Co-written by Billy Corgan, “Samantha” was the only track to have a music video from Hole’s Nobody’s Daughter.
The music video was directed by Alphan Eseli in Istanbul and it was never finished. An unfinished version was leaked on Vimeo on August 27, 2011.
It seems like Love is directing this song...
[Verse 1]
Samantha, you swore
You'd never turn that trick before
Keep waiting for war
You'll never win, you'll lose again
[Pre-Chorus]
Watch her wrap her legs around this world
Can’t take the gutter from the girl
[Chorus 1]
Samantha
You burned me out
Samantha
It’s over now
[Verse 2]
Samantha, your war
Was a lost cause before I came
Keep praying, pray for
The pretty things you won't get back
[Pre-Chorus]
Watch her wrap her legs around this world
Stab the gutter right out of that girl
That girl
[Interlude 1]
And through villages of ether
Oh my crucifixion comes
Will you sing my hallelujah?
Will you tell me when it’s done?
[Pre-Chorus]
Look in my eyes, there’s nothing there
Goodbye
I wanted you out my whole life
Goodnight
And don't try to move
[Chorus 2]
People like you fuck people like me
In order to avoid agony
People like you fuck people like me
In order to avoid suffering
People like you fuck people like me
Fuck people like you fuck people like me
Fuck people like you
Fuck people like me
Fuck people like you
Fuck people like me
[Bridge]
Leave your money by the bed
In the gutter where you live
And I throw it all away
And I throw it in your face
And if you were on fire
I would just throw kerosene
‘Cause I love so much I hate
And I hate what you have seen in me
Samantha
[Interlude 2]
So you think that you could save him
And we know that someone died
Oh an unkindness of ravens
And we know that Mary lied
And through villages of ether
Oh my crucifixion comes
Will you sing my hallelujah?
Will you tell me when it’s done?
[Chorus 2]
People like you fuck people like me
In order to avoid agony
People like you fuck people like me
In order to avoid suffering
People like you fuck people like me
Fuck people like you
Fuck people like me
Fuck people like you
Samantha was written by Courtney Love & Billy Corgan & Linda Perry.
Samantha was produced by Michael Beinhorn.