Lyric discussion by virex7 

Cover art for I Am One (Part 2) lyrics by Smashing Pumpkins, The

A song of loneliness...being alone in the world. Listen to this song in a dark room at night when depressed...that way, it will best make sense. It is like Billy from 1988 is reaching forward from the past to give us comfort through his own sadness.

The song kicks in nicely about midway through, and becomes triumphantly sad and haunting...always haunting...