In Lieu Of Failure

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"In Lieu Of Failure"
Song by The Smashing Pumpkins
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Released2023-03-14
Length3:27
Songwriter(s)Billy Corgan
Producer(s)Billy Corgan
  1. Atum
  2. Butterfly Suite
  3. The Good In Goodbye
  4. Embracer
  5. With Ado I Do
  6. Hooligan
  7. Steps In Time
  8. Where Rain Must Fall
  9. Beyond The Vale
  10. Hooray!
  11. The Gold Mask
  12. Avalanche
  13. Empires
  14. Neophyte
  15. Moss
  16. Night Waves
  17. Space Age
  18. Every Morning
  19. To The Grays
  20. Beguiled
  21. The Culling
  22. Springtimes
  23. Sojourner
  24. That Which Animates The Spirit
  25. The Canary Trainer
  26. Pacer
  27. In Lieu Of Failure
  28. Cenotaph
  29. Harmageddon
  30. Fireflies
  31. Intergalatic
  32. Spellbinding
  33. Of Wings
  34. Simmatar
  35. Magdalena
  36. Saffron
  37. Zope
  38. Huzzah!
  39. Automaton
  40. MaryQ
  41. Burr
  42. Excelsior
  43. Necromance

"In Lieu Of Failure" is the fifth track from Act III of the The Smashing Pumpkins' 2023 rock opera, ATUM.

Billy Corgan has compared the feeling of the song to that of Mellon Collie-era B-sides, in an assertion that that "machine" of songwriting is still very much alive. "That's what this song sort of represents both narratively and personally," he said on the Thirty-Three podcast.[1]

Synopsis[edit | edit source]

Main article: ATUM (synopsis)

(performed by Shiny and 'Los Machinas', a freshly-formed Machines Of God tribute band)'

Shiny is invited to a celebration event hosted by a group of fans who are now out in the open after being in secret for so long. At the event, a cover band plays all of Shiny's hit songs. Near the end of the show, they begin to play this song in which Shiny gets up on stage and begins singing with the band. While singing, A person in a hood walks up on stage and takes the mic out of Shiny's hand. This person is revealed to be Osirah and she starts denouncing Shiny. She eventually gets the crowd to turn against Shiny. As the crowd grows ever more violent, Ruby comes out of nowhere and pushes past Osirah to take Shiny away. They run out of the building and into the night together.[1]

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

i'd pass the salt if i could shake, whoa
i'd blitz your waltz and halve for blame
oh, just know
my limps and lisps and lays for laughs
my chin and chance and churl are glass
alright? so send in the drones
and check yourself, alright?
just send in the drones, alright

i warned you, yeah
it's a kind bluff
you a'int so tough, so far from home
alone, alone, alone

i'd take you upon fates and frolic, whoa
i'd lollygag and crack some colic
thar' she blows
my dinks and dings and dangs say bold
my gags and gaffes and grinds gird slow
alright? so send in the drones
and check yourself, alright?
just send in the drones, alright

i warned you, yeah
it's a blind bluff
you a'int so tough, so far from home
alone, alone, alone

check yourself, alright?

Charts[edit | edit source]

Chart (2024) Peak
position
LyricFind U.S. Songs (Billboard)[2] 17

Availability

TitleNotesType
ATUMAct IIIStudio

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Corgan, Billy. "In Lieu Of Failure". Thirty-Three (Podcast). Retrieved May 8, 2023.
  2. ↑ "The Smashing Pumpkins Chart History (LyricFind U.S. Songs)". Billboard.

External links[edit | edit source]

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