The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
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The Smashing Pumpkins
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Billy Corgan wrote this song with his little brother Jesse as his inspiration. Jesse was born with mild cerebral palsy, Tourette’s syndrome, heart problems, and a chromosomal disorder.
“Spaceboy” deals with the frustration of feeling as though you don’t fit in. Corgan can identify with his brother...
[Verse 1]
Feel it
Break your bones
Mr. Jones
Taste me
As I bleed
Taste my need
[Verse 2]
And Spaceboy, I've missed you
Spinning 'round my head
And any way you choose me
You'll break instead
[Chorus]
Watch me
Death defy
Defile my life
I don't need
I don't care
Please
[Bridge]
I wanna go home
I wanna go home
I wanna go home
I wanna go home
'Cause when a lover aches
That's when a lover breaks
I wanna go home
I wanna go home
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
And Spaceboy, they'll kill me
Before I'm dead and gone
And any way you choose me
It won't be wrong
And any way you choose me
We won't belong
[Outro]
We won't belong
We won't belong
We won't belong
We won't belong
We won't belong
Now it's, uh, kind of strange, and, uh, awkward to talk about
But I thought maybe you could help, um
When we start getting physical, rather than having intercourse
He ends up just masturbating himself
And I end up feeling very alienated and unsatisfied
And it's really come between us
Spaceboy was written by Billy Corgan.
Spaceboy was produced by Butch Vig & Billy Corgan.
The Smashing Pumpkins released Spaceboy on Tue Jul 27 1993.
My little brother was born ‘not right.’ The doctors advise that he be put in a state home, to be raised without love or family. “He will be a burden upon you,” a miracle we shall keep. He is an astronaut, a wandering soul. When he goes he goes out into deep space and may never come back. But he is n...