Lyric discussion by Counterclockwerk 

Cover art for Where Boys Fear to Tread lyrics by Smashing Pumpkins, The

This song is about marriage. Getting married. Marriage is a commitment where boys fear to tread. Billy corgan writes a lot about sex. Anal sex too. A candy cane is a stick, down. a bonfire is a burning pile of sticks. I am pretty sure Billy is married to the love of his life June. She breaks his fall. especially his candy cane fall. she is his baby, his sweet thing. I am sure they have lost there selves together a few times. He is her king of horseflies, her dark prince. A dark prince and king of horse flies are tragic, but to her are heaven sent. sweet things, like a breath shared between them. A wedding kiss, you cheer on these marrying kids, they are dressed in style. they suck a sweet kiss and smile. because you should be smiling after your wedding kiss, or it is not right. She makes a veiled promise, an oath. an oath should never die. if she goes away, if the love is lost. the marriage a faded picture. If June is far from him, from home. the dark prince of death should chase her, tread lightning down those dead highways. turn the sunset into night and get her back to where she belongs. on his candy cane, on his bomb. that is where she belongs. That is the commitment of marriage. to stay together even in the darkness. In the hard times, even down dead highways. It is a commitment only men can truely make, a place boys fear to tread.

Song Meaning

@Counterclockwerk amazing take you got there! As soon as i read it (btw you should be delighted to know that when i typed "where bous fear to tread meaning" you came among the firsts! Niiice), i tried to find a way to disagree you know, and the more i read it, the less i could argue ???? I'll think about it, maybe a theory will randomly pop out, watching Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds always inspires me!