To Forgive
The Smashing Pumpkins * Track #7 On Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
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To Forgive by The Smashing Pumpkins
Release Date
Performed by
The Smashing PumpkinsProduced by
Flood & Alan Moulder & Billy CorganWrited by
Billy CorganAbout
The title is a play on the idiom “forgive and forget”. The chorus of the song repeatedly describes how the singer forgets “to forget” that things don’t matter in life (to him). The whole song in a sense forms the singers goal statement of forgiving himself for his past regrettable reactions of rage,...
To Forgive Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Ten times removed
I forget about where it all began
Bastard son of a bastard son of
A wild-eyed child of the sun
[Pre-Chorus]
And right as rain, I'm not the same
But I feel the same, I feel nothing
[Chorus]
Holdin' back the fool again
Holdin' back, the fool pretends
I forget to forget, nothing is important
Holdin' back the fool again
[Verse 2]
I sensed my loss
Before I even learned to talk
And I remember my birthdays
Empty party afternoons won't come back
[Chorus]
Holding back the fool again
Holdin' back, the fool pretends
I forget to forget, nothing is important
Holdin' back the fool again
[Bridge]
I forget to forget me
I forget to forget, you see
Nothing is important to me
[Verse 3]
I knew my loss
Before I even learned to speak
And all along, I knew it was wrong
But I played along, with my birthday song
[Chorus]
Holdin' back the fool again
Holdin' back, the fool pretends
I forget to forget, nothing is important
Holdin' back the fool again
To Forgive Q&A
Who wrote To Forgive's ?
To Forgive was written by Billy Corgan.
Who produced To Forgive's ?
To Forgive was produced by Flood & Alan Moulder & Billy Corgan.
When did The Smashing Pumpkins release To Forgive?
The Smashing Pumpkins released To Forgive on Mon Oct 23 1995.
What did The Smashing Pumpkins say about "To Forgive"?
The charitable act of forgiveness is made
scarce mention of, but that in itself really
stands as a lie, as there is nothing and no
one to be forgiven in the solemn halls of
this song. It is more so a song of condem-
nation, the greatest of which is reserved for
hand that writes it, who despite knowi...