Nothing and Everything

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“Nothing and Everything” is one of the earliest recordings done under the Smashing Pumpkins name. D'arcy Wretzky had not met Corgan yet and Jimmy Chamberlin was still… Read More

Oct. 5, 19881 viewer

Nothing and Everything Lyrics

Hiding behind my hair today
My eyes dance with fire
The thought of living here
And the bounds I transpire
Walking in this slow-motion now
I think you've made so bad
Standing with your mannequin
I try to hold my breath
The grave that bears my name
Started a dream
A dream, immortality
Yet I fall in vain
Just as long as I don't breathe
I'll never be like them
Standing with your mannequin
I try to hold my breath
If you go and I would stay
And you would call my name
I would cry, yes, I would cry
Walking in or walking out
Is the same as talking about my heart
My heart

Hiding behind my hair today
Wishing I was far away
Walking in this slow-motion town
I seem to be so bad
Standing with your mannequin
I try to hold my breath
If you go and I would stay
And you would call my name
I would cry, yes, I would cry
Walking in or walking out
Is the same as talking about my heart
My heart
If you go and I would stay
And you would call my name
I would cry, yes, I would cry
If you go and I would stay
You would call my name
I would die, yes, I would die
Walking in or walking out
Is the same as talking about my heart
My heart
Anyone can see
You're laughing down at me
It's easy for you now

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“Nothing and Everything” is one of the earliest recordings done under the Smashing Pumpkins name. D'arcy Wretzky had not met Corgan yet and Jimmy Chamberlin was still playing in another pre-Pumpkins band. Instead of a drum machine, Corgan enlisted Ron Roesing, his old drummer from his one and only previous band, The Marked.

After the recording was finished, the song was performed live at 10 shows, spanning from 1988 to 1989. The first of these was an hour long set played on August 10, 1988 ,at the Avalon on Belmont avenue in Chicago. This was bassist D'arcy’s first Pumpkins show ever. Jimmy Chamberlain had not joined the band yet and so a drum machine was used during the performance.