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{{cquote|1=I'm a real fan of when chord revolutions don't resolve. [[Cherub Rock]]'s like that, too. You never feel that sense of 'dahhhh!' until the end of the song. It creates an anticipatory effect. To write an entire song around one chord sequence, essentially -- there's one minor bridge in there -- nine-tenths of the song is that same sequence over and over again. It's kind of got a hymn aspect to it. I really like it in that sense because it reminds me of [[w:Mark Tulin|Mark]] and how he's affected my journey. It's a kind of a sad ending to the record -- I didn't intend that, but it's just the way it worked out.|author=Billy Corgan|source=[[w:MusicRadar|MusicRadar]] interview, June 13, 2012<ref name="MusicRadar" />}}
{{cquote|1=I'm a real fan of when chord revolutions don't resolve. [[Cherub Rock]]'s like that, too. You never feel that sense of 'dahhhh!' until the end of the song. It creates an anticipatory effect. To write an entire song around one chord sequence, essentially -- there's one minor bridge in there -- nine-tenths of the song is that same sequence over and over again. It's kind of got a hymn aspect to it. I really like it in that sense because it reminds me of [[w:Mark Tulin|Mark]] and how he's affected my journey. It's a kind of a sad ending to the record -- I didn't intend that, but it's just the way it worked out.|author=Billy Corgan|source=[[w:MusicRadar|MusicRadar]] interview, June 13, 2012<ref name="MusicRadar" />}}
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Revision as of 02:42, 12 July 2020

"Wildflower"
Song by The Smashing Pumpkins
ReleasedJune 19, 2012
Recorded2011
StudioPumpkinland II
Length4:42
Songwriter(s)Billy Corgan

"Wildflower" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins off of their 2012 studio album, Oceania. The song was written during the original Teargarden sessions with Mark Tulin of The Electric Prunes. After Tulin died in February 2011, Corgan felt compelled to revive the tune.[1]

Lyrics

Wasted along the way
I'm wasted along the way
I'm wasted along the way to reach you
Wasted along the way
I'm wasted along the way
I'm wasted along the way to reach you
Infernal ides
I trim the wick so fine
To carry forth your light
Comfort me
What will leave will leave
Comfort me to stem the tide
Wasted along the way
I'm wasted along the way
I'm wasted along the way to reach you
Wildflower in the wilderness outside
Take your chance with love and laughter
And every word I write, yeah
From that body will never learn
When it's far too gone I'd move on
Wasted along the way
Wasted along the way
I'm wasted along the way to reach you
Wasted along the way
Wasted along the way
I'm wasted along the way to reach you

Ooh wildflower, wildflower
Ooh wildflower, wildflower
Ooh wildflