Zero
The Smashing Pumpkins * Track #4 On Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
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Zero by The Smashing Pumpkins
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The Smashing PumpkinsProduced by
Alan Moulder & Billy Corgan & FloodWrited by
Billy CorganAbout
Zero was Corgan’s answer to the public’s perception of him as a Rock God and, simultaneously, a way to express his condition of apathy. He expresses his reluctance to assume that role as he believes that such an indulgence can only lead to emptiness.
“Zero” became more than just a song to Billy Co...
Zero Lyrics
[Verse 1]
My reflection, dirty mirror
There's no connection to myself
I'm your lover, I'm your zero
I'm the face in your dreams of glass
[Pre-Chorus 1]
So save your prayers
For when we're really gonna need 'em
Throw out your cares and fly
Wanna go for a ride?
[Chorus]
She's the one for me
She's all I really need, oh yeah
She's the one for me
[Bridge]
Emptiness is loneliness
And loneliness is cleanliness
And cleanliness is godliness
And God is empty just like me
[Verse 2]
Intoxicated with the madness
I'm in love with my sadness
Bullshit fakers, enchanted kingdoms
The fashion victims chew their charcoal teeth
[Pre-Chorus 2]
I never let on
That I was on a sinkin' ship
I never let on that I was down
[Guitar Solo]
[Pre-Chorus 3]
You blame yourself
For what you can't ignore
You blame yourself for wanting more
[Chorus]
She's the one for me
She's all I really need, oh yeah
She's the one for me
She's my one and only
Zero Q&A
Who wrote Zero's ?
Zero was written by Billy Corgan.
Who produced Zero's ?
Zero was produced by Alan Moulder & Billy Corgan & Flood.
When did The Smashing Pumpkins release Zero?
The Smashing Pumpkins released Zero on Tue Apr 23 1996.
What did The Smashing Pumpkins say about "Zero"?
We like to call this style of our music “Cybermetal.” “Zero” has six rhythm guitars, with two line-in 12-string acoustics, plus those wacky [James] Iha leads. Tracked live with overdubs added later, this is a true mover as well as the first song that was recorded for Mellon Collie, James has always...
What is this song about?
It is about separating the public persona Billy Corgan has taken on from the real person he actually is. “Zero” became more than a song. It was an alter-ego Corgan could use to separate himself from.
Does "Zero" have a connection to the later album, MACHINA?
In 2000, with the release of Machina: The Machines of God, Billy Corgan assumed the character of Zero as part of the story which goes along with the conceptual framework of Machina. Zero then changes his name to Glass, an androgynous hyperbolic counterpart to Zero. Glass takes the Zero persona even...