Beguiled

The first verse tells about 90% of this song’s content.

So swallow hard the serpent Of many tags and faces hid in masks

— many famous people have “swallowed the serpent”, ie sold their soul to the devil, and they’re more common than you think (but hidden in masks)

Coiled 'round this lung until the last

— he’s done it too, and he’s stuck operating within the rules of the illuminati writing and singing lyrics in the vein of their purpose (lung = voice), and there’s no escape until he dies. He’s essentially owned by them.

He'll crack your boots, young pagans

—- warning to those young talents who want to become famous

'Cause like you I was hatched to traipse on cold

—- again, he admits he fell for it and was “re-born” into the illuminati, now he’s a slave, watching what he does at every moment to make sure he’s following the “rules”.

And seventeen's a long drawn way from hope

—- young ones have a long way to go before they die. Whether this means he sold his soul at 17 or telling young stars they’re too young to do this to themselves, I dunno. Some check out early because they can’t take it. The “27 club” is part of that.

And I'll learned these lessons I was taught Taut, so taut And now I'm telling you

— an obvious reflecting/condensing of verse 1 into what he’s doing here

Verse 2 :

So as betrayed by rainbows

—- not what he was promised

Here I convey I've sold out your dear cause

—- he’s blowing the whistle because he’s bitter

And the king has placed us in his jaws

—- he’s either 1) talking about the devil owning him/others for life…or 2) Jesus coming to judge all of those who have done this deed

It's sure no place can hold us

—- 1) they can’t hide from their “master” 2) they can’t enter heaven

Return the faith

—- at first I thought he was talking about forsaking Christianity…but he’s more likely talking about leaving their raw “deal” at the door and walking away from fame if you can, however late in the game.

They're smashing out the veils

—- they’re revealing their true selves and breaking the deals they’ve made, they don’t need to hide anymore because the time is at hand.

Return the faith And there's no escape

—- not if you have sold your soul, and as a personal note, haven’t accepted Christ as their savior.

Billy Corgan has been a major inspiration for me throughout my life. But as the lyrics got more cryptic and the shows more “sacrificial”, for lack of a better word (it’s straight up freemasonry), I realized he’s one of them. I don’t think he wants to be, but it’s too late. I won’t buy their records anymore.