Jesus, I

Actually, the correct lyric is "follow THEE"...it's taken from an old gospel hymn...Billy just made a new version. I find the numerous references to God on this CD really interesting...and I would love to talk to Billy about it, if I ever had the chance.

Yes, I believe it's also "God and heaven are all my own" if I'm correct.

Ah, the sign of a "true" fan...appriciates the musician no matter what they do...oh wait, that's not what drummerchick's doing...my mistake....

I think jimmy does a great job on Jesus, I/Mary Star of the Sea. He plays thru the whole song without any pauses.

It definitely does seem like a Christian song, it seems like alot of people are hesitant to accept that but to each their own and all that.

This song is about Billy coming back. He left the the "religion" (Smashing Pumpkins) and a new "religion" (ZWAN) is born.

It's nothing Christian about this song. Billy's old religion is Smashing pumpkin. He has taken his cross and started the new religion ZWAN.

lamby has an interesting point not sure whether it's right but something to think about. the person who posted this song got lots of the lyrics wrong. It's an obscure old hymn in an antique religious book that Billy bought. The song is awesome - 14 minutes of prog-rock perfection. JxPx i agree with you. I doubt Billy Corgan is a Christian, but if youre that anti-Christian that youd stop listening if he did, youve got problems

Jesus I / Mary Star Of The Sea

jesus, i've taken my cross all to leave and follow thee jesus, i've taken my cross all to leave and follow thee

i'm destitute, despised, forsaken all to leave and follow thee and follow thee

man may trouble to distress me to drive my heart to the cross yeah, man may trouble to distress me to drive this heart to the cross

i'm resolute, reviled, forsaken all to leave and follow thee and follow thee

jesus jesus jesus reborn reborn reborn reborn

so perish every fond ambition god and trouble are all i've known yet how rich is my condition god and heaven are all my own god and heaven are all my own

rooms full of salt fault my pluck and a poets charm so far, ever far little stars that burn the holes in my soul

and everything just feels like rain the road we're on, the things we crave and everything just feels like rain the nights i sleep, what's left to dream when everything feels like rain

drift as i dive find the deep out of reach of all light stars, ever far listless tides along the changing shore

and everything just feels like rain the road we're on, the things we crave and everything just feels like rain if i should sleep, what's left to dream when everything feels like rain

Billy didn't actually write this song. some parts were taken from a lou reed song and someone else by the name "lyte". Remember, Zwan is not all controlled by Billy, and thats what he likes as opposed the pumpkins where he had almost all creative controll. I think of this song as more of a revolution within yourself, than conforming to a certain religion.