Freak
The Smashing Pumpkins * Track #2 On Teargarden by Kaleidyscope Vol. 2: The Solstice Bare [EP]
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Album Teargarden by Kaleidyscope Vol. 2: The Solstice Bare [EP]
Freak by The Smashing Pumpkins
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The Smashing PumpkinsAbout
“Freak”, the first single sprouting from the Pumpkins' massive project called Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, is often regarded as the best song to come out of the project.
The aforementioned collection was released on the band’s (now outdated) official website for free. Corgan explained to NME exactl...
Freak Lyrics
They poison our sweet mother earth
Destroy our sacred bodies
To fill our mouths with junk and
They call this knowledge but knowing nothing means knowing far far too much
They let our children starve in the name of peace
They march to the beat of a killing machine
Life is not a dream when you can't wake up from the dream you wanted
Life is not a dream when you can't wake up from the dream you wanted
Oh, they'll pour the salt from your soul
Oh, they'll pour the salt from your soul
Scars and bars and 51 stars
In faith and milk and I'm drinking filth and disease
Oh pretty please I'm begging freedom
There's lives to be blinded
Servants unkinded
Before we've paid
And then we'll pay some more
Do you know the score? Cause I'm so fucking bored
Life is not a dream when you can't wake up from the dream you wanted
Life is not a dream when you can't wake up from the dream you wanted
Oh, they'll pour the salt from your soul
Oh, they'll pour the salt from your soul
They'll sell your wounds as evidence of your hope
Life is not a dream when you can't wake up from the dream you wanted
Life is not a dream when you can't wake up from the dream you wanted
Life is not a dream
Life is not a…
Life is not a dream
Life is not a dream
Freak Q&A
How did the critics receive the song?
“Freak” was very well received by most critics. PopMatters spoke of how the track moved the band forward while giving homage to the past:
‘Freak’ largely explores and builds on The Smashing Pumpkins’ earlier, mid-1990s sound while also very subtly hinting at the newly pointed and cultish, lysergic...