Shot down I stood
Withstood my neighborhood
I got it wrong
But I could
Follow love lest I learn
It's light
To bring the light
I fought with all my might, with light
Oh bring the light
---- In several ways, their hometown, Chicago, hated The Smashing Pumpkins before they blew up. He "withstood his neighborhood" among being "shot down" by them. His tool? His songwriting, his "light". At this time in his life, Corgan was very much into "love" and "Christ" and "the right way". Don't forget that just previous to this he released a record with lots of Christian symbolism with the band Zwan. Not saying he was actually Christian or not, but he viewed the precepts as very important in his life at this time.
Too bad he lost it again.
If you just want to survive
Go grab a glimpse of any star in heaven's high
I never felt so real and loved and alive
No shadows follow me unsung
In the light, bring the light to me
--- Again, him mixing Christianity with esoteric astral beliefs and occultism, but this was his "guide" at the time. "No shadows follow me unsung" eludes to all the darkness in his life not being in vain.
Don't let them steal from you what's yours by right
Light, bring the light
You know there comes a place and time
You can't deny
With every movement shadows cast and align
--- He overcame his neighborhood and all of the negative press back in the early days of SP. He never let them "steal" it from him. (He later sold SP to freemasonry but that's a different story) and finally, "shadows cast and align" when the dark days in your life finally show up to mean something brilliant.
Shot down I stood Withstood my neighborhood I got it wrong But I could Follow love lest I learn It's light To bring the light I fought with all my might, with light Oh bring the light
---- In several ways, their hometown, Chicago, hated The Smashing Pumpkins before they blew up. He "withstood his neighborhood" among being "shot down" by them. His tool? His songwriting, his "light". At this time in his life, Corgan was very much into "love" and "Christ" and "the right way". Don't forget that just previous to this he released a record with lots of Christian symbolism with the band Zwan. Not saying he was actually Christian or not, but he viewed the precepts as very important in his life at this time.
Too bad he lost it again.
If you just want to survive Go grab a glimpse of any star in heaven's high I never felt so real and loved and alive No shadows follow me unsung In the light, bring the light to me
--- Again, him mixing Christianity with esoteric astral beliefs and occultism, but this was his "guide" at the time. "No shadows follow me unsung" eludes to all the darkness in his life not being in vain.
Don't let them steal from you what's yours by right Light, bring the light You know there comes a place and time You can't deny With every movement shadows cast and align
--- He overcame his neighborhood and all of the negative press back in the early days of SP. He never let them "steal" it from him. (He later sold SP to freemasonry but that's a different story) and finally, "shadows cast and align" when the dark days in your life finally show up to mean something brilliant.
@zerosoma33 Would be a better story if it had a realistic ending and didn’t include so much fantasy.
@zerosoma33 Would be a better story if it had a realistic ending and didn’t include so much fantasy.
@zerosoma33 Never mind that though. Done.
@zerosoma33 Never mind that though. Done.