The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
Beguiled was the first single off of The Smashing Pumpkins' tenth studio album, ATUM. ATUM is a three-act rock opera that tells the story of a musician named Shiny, who was exiled into outer space for his music.
In the morning, Osyraa, Nighthawk, and Ruby are in Dr. Aich’s living room where he has...
[Verse 1]
So swallow hard the serpents
Of many tags and faces hid in masks
Coiled 'round this lung until the last
He’ll crack your boots, young pagans
'Cause like you, I was hatched to traipse on cold
And seventeen's a long drawn way from home
[Pre-Chorus]
And I’ve learned these lessons I was taught
Taught, so taught
And now I'm telling you
[Chorus]
Return the faith
Return the faith
They're smashing out the veils, return the faith
And there's no escape
So return the faith
With charging light brigades, return the faith
You've gotta move
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
So as bеtrayed by rainbows
Here, I convеy I've sold out your dear cause
And the king has placed us in his jaws
It's sure no place can hold us
But in this scene, I'm December
And your June’s wretch
And my idyls lay gasping as if death
[Pre-Chorus]
And I’ve learned these lessons I was taught
Taught, so taught
And now I'm telling you
[Chorus]
Return the faith
Return the faith
They’re smashing out the veils, return the faith
And there's no escape
So return the faith
With charging light brigades, return the faith
You've gotta move
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
Return the faith (Return the faith)
Return the faith (Return the faith)
Return the faith
Beguiled was written by Billy Corgan.
Beguiled was produced by Billy Corgan.
The Smashing Pumpkins released Beguiled on Tue Sep 20 2022.
Billy Corgan in a Kerrang! interview:
Well, on “Beguiled"… there’s different characters in the musical, but Beguiled is sung from the standpoint of the authoritarian, so it’s kind of a reverse thing. It sounds kind of like a classic metal chorus, like [Judas] Priest or something like, but it’s act...