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Artist: The Smashing Pumpkins
Track: Once Upon a Time

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Mother I'm tired
Come surrender my son
Time has ravaged on my soul
No plans to leave but still I go

Fallin' with the leaves
Fallin' out of sleep
To the last goodbyes
Who cares why?

Mother I've tried
Wasting my life
I haven't given up, I lie
To make you so proud in my eyes

Fallin' out of sleep
Crawlin' over me
To the last goodbyes
Who cares why?

Tuesdays come and gone
Restless I still drive
Try to leave it all behind

Fallin', fallin' out of sleep
Fallin', fallin' with the leaves
I go crawlin', crawlin' over me

Once upon a time in my life...
I went falling...

Mother I hope you know
That I miss you so
Time has ravaged on my soul
To wipe a mothers tears grown cold
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The Smashing Pumpkins - Once Upon a Time Lyrics
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control ...
Smashing Pumpkins - Once upon a Time Lyrics
Mother I'm tired. Come surrender my son. Time has ravaged on my soul. No plans to leave but still I go. Fallin' with the leaves. Fallin' out of sleep
The Smashing Pumpkins - Once in a While Lyrics
"you'll try to care once in a while for me i will be there once in a while" i changed my mind. its about that person your not in love with but keeps you company ...
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The Smashing Pumpkins - A Stitch in Time Lyrics
this song is about leaving the rest of the world behind you to focus on the one person you truly care about. it's "a stitch in time"; Billy is saying here that ...
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Don't look in the mirror. I don't like what I see staring back at me. Everything is clearer. I'll never see what you see. It's not me. So beautiful and free
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He also says "tears were once my only way back home" meaning he only could find peace once he had gone through turmoil. I love this song and the whole album.
The Smashing Pumpkins - This Time Lyrics
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Many people feel sad and like killing themselves at one time or another, but most people will think about others and decide that ultimately it isn't the right ...
The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 Lyrics
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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I love this song, I used to play it a lot, along with it's b-side playmate Once In A While.
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In his spare time, he writes plays. It's late Friday morning when Billy Corgan walks into a tiny North Side Chicago diner after parking his black Mercedes ...
The Smashing Pumpkins - Muzzle Lyrics
"Muzzle" in particular was one Billy said a little bit about. I think it was around the time he and his wife were separated and going through a divorce. He said ...
The Smashing Pumpkins - Anaise! Lyrics
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The Smashing Pumpkins - Stand Inside Your Love Lyrics
... in my time.." verse is the dark one for me. This song lyrically just makes ... Log in now to tell us what you think this song means. Don't have an account ...
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Log in now to tell us what you think this song means. Don't have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It's ...
The Smashing Pumpkins - We Only Come Out at Night Lyrics
I think this song is about stars. The days are too bright so you only see them at night. Which also means they can't do anything for people during the day( ...
The Smashing Pumpkins - Thirty Three Lyrics
... in this world. And um, you know, in my mind at that time, I think I was 27 years old, I thought that I had arrived. I supposedly had everything one would ...
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise Lyrics
This song always hits me right here oh-so perfectly. It's probably one of my favorite SP songs off of one of my favorite albums ever, and it's also on my lil' ...
The Smashing Pumpkins - Thru the Eyes of Ruby Lyrics
i think the songs about marriage and rethinking it at the last minute to realize your love is gone. the pumpkins will always be one of my all time favorite ...
The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm Lyrics
"The killer in me is the killer in you" refers to Billy contemplating a vicious & violent retaliation towards his parents while they slept but recognizing that ...
The Smashing Pumpkins - East Lyrics
The alternate version of this song on the Reel Time Sessions would have fit nicely on Gish. ... in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by ...
The Smashing Pumpkins - Soma Lyrics
Nothing left to say. And all I've left to do. Is run away. From you. And she led me on, down. With secrets I can't keep. Close your eyes and sleep
The Smashing Pumpkins - A Trip Unto Bountiful Lyrics
Oldest First. General Comment. Recorded in Reel Time Sessions, also know as ... Log in now to tell us what you think this song means. Don't have an account ...
The Smashing Pumpkins - Inkless Lyrics
this song does sound similar to others, but it's very original in alot of ways, the solo sounds like it's going through a transmitter ^^ like one of the 3 solos ...
The Smashing Pumpkins - Smiley Lyrics
Smiley, where have you been? Smiley, it's such a sin to say. You'll dream your life away. No one met him, couldn't make it on a bended knee
Smashing Pumpkins - Starla Lyrics
I'm in here. Please take me home. Starla dear. I'm all alone. When you can't decide what's on your mind. It's clear I'm here, Starla dear
The Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock Lyrics
However, while they may be keeping the band alive, should the band be a failure, they'll be quick to drop the pretense of angels, lose their glued on wings. ' ...
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One of the best the Pumpkins ever released. It's a very sad song, but as it goes on, the feeling picks up, eventually making you feel good. Billy Corgan is an ...
The Smashing Pumpkins - Zero Lyrics
It's amazing how one song could do it all! I have been struggling for 2.5 years with on-&-off depression--you know, normal teenage depression. It became ...
The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight Lyrics
I'd suggest taking a look at the song as a piece of a bigger whole. It's a prelude to the Mellon Collie album as a collective work. The passing of time is a key ...
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Once Upon a Time
Mother, I’m tired / Come surrender, my son / Time has ravaged on my soul / No plans to leave but still, I go / Fallin’ with the leaves / Fallin’ out of sleep / To the last goodbyes
Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime
In this song, producer Brian Eno and Talking Heads frontman David Byrne are at the apogee of whatever it is they do (Byrne claims he was just riffing on some Southern preacher).
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“The Other Side” is essentially an instrumental version of “For Martha”, a song Corgan wrote as a tribute to his mother shortly after her death. “The Other Side” shows the stark
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“17,” a 17 second instrumental, closes the album much like it began: soft, subdued, and subtle. The back of the album pamphlet contains a poem written by Billy Corgan also entitled
The Smashing Pumpkins – For Martha
“For Martha” is a tribute to Corgan’s mother, Martha Louise. Martha died of cancer while Corgan was in the midst of a world tour supporting Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
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Originally named “48 Chords” as a commentary on the unusual high number of piano chords played, “Blank Page” is about Corgans marriage ending. According to himself, he felt it was
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“Do You Close Your Eyes” is an outtake from the Adore recording session in February of 1997. The song never made it as a B-side nor has it ever been played live. It was released
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Climb across a sea-filled cross / See your mind as it's falling / Do you know where you've been / When you hide your old feelings / I let down, and I am falling / Time lives on
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Corgan recently explained this song to MusicRadar.com: I wrote it sitting around backstage on one of the SP tours in 2008, and it is pretty simple in that the whole song is built
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Amphetamine annie-dog / Has her leash and a face / Her velvet spleen, her shackle spine / Her diamond curse, it comes with mine / A vessel she for violent I / Confession arms awake
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[Instrumental Intro] / The lights came on fast / Lost in motor crash / Gone in a flash, unreal / But you knew all along / You laugh the light / I sing the songs / To watch you numb
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Once upon a time | The Smashing Pumpkins Lyrics, Meaning & Videos
The lyrics of The Smashing Pumpkins' song Once Upon a Time are open for interpretation, but they convey a general sense of weariness, exhaustion and longing for ...