This song is a tough nut to crack. The simple minded explanation is that it's about suicide, but I think it's about transcending one's self imposed restrictions that have been gained from the social construct. Breaking out of your comfort zone and becoming that which you want to be, hence the lines "no more lies" and "I shall be free of those voices inside me". The very name of the song, Rocket, is a metaphor for leaving to find something new. It's a great song! One of my favorites for just shy of 3 decades now.
The moon is out The stars invite, I think I'll leave Tonight..... This is a very freeing song. BC is an amazing guitar player, but an even better lyricist
Such a brilliantly crafted song. I love how everything is off beat except for the chorus parts and how that pull n' push flows together seamlessly. Master craftsmen at work.
Love the Smashing Pumpkins! I saw their show tonight in St Louis and it was GREAT! Go see them.. They rocked the house out on a sold out show. They still got it!
Love (Love) (Love) (Love) Bleed in your own light Dream of your own life I miss me I miss everything I'll never be And on, and on I torch my soul to show the world that I am pure Deep inside my heart No more lies A crown of horns An image formed deformed The mark I've borne A mark of scorn to you Consume my love, devour my hate Only powers my escape The moon is out the stars invite I think I'll leave tonight Soon I'll find myself alone To relax and fade away Do you know what's coming down Do you know I couldn't stay free? I shall be free I shall be free I shall be free I shall be free Free, free Free of those voices inside me I shall be free I shall be free
Large, standard font, black background, no embellishment. Just lyrics appearing immediately when you hear them in the song. This may be taking it too far, but each phrase appears as it's meant to be heard without too few or too many words onscreen at once.
Hearbreak....nostalgia..and a hopeful optimism for a better tommrow....the 90s so similar to the 60s in musical outlook..and after the year we all had..sometimes it just enuff to keep you going hopefully better days to come
Billy Corgan: "There's this line from the song 'Rocket': 'Bleed in your own light.' I wanna f---in' bleed in my own light, not in Kurt Cobain's, not in Perry Farrell's. I wanna go down in my own f---in' ship. That's what I'm about."
@@rolasg3278 He said it in an interview. He was talking about how people tried to call them the new Nirvana etc. If you go to Song Facts they have the quoate, but he did interview so long ago I can't tell you who he was being interviewed by. I am sure it is somewhere on the Internet and if you do a little leg work you can see the complete interview.
After Guns and Roses left the scene, Smashing Pumpkins filled the void for rock music with two different guitar parts. There arent as many as you would think.
I have loved this song for decades and never knew what he was saying. Cuz it really doesn’t matter, they never mean what you think anyway. The voice is just another instrument making sounds, amazing sounds!
I included this title in "my favorite song story master sequenced playlist," across 21 bands/many albums ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sJLdtHaqteY.html : 1. Cage the Elephant 2. Lady Radiator 3. The Clash 4. Switchfoot 5. Bob Marley 6. Beatles 7. John Farnham 8. The Strokes 9. Smashing Pumpkins 10. Electric Light Orchestra 11. Peter Gabriel 12. The Beach Boys 13. Vampire Weekend 14. Frank Sinatra 15. Bitcoin 16. Supertramp 17. Röyksopp 18. Foreigner 19. Kings of Leon 20. Oasis 21. Barry White
......MORE like, one of REBIRTH / baptism, surrendering to who he TRULY is, a very Lennonesque sentiment (and the slightly FABS feel to it, UNDERSCORES as much.....)
