Either go to hell (Because you don't understand God like Billy does) or 2 get physically burned (They are going to get the royal screw job for wasting their time)
"Am I as I seem?"
- Similar to saying that the listener doesn't even know Billy.
"I'm down
Down, so down"
-Two meanings I derived from this one, either that Billy feels sad though about not having anything left in his beliefs or that he's down as far as he can go (Hell).
"Time is right for a guiding light"
-Explaining how the listener needs to get some real guidance, not the kind that can be found in some kind of instutition.
"Your city to burn
Your city to burn
Try to look for something
In your city to burn, you'll burn"
-See above
"See you,"
-Telling the listener good-bye, but works in a second way:
"don't you just want to
See you" Billy is trying to say that the listener doesn't see his or herself for what he or she really is.
"I am one"
-Back to the entire wholeness/nirvana/zen/yin-yang thing.">
I Am One Meanings & Lyrics Discussion by du0 | SongMeanings
Either go to hell (Because you don't understand God like Billy does) or 2 get physically burned (They are going to get the royal screw job for wasting their time)
"Am I as I seem?"
- Similar to saying that the listener doesn't even know Billy.
"I'm down
Down, so down"
-Two meanings I derived from this one, either that Billy feels sad though about not having anything left in his beliefs or that he's down as far as he can go (Hell).
"Time is right for a guiding light"
-Explaining how the listener needs to get some real guidance, not the kind that can be found in some kind of instutition.
"Your city to burn
Your city to burn
Try to look for something
In your city to burn, you'll burn"
-See above
"See you,"
-Telling the listener good-bye, but works in a second way:
"don't you just want to
See you" Billy is trying to say that the listener doesn't see his or herself for what he or she really is.
"I am one"
-Back to the entire wholeness/nirvana/zen/yin-yang thing." />
I loved this song to death, and thusly I broke it down somewhat largely...
"I am one as you are three"
-Billy trying to show how he is whole, he has become one: gained nirvana.
"Try to find a messiah in your trinity"
-This is just like saying 'Yeah, go to church, see what they have to teach you, like they know more than you or I do.'
"Your city to burn
Your city to burn"
-When rome burned, Nero fiddled. Nero is said to be one of the forms of the Anti-Christ, meaning that if you go to church and learn their stuff you're just going to end up getting screwed by them.
"Try to look for something
In your city to burn,"
-Billy's way of saying to the listener 'Good luck learning anything from this place that will just screw you over, you won't find what I already know.'
"you'll burn"
-Telling the listener that they're just going to get burned -> Either go to hell (Because you don't understand God like Billy does) or 2 get physically burned (They are going to get the royal screw job for wasting their time)
"Am I as I seem?"
Similar to saying that the listener doesn't even know Billy.
"I'm down
Down, so down"
-Two meanings I derived from this one, either that Billy feels sad though about not having anything left in his beliefs or that he's down as far as he can go (Hell).
"Time is right for a guiding light"
-Explaining how the listener needs to get some real guidance, not the kind that can be found in some kind of instutition.
"Your city to burn
Your city to burn
Try to look for something
In your city to burn, you'll burn"
-See above
"See you,"
-Telling the listener good-bye, but works in a second way:
"don't you just want to
See you" Billy is trying to say that the listener doesn't see his or herself for what he or she really is.
"I am one"
-Back to the entire wholeness/nirvana/zen/yin-yang thing.
@du0 This is all wrong. Corgan is a Christian. There are plenty of pro-Christian themes in his songs.
@du0 This is all wrong. Corgan is a Christian. There are plenty of pro-Christian themes in his songs.
I Am One is a song about finding yourself in God. It's talking to someone who lives with hatred, destruction and sin in his/her heart, and it's saying to find God and get away from this. While you may be correct in that he is not promoting a Church, he is promoting spirituality and giving oneself to a higher power.
I Am One is a song about finding yourself in God. It's talking to someone who lives with hatred, destruction and sin in his/her heart, and it's saying to find God and get away from this. While you may be correct in that he is not promoting a Church, he is promoting spirituality and giving oneself to a higher power.
@du0 Close but no cigar. Takes a long time to see through it all but here it is. What we're living through is a post WWII plan, by the two power groups that were persecuted by the NSDAP, to utterly destroy the modern world, returning us to the dismal, unenlightened dark ages.
