This song was written by Billy Corgan for the Batman & Robin soundtrack and prepared fans for the new direction the Pumpkins were headed, culminating on the critically acclaimed Adore LP.
The lyrics are a representation of the Batman of the 1940’s when he was a “darker character”. Soon after t...
[Verse 1]
The sewers belch me up
The heavens spit me out
From ethers tragic I am born again
And now I'm with you now
Inside your world of woe
To move in desires made of deadly pretends
Until the end times begin
[Chorus]
Is it bright where you are?
Have the people changed?
Does it make you happy you're so strange?
And in your darkest hour
I hold secrets' flame
You can watch the world devoured in its pain
Strange
[Verse 2]
Climb my ribcage to
The replays run for you
Unhook my lights to peek behind the flash
For I am crystal chrome
I am shatter dome
I am kremlin king of angels avenged
To destroy the end
[Chorus]
Is it bright where you are?
Have the people changed?
Does it make you happy you're so strange?
And in your darkest hour
I hold secrets' flame
You can watch the world devoured in its pain
Strange
[Bridge]
The zeppelins rain upon us
The guns of love disastrous
A shadow lies amongst you
To defy the future cast
[Chorus]
Is it bright where you are?
Have the people changed?
Does it make you happy you're so strange?
And in your darkest hour
I hold secrets' flame
You can watch the world devoured in its pain
Strange
The End Is the Beginning Is the End was written by Billy Corgan.
The End Is the Beginning Is the End was produced by Nellee Hooper & Billy Corgan.
The Smashing Pumpkins released The End Is the Beginning Is the End on Mon Jun 02 1997.
“The End is the Beginning is the End” took home a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1997.