Cover art for Cenotaph by The Smashing Pumpkins
Apr. 21, 20231 viewer

Cenotaph Lyrics

If from one comes one and only one
How is it I tick here so woebegone?
And though I cannot feel, I note my sums
Two ohms from null
And though but half of you and a mess of fuse
I've witnessed searing love and sought refuge
And as you've come because I grew not used
But ever-fast
Just close those lids and rest assure
As vigilant and the your in yours in arms
I'm glad, not sad, no

Should I hope to be the light you'd deny
Could I scratch the paint to where you must shine?
With tears that we might crush and you might hide
Should I hope to be the light in your life

Should I hope to be the pie in your sky
A la mode with all that's sweet and divine
A path to a path to isles we'd benight
Should I hope to be the light you'd deny
Could I scratch the paint to where you must shine?
With tears that we might crush and you might hide

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Ruby takes Shiny to a cheap apartment and they sit down in the apartment’s chairs and begin to have a conversation. In this conversation, Shiny’s pure consciousness begins to speak to him through Ruby and tells him exactly what has happened while he was in exile.

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April 21, 2023
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