Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins
Track: Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Lyrics
The world is a vampire sent to drain
Secret destroyers hold you up to the flames
And what do I get for my pain?
Betrayed desires and a piece of the game
Even though I know, I suppose I'll show
All my cool and cold, like ol' Job
Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage
Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage
Someone will say, "What is lost can never be saved"
Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage
Now I'm naked, nothing but an animal
But can you fake it for just one more show?
And what do you want? I wanna change
And what do you got when you feel the same?
Even though I know, I suppose I'll show
All my cool and cold, like ol' Job
Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage
Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage
Then someone will say, "What is lost can never be saved"
Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage
Tell me I'm the only one
Tell me there's no other one
Jesus was an only son, yeah
Tell me I'm the chosen one
Jesus was an only son, for you
Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage
Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage
Then someone will say, "What is lost can never be saved"
Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage
Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a
Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a
Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage
Tell me I'm the only one
Tell me there's no other one
Jesus was an only son, for you
And I still believe that I cannot be saved
And I still believe that I cannot be saved
And I still believe that I cannot be saved
And I still believe that I cannot be saved
Full Lyrics and Meaning
 SongMeanings Interpretations
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The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings Lyrics
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This can be seen as a metaphor for what Billy is trying to say about the music industry. Billy believes that he is being accused of paying lip service to the ...
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It's a reference to being depressed (blue) because you're never in one place long enough to unzip your jacket. Anyway, he's saying he doesn't even care to ...
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They "crucify the insincere" through Zero, Bullet with Butterfly Wings, An Ode, etc.. In other songs, Corgan "make[s] things right" with personal messages about ...
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This is off of the "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" single. I personally think it's one of the best b-sides they've done. James Iha sings with Nina Gordon from the ...
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I think Billy Corgan's transformation from a negative, God-mocking artist in his days of Bullet with Butterfly Wings to his more recent, positive songs is ...
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Bullet with Butterfly Wings Meanings & Lyrics Discussion
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EternalTearsOfSorrow discusses the meanings of Bullet with Butterfly Wings lyrics: A bullet that is traveling by butterfly wings is harmless. The lyric is: Despite all my rage (bullet), I am still just a rat in a cage (harmless). The song is about the impotence and futility of an individual's anger within a larger, more powerful system.
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70 Comments · Billy has said that "Perfect" is a sequel to "1979". · Billy loves this song and so do I. · Someone may have mentioned this already, but this part:.
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Shakedown 1979, cool kids never have the time. On a live wire right up off the street. You and I should meet. June bug skipping like a stone
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 Genius Meanings
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet with Butterfly Wings
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“Bullet with Butterfly Wings” won a GRAMMY in 1997 along with a slew of other awards. It remains one of Smashing Pumpkins highest charting and most recognizable songs, being used
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The Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
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“1979” is an homage to youth and all the pain, angst, and happiness that goes along with it. With a fusion of alternative rock, new wave, and electronics, the Pumpkins stumbled
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Karen O – Bullet with Butterfly Wings
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Karen O released a cover of “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” by Smashing Pumpkins on January 31, 2019. The track was recorded for Amazon’s Prime series Hanna.
The Pumpkins shared the
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Palaye Royale – Bullet With Butterfly Wings
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[Verse 1] / The world is a vampire, sent to drain / Secret destroyers, hold you up to the flames / And what do I get, for my pain? / Betrayed desires, and a piece of the game / [
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet with Butterfly Wings (Gravity Demos)
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During the Siamese Dream tour, an inspired Billy Corgan was rapidly writing new material. He booked some time in-between shows at the Gravity Studios in 1994 and the band laid down
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Tommee Profitt (Ft. Sam Tinnesz) – Bullet With Butterfly Wings
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[Verse] / The world is a vampire / Sent to drain / Secret destroyers / Hold you up to the flames / And what do I get / For my pain? / Betrayed desire / And a piece of the game / [
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Tribe Society – Bullet With Butterfly Wings
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[Verse 1] / World is a vampire / Sent to drain / Secret destroyers / Hold you up to the flames / And what do I catch / A form of pain / Betray designs / And a piece of game / [Pre
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Taking Back Sunday – Bullet With Butterfly Wings
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[Verse 1] / The world is a vampire, sent to drain / Secret destroyers hold you up to the flames / And what do I get for my pain? / Betrayed desires and a piece of the game / [Pre-
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Movers and Shakirs
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[Instrumental]
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Neil Cicierega – Mullet with Butterfly Wings
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Much like in “Bills Like Jean Spirit”, Neil mashes up two songs by swapping the instrumental and lyric matchups, and then combines them for the last part of the song. The result is
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Disarm
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The lyrics of “Disarm” touch upon the subject of child abuse as Billy Corgan directly addresses his parents in the first person as an abused son. However, during a performance in
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Bob Rivers – Minimum Wage
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[Verse 1] / I work on a deep fryer at a fast food chain / And my employers crack the whip and the chains / But what do I get for my pain? / A couple dollars is just pocket change
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The Smashing Pumpkins – The Last Song
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This is the last song / This is the last song I'll sing for you / This is the last song / This is the last song I can give you / The roaring city sleeps / Metal fingers clutching
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Star Song (Dat Mix/Vocal Rough)
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Why can't you just stay? / And pay my fuckin' bills? / And take my dog for a walk? / And love the pretty world?
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Zero
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Zero was Corgan’s answer to the public’s perception of him as a Rock God and, simultaneously, a way to express his condition of apathy. He expresses his reluctance to assume that
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The Smashing Pumpkins (Ft. Nina Gordon) – ...Said Sadly
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A friend of the band and a star in her own right, fellow Chicago native Nina Gordon of Veruca Salt lends her vocal talents on this romantic duet with writer and guitarist James Iha
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Transformer
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A livewire moves slow / A transformer always knows / The score is four / Leaves you hanging on the floor / For more and less and more of the blame / And she's tired / And she's
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Germans in Leather Pants
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There's a love in your heart / There's a love in the dark / There's a love in my heart / There's a love that won't stop / Shame on, shame on you / Shame on, shame on you / Shame on
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The Smashing Pumpkins – My Blue Heaven
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“My Blue Heaven” was written in 1924 by Walter Donaldson, with lyrics by George A. Whiting. Sung by many, the song was made popular by crooner Gene Austin, and was a number one hit
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Genius Artists
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The Smashing Pumpkins
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One of the greatest American rock bands were initially considered by many to be the pop fad side of grunge, but actually recorded numerous records (e.g. Siamese Dream, Adore, the
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The Smashing Pumpkins Songs
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The Smashing Pumpkins has 607 songs with the most popular being Bullet with Butterfly Wings, 1979 and Disarm.
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