Like many songs, the lyrics are made powerful by the arrangement and production of the song. Looking at them alone, this isn't a masterwork of poetry.
It is, however, romantic and funny. I can imagine sitting around with a guitar and starting a song "It is you that I adore/You will always be my whore" and laughing as I write. Humor, desire, desperation--I hear all of that when I listen to this song. The guitar solo makes my heart and insides want to life into the air. Yelling out "We must never be apart" is a really dramatic thing to say.
I hate that there is so much focus on lyrics. I think it's the fullness of the guitar tones when they kick in just before the chorus and the imperfections in Billy Corgan's voice that make this song special.
Like many songs, the lyrics are made powerful by the arrangement and production of the song. Looking at them alone, this isn't a masterwork of poetry.
It is, however, romantic and funny. I can imagine sitting around with a guitar and starting a song "It is you that I adore/You will always be my whore" and laughing as I write. Humor, desire, desperation--I hear all of that when I listen to this song. The guitar solo makes my heart and insides want to life into the air. Yelling out "We must never be apart" is a really dramatic thing to say.
I hate that there is so much focus on lyrics. I think it's the fullness of the guitar tones when they kick in just before the chorus and the imperfections in Billy Corgan's voice that make this song special.