By Starlight
The Smashing Pumpkins * Track #27 On Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
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By Starlight by The Smashing Pumpkins
Release Date
Performed by
The Smashing PumpkinsProduced by
Flood & Alan Moulder & Billy CorganWrited by
Billy CorganAbout
This is one of the several songs about Corgan’s marriage with Chris Fabian, which ended bitterly shortly after the release of Mellon Collie.
An on-again, off-again couple, they decided to get married after having been separated for a time. The separation was the impetus for Siamese Dream’s “Soma”.
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By Starlight Lyrics
[Verse 1]
By starlight I'll kiss you
And promise to be your one and only
I'll make you feel happy
And leave you to be lost in mine
[Pre-Chorus 1]
And where will we go, what will we do?
Soon said I, we'll know
[Chorus]
And are you just like me?
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?
Her eyes, her eyes were as vacant as the seas, yeah
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?
[Bridge]
And all along, we knew we'd carry on
Just to belong
[Verse 2]
By starlight I know you
As lovely as a wish granted true
My life has been empty
My life has been untrue
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And does she really know who I really am?
And does she really know me at last?
[Chorus]
And are you just like me?
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?
Her eyes, her eyes were as vacant as the seas, yeah
Dead eyes, dead eyes, are you just like me?
[Outro]
And are you just like me?
And are you just like me?
And are you just like me?
Oooh, oooh, ju-
Oooh, oooh
By Starlight Q&A
Who wrote By Starlight's ?
By Starlight was written by Billy Corgan.
Who produced By Starlight's ?
By Starlight was produced by Flood & Alan Moulder & Billy Corgan.
When did The Smashing Pumpkins release By Starlight?
The Smashing Pumpkins released By Starlight on Mon Oct 23 1995.
What was the critical response?
Spin called it “As deep as Mellon Collie deep cuts get, ‘By Starlight’ pines away at the tail-end of disc two, a love pledge nestled in the double album’s sleepiest stretch. The Smashing Pumpkins have no shortage of nocturnal ballads or grand gestures — least of all on MC&IS — but what keeps thi...