed in her..thanks.

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thanks for sharing zipped

For years I thought the last line said "Believe in me as I'm leaving you, tonight"

It made it very sad to me, and kind of confirms your sense of it

I hope you got over it okay

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yes it is a great song and all but there is real meaning and incredible history behind this song. The film playing in the background is one of the first films, by George M`elies from Paris. It is called A trip to the moon. He took cinema to what they considered a new level of sophistication. George Melies was the first film maker to realize he could put dreams on film, rather than reality. However when WWI came the soldiers had seen, well, horrible reality, and the film maker could not change with their taste so he gave up on...

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@zipped6648 bro, same situation :( stay strong bro

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Maybe I get this sense because of personal reasons, but this was me and my gf's song. We listened to it all the time. A few months ago she told me she didn't love me and felt like we didn't have a connection. I found out from her friends she hadn't been in love with me for a while and that she'd pretended cause she didn't have the guts to tell me. I think the song is about something like that. When someone you love so much takes a piece of you and you're never the same, and you and her are suddenly different. You just want her to believe in you as you believe in her tonight, but maybe it's more general because any broken relationship takes a piece of you. Tonight.

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@Niradiopumpkins idk if you’ll see this but you’re story is very similar to my brothers. Him and his gf loved this band. He then got very sick and they broke up. You also right very similarly to my brother. Kind of eerie to me.

@Niradiopumpkins idk if you’ll see this but you’re story is very similar to my brothers. Him and his gf loved this band. He then got very sick and they broke up. You also right very similarly to my brother. Kind of eerie to me.

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remindes me of having the greatest night in your life

Totally.

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Yes, this is a great song and all but there is real history behind it.. About a man named George Melies from Paris. He was the creator of one of the first films called, A Trip to the Moon, this film is the film that plays in the music video. Melies was a pioneer of cinema, the first man to realize you could put your dreams into film, as many have said, he took cinema to what they considered in 1902, a new level of sophistication. However after WWI had came the taste of the people had change, but he...

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Hugo much?

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hmf, well I just say the video is brilliant, the song is brilliant, Billy is brilliant.

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this song is AMAZING i think it's saying that u shouldn't be afraid to give in to love and that u should trust ur partner's love completely and love him back and all that good stuff. this video is so freaking cool too! i want to meet billy!

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Great Song...period

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"city by the lake"= chicago, i'm pretty sure. i lovelovelove this song and this band. love.

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this song is AMAZING i think it's saying that u shouldn't be afraid to give in to love and that u should trust ur partner's love completely and love him back and all that good stuff. this video is so freaking cool too! i want to meet billy!