Rock music was just one of many types of cultural psyops, engineered and proliferated to atomize, confuse, demilitarize, and DISARM western youth, making it easier for these two groups to create a system that could never again threaten their hegemony over the world. Corgan, a catholic, is from one...
@du0 Close but no cigar. Takes a long time to see through it all but here it is. What we're living through is a post WWII plan, by the two power groups that were persecuted by the NSDAP, to utterly destroy the modern world, returning us to the dismal, unenlightened dark ages.
Rock music was just one of many types of cultural psyops, engineered and proliferated to atomize, confuse, demilitarize, and DISARM western youth, making it easier for these two groups to create a system that could never again threaten their hegemony over the world. Corgan, a catholic, is from one of these two groups, and like many rock bands from the grunge ear, you'll find cryptic religious references. He married a gril from the second group. The marriages between these WWII persecuted groups are everywhere if you have learned how to see. They really do want us to burn.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare_Borgiahttps://www.goodreads.com/quotes/240947-it-is-not-their-love-for-men-rather-it-is
I loved this song to death, and thusly I broke it down somewhat largely...
"I am one as you are three" -Billy trying to show how he is whole, he has become one: gained nirvana.
"Try to find a messiah in your trinity" -This is just like saying 'Yeah, go to church, see what they have to teach you, like they know more than you or I do.'
"Your city to burn Your city to burn" -When rome burned, Nero fiddled. Nero is said to be one of the forms of the Anti-Christ, meaning that if you go to church and learn their stuff you're just going to end up getting screwed by them.
"Try to look for something In your city to burn," -Billy's way of saying to the listener 'Good luck learning anything from this place that will just screw you over, you won't find what I already know.'
"you'll burn" -Telling the listener that they're just going to get burned -> Either go to hell (Because you don't understand God like Billy does) or 2 get physically burned (They are going to get the royal screw job for wasting their time)
"Am I as I seem?"
"I'm down Down, so down" -Two meanings I derived from this one, either that Billy feels sad though about not having anything left in his beliefs or that he's down as far as he can go (Hell).
"Time is right for a guiding light" -Explaining how the listener needs to get some real guidance, not the kind that can be found in some kind of instutition.
"Your city to burn Your city to burn Try to look for something In your city to burn, you'll burn" -See above
"See you," -Telling the listener good-bye, but works in a second way: "don't you just want to See you" Billy is trying to say that the listener doesn't see his or herself for what he or she really is.
"I am one" -Back to the entire wholeness/nirvana/zen/yin-yang thing.
@du0 This is all wrong. Corgan is a Christian. There are plenty of pro-Christian themes in his songs.
@du0 This is all wrong. Corgan is a Christian. There are plenty of pro-Christian themes in his songs.
I Am One is a song about finding yourself in God. It's talking to someone who lives with hatred, destruction and sin in his/her heart, and it's saying to find God and get away from this. While you may be correct in that he is not promoting a Church, he is promoting spirituality and giving oneself to a higher power.
I Am One is a song about finding yourself in God. It's talking to someone who lives with hatred, destruction and sin in his/her heart, and it's saying to find God and get away from this. While you may be correct in that he is not promoting a Church, he is promoting spirituality and giving oneself to a higher power.
@du0 Close but no cigar. Takes a long time to see through it all but here it is. What we're living through is a post WWII plan, by the two power groups that were persecuted by the NSDAP, to utterly destroy the modern world, returning us to the dismal, unenlightened dark ages. Rock music was just one of many types of cultural psyops, engineered and proliferated to atomize, confuse, demilitarize, and DISARM western youth, making it easier for these two groups to create a system that could never again threaten their hegemony over the world. Corgan, a catholic, is from one...
@du0 Close but no cigar. Takes a long time to see through it all but here it is. What we're living through is a post WWII plan, by the two power groups that were persecuted by the NSDAP, to utterly destroy the modern world, returning us to the dismal, unenlightened dark ages. Rock music was just one of many types of cultural psyops, engineered and proliferated to atomize, confuse, demilitarize, and DISARM western youth, making it easier for these two groups to create a system that could never again threaten their hegemony over the world. Corgan, a catholic, is from one of these two groups, and like many rock bands from the grunge ear, you'll find cryptic religious references. He married a gril from the second group. The marriages between these WWII persecuted groups are everywhere if you have learned how to see. They really do want us to burn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare_Borgia https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/240947-it-is-not-their-love-for-men-rather-it-is