Daphne Descends

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"Daphne Descends"
Promotional single by The Smashing Pumpkins
Released1998
Studio sessions
Length4:39
Songwriter(s)Billy Corgan

"Daphne Descends" is a song from The Smashing Pumpkins' fourth studio album, Adore. It was released as a promotional single exclusively in France in 1998 through Delabel.

When asked about the song's meaning in an interview, Corgan said it was about "one of those girls who's going to hell, but she doesn't want to, but down she goes".

Videos[edit | edit source]

Live at the Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain May 21, 1998
Live at BBC Studios in London, May 12, 1998

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

with the sugar sickness
you spy the kidnap kid
who kids you to oblivion

it's the perfect hassle
for the perfumed kiss
he makes you miss him more than home

you love him
you love him more than this
you love him
and you cannot, you can't resist

you love him
you love him for yourself
you love him
and no one, no one else

past sidewalk ashes
a last lovers arc
you come apart to intertwine

it was all so simple
as you watched him move
across the darkness in your room

you love him
you love him for yourself
you love him
and no one, no one else

and to the winding vines
the pretty boys dive
and thru the pinhole stars
into the shadow mind

will you lose him then
on some gentle dawn
this boy is here and gone

you love him
you love him for yourself
you love him
and no one, no one else

you love him
you love him more than this
you love him
and you cannot, you can't resist

you love him

Promotional release[edit | edit source]

No.TitleLength
1."Daphne Descends"4:38
Released Label Catalog ID Format Country External sites
1998 Delabel • Hut Recordings DE 4518 CD France Discogs MusicBrainz [1]

Availability

TitleNotesType
Daphne DescendsPromo
As Featured on MTVVideo • Promotional • Live
AdoreMain releaseStudio
PerfectUK CD2Single
Rarities and B-SidesCompilation
Ghost Children/Friends and EnemiesTribute
Live at the Viper Room 1.15.98Billy Corgan acoustic setLive

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