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“The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete,” like much of Adore, combines electronic music with something akin to folk rock.
The story is one of murder. After Pistol Pete kills his female lover, Dusty, she passes on to the other side without realizing it, thus becoming a ghost. Still very much in love with...
[Verse 1]
Dusty screams, through doors and imaginary floors
“Why can't you miss me?”
Pistol Pete removes the final breaths from her, unkind
And she is shaken
[Pre-Chorus 1]
What does this mean, in love or in peace?
With you lying next to me
So faithless, serene
And she calls to him
[Chorus]
Let the waste cross the ancient trails to you
Far out beneath the sorrow clouds
Let them taste the bitter, lost mistake of you
Let them cry out, through your rusted scars
[Verse 2]
Alone, he roams inside the ordinary catacombs of her waiting
With raven hands, she steals and staggers towards her man
Still scorned by his demon
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Because he's undone
Become the language of disaster and love, vengeance and dust
And she calls to him
[Chorus]
Let the waste cross the ancient trails to you
Far out, beneath the sorrow clouds
Let them taste the bitter, lost mistake of you
Let them cry out, through your rusted scars
[Verse 3]
Dusty screams, through doors and imaginary scenes
Of hurt and teardrop
[Pre-Chorus 3]
As he holds her down in the cold, lonely winds
Together again, her inside him
And she calls to him
[Chorus]
Let the waste cross the ancient trails to you
Far out, beneath the sorrow clouds
Let them taste the bitter, lost mistake of you
Let them cry out, though your rusted scars
The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete was written by Billy Corgan.
The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete was produced by Billy Corgan & Flood.
The Smashing Pumpkins released The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete on Tue Jun 02 1998.
Billy Corgan wrote in the Adore reissue liner notes:
Ostensibly a narrative covering the fallout of a murder; as the lass has been murdered by her beau, and he is rewarded in forever being haunted by her scream. What this says about the state of my romantic life circa 1997-1997 I’ll leave you to de...