Billy Corgan returns with a well-crafted piano ballad, acting as the lead single to Ogilala, his first solo effort since 2005’s TheFutureEmbrace.
Legendary producer Rick Rubin takes a minimalist approach while Corgan takes an unprecedented step back from the production role, giving full reign to Ru...
Tumbling down the middle the world survives
Look out son, the air's alive
Call it ether, elemental I, or ooh-ooh! dark night
One magic heart to seize
One little mind to ease
Or, one silver drum to beat
There's mountains torn from us
There's mountains torn from us
If I'm leaving you without return or snare
Catapulting through time and space
You can call that home, if you wish or if it's fair
But it's mine to share and share alike
Won't you mourn with me
Lover won't you mourn with me
Lovers won't you mourn with me
Fallin' cross the middle the world survives
Look out son, the air's alive
Call it ether elemental I, or ooh-ooh! dark nights
One magic kite to fly
One little life to light
Or, one silver eye to eye, ooh
There's mountains born of us
There's mountains born of us
If I'm leaving you without return or snare
Catapulting through time and space
You can call that home, if you wish or if it's fair
But it's mine to share and share alike
Won't you mourn with me
Lover won't you mourn with me
Hey, lovers won't you mourn with me
Lovers won't you mourn with me
Hey, lovers won't you mourn with me
Lovers won't you mourn with me
Lovers won't you mourn with me
Lovers won't you mourn with me
Lovers won't you mourn with me
Aeronaut was written by Billy Corgan.
Aeronaut was produced by Rick Rubin.
Billy Corgan released Aeronaut on Tue Aug 22 2017.
Stereogum compared the track to the now-classic “Disarm,” most likely due to the somber mood and orchestral swells that come to meet the vocals during the chorus. NPR praised the song, insisting Corgan “doesn’t get enough due as a ballad songwriter”.