My interpretation is this is about him being torn apart from God because of an incident wherein his loved one dies. I know a lot of people are sick of songs being interpreted as related to religion but i think it's a bit obvious in this song:
the lights came on fast
lost in motorcrash
gone in a flash unreal
but you knew all along
you laugh the light
I sing the songs
to watch you numb
(His loved one dies, so fast. Gone in a flash unreal like he says, but he then says that YOU KNEW ALL ALONG. As always, God is interpreted as someone who knows almost everything, when people are born, when they die, etc etc. Then he proceeds to say "you laugh the light i sing the songs". It means that God is getting praises but Billy Corgan ends up singing the songs, since it's his way of expressing his sadness of the situation.)
I saw you there
you were on your way
you held the rain
and for the first time
heaven seemed insane
cause heaven is to blame
for taking you away
(He then exagerates that he saw God there, he was on his way, and he held the rain. Then he even comments that HEAVEN IS TO BLAME, FOR TAKING HIS LOVED ONE AWAY.)
do you know the way that I can?
do you know the way that I can't lose?
do you know the things that I can?
do you know the things that I can do?
(Then he cries about the situation, stating that he's just human. That's why he asks these questions, especially the part where he asks "do you know the things that I can do?". this means that God knows he can't bring back people from the dead and that his loved one is lost forever)
where is your heart? where is your heart gone to?
tear me apart
tear me apart from you
you laugh the light I cry the wound
in gray afternoons
(this is the part where he asks God, "where is your heart? where is your heart gone to? Tear me apart from you which means that he starts doubting either the existence of God, or if God is truly a good God. Once again he says"you laugh the light I cry the wound". God get's the praises from people while he cries about the hurt it caused him.
I saw you there
you were on your way
you held the rain
and for the first time
heaven seemed insane
cause heaven is to blame
for taking you away
(once again same interpretation)
the lights came to pass
dead opera motorcrash
gone in a flash unreal
in nitrous overcast
do you know the way that I can?
do you know the way that I can't choose?
do you know the things that I can?
do you know the things that I can't lose?
tear me apart
tear me apart from you
where is your heart?
where has your heart run to?
then this pretty much is just a repeat. He talks about the car crash again, and how he's just human, and how he's being torn apart from God because of what happened.
I also would like to say that this album was made on a time wherein Billy Corgan's mother died, which could be the reason why he made the song. He could have felt terrible when his mother died that it caused him to question God.
My interpretation is this is about him being torn apart from God because of an incident wherein his loved one dies. I know a lot of people are sick of songs being interpreted as related to religion but i think it's a bit obvious in this song:
the lights came on fast lost in motorcrash gone in a flash unreal but you knew all along you laugh the light I sing the songs to watch you numb (His loved one dies, so fast. Gone in a flash unreal like he says, but he then says that YOU KNEW ALL ALONG. As always, God is interpreted as someone who knows almost everything, when people are born, when they die, etc etc. Then he proceeds to say "you laugh the light i sing the songs". It means that God is getting praises but Billy Corgan ends up singing the songs, since it's his way of expressing his sadness of the situation.)
I saw you there you were on your way you held the rain and for the first time heaven seemed insane cause heaven is to blame for taking you away (He then exagerates that he saw God there, he was on his way, and he held the rain. Then he even comments that HEAVEN IS TO BLAME, FOR TAKING HIS LOVED ONE AWAY.)
do you know the way that I can? do you know the way that I can't lose? do you know the things that I can? do you know the things that I can do? (Then he cries about the situation, stating that he's just human. That's why he asks these questions, especially the part where he asks "do you know the things that I can do?". this means that God knows he can't bring back people from the dead and that his loved one is lost forever)
where is your heart? where is your heart gone to? tear me apart tear me apart from you you laugh the light I cry the wound in gray afternoons (this is the part where he asks God, "where is your heart? where is your heart gone to? Tear me apart from you which means that he starts doubting either the existence of God, or if God is truly a good God. Once again he says"you laugh the light I cry the wound". God get's the praises from people while he cries about the hurt it caused him.
I saw you there you were on your way you held the rain and for the first time heaven seemed insane cause heaven is to blame for taking you away (once again same interpretation)
the lights came to pass dead opera motorcrash gone in a flash unreal in nitrous overcast
do you know the way that I can? do you know the way that I can't choose? do you know the things that I can? do you know the things that I can't lose?
tear me apart tear me apart from you where is your heart? where has your heart run to?
then this pretty much is just a repeat. He talks about the car crash again, and how he's just human, and how he's being torn apart from God because of what happened.
I also would like to say that this album was made on a time wherein Billy Corgan's mother died, which could be the reason why he made the song. He could have felt terrible when his mother died that it caused him to question God.