7 Shades of Black
| "7 Shades of Black" | |
|---|---|
| Song by The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| Released | July 10, 2007 |
| Recorded | August 2006 – February 2007 |
| Length | 3:17 |
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Corgan |
| Producer(s) | Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin |
"7 Shades of Black" (early title "Shades of Doom") is a song from The Smashing Pumpkins's seventh studio album, Zeitgeist.
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
i’m on the street yeah
i want you
i’m looking for myself
i’m gonna make it
i’ll take it
like everybody else
belle of the fawning
i’m yawning
sister can’t you spell
above suspicion
hey listen!
i’m digging my own hell
'cause I want you bad
'cause I want you bad
and without peer
and without fear
i’m without anyone at all
i’m torn apart, decrying
how unjust you are
for bursting
my black heart
'cause you don’t want me no more
but just you worry
'cause when they scratch-scratch my door
you’ll hurry
ah 1, 2, 3
this gun is loaded, devoted
you postulate the rest
riding the seesaw
there’s no law
that I have ever met
i’m just a flat punk
on dead junk
riding a vanguard
cut from the vaunted
i’m haunted, till death do us part
'cause I want you bad
'cause I want you bad
fall in hate with me
with one trick
you will want it all
the yeah-yeah tears
the now and here
the without anyone at all
i’m torn without
i’m crying out for doom
'cause you don’t want me no more
but babe don’t worry
'cause when you scratch-scratch my door
i’ll show you, either or ?
we are the lurking
the panzers
the black as coal as night
stealing what stealthy
and stellar
until we get it right
notice the yearlings
the dead things
the pretty as you please
i am the regent, the marquis
sowing my bad seeds
'cause I want you bad
'cause I want you bad
fall in hate with me
with one trick
you will want it all
as St. Patrick pipes on!
Availability
| Title | Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Zeitgeist | Original issue (Red cover) | Studio |
Tour stats
- Total plays: 9 plays (9 full, 4 soundcheck)
- First performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 2007-05-05 at Congress Theater, Chicago, IL, US (soundcheck)
- First full performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 2007-05-24 at Den Atelier, Luxembourg City, LU
- Last performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 2007-09-13 at Pearl Concert Theater, Las Vegas, NV, US (soundcheck)