“1979” is Baker’s long-awaited cover of the song of the same name by The Smashing Pumpkins, available with the comic shop-exclusive “What’s The Furthest Place From Here?” #7.
The comic is partially inspired by Baker’s live cover of “Accident Prone” by Jawbreaker, and named after the song’s first li...
[Verse 1]
Shakedown 1979
Cool kids never have the time
On a live wire right up off the street
You and I should meet
[Verse 2]
Junebug skippin' like a stone
With the headlights pointed at the dawn
We were sure we'd never see an end to it all
[Chorus 1]
And I don't even care
To shake these zipper blues
And we don't know
Just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth
Below
[Verse 3]
Double-cross the vacant and the bored
They're not sure just what we have in store
Morphine city slippin' dues, down to see
[Chorus 2]
That we don't even care
As restless as we are
We feel the pull
In the land of a thousand guilts
And poured cement
[Bridge]
Lamented and assured
To the lights and towns below
Faster than the speed of sound
Faster than we thought we'd go
Beneath the sound of hope
[Verse 4]
Justine never knew the rules
Hung down with the freaks and ghouls
No apologies ever need be made
I know you better than you fake it, to see
[Chorus 1]
That we don't even care
To shake these zipper blues
And we don't know
Just where our bones will rest
To dust I guess
Forgotten and absorbed into the earth
Below
[Outro]
The street heats the urgency of now
As you see there's no one around
1979 was written by Billy Corgan.
Julien Baker released 1979 on Wed Jan 24 2024.