The Everlasting Gaze
The Smashing Pumpkins * Track #1 On Machina/The Machines of God
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The Everlasting Gaze by The Smashing Pumpkins
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The Smashing PumpkinsProduced by
Billy Corgan & FloodWrited by
Billy CorganAbout
Both the lead single and opening track for Machina, “The Everlasting Gaze” was released on December 9, 1999, complete with a music video directed by the Grammy award-winning artist, Jonas Åkerlund. The video gave us the first glimpse of the new band line-up, bringing back drummer Jimmy Chamberlin a...
The Everlasting Gaze Lyrics
[Intro]
You know I’m not dead
You know I’m, you know I’m not dead
You know I’m not dead
You know I’m not dead
[Verse 1]
Now you know
Where I’ve been
As you sleep
Torn I am
Weighted down
Patiently
Born of love
[Chorus 1]
You know I’m, you know I’m not dead
I’m just living in my head
Forever waiting
On the ways of your desire
You always find a way
And through it all
Into us all you move
Forgotten touch
Forbidden thought
We can never have enough
[Hook]
You know I’m not dead
You know I’m, you know I’m not dead
You know I’m not dead
[Verse 2]
Found below
The creatures scream
Stranglehold
A god machine
Begging to
Tear us out
What is hell
[Chorus 2]
You know I’m, you know I’m not dead
I’m just the tears inside your head
Forever waiting
On the ways of your desire
You always find a way
And through it all
Into us all you move
Forgotten touch
Forbidden thought
We can never have enough
You know I’m not dead
[Bridge]
We all want to hold in the everlasting gaze
Enchanted in the rapture of his sentimental sway
But underneath the wheels lie the skulls of every cog
The fickle fascination of an everlasting god
[Verse 3]
You know I’m not dead
I’m just living in my head
Forever waiting
Forever waiting a cruel death
You know I’m not dead
I’m just living for myself
Forever waiting
[Outro]
You know I’m not dead
You know I’m not dead
You know I’m not dead
You know I’m not dead
The Everlasting Gaze Q&A
Who wrote The Everlasting Gaze's ?
The Everlasting Gaze was written by Billy Corgan.
Who produced The Everlasting Gaze's ?
The Everlasting Gaze was produced by Billy Corgan & Flood.
When did The Smashing Pumpkins release The Everlasting Gaze?
The Smashing Pumpkins released The Everlasting Gaze on Thu Dec 09 1999.
What did The Smashing Pumpkins say about "The Everlasting Gaze"?
Yes, Billy Corgan talks about it here:
‘The Everlasting Gaze’ started as a disco song. It’s original title was ‘Disco King’ and had something to do with mocking people on the dance floor. How it transitioned into what it became I’m not sure. But somehow the main riff never went away.
-Billy Co...
What is the general idea behind this song?
Corgan told the Chicago Sun Times,
[It] has a lot to do with spirituality and trying to find my place in the universe and sort of humbly accepting limitations and the things I’ve been graced with. It’s more of a humanistic world view. I’m not writing anymore for the tortured teen—both me and whoeve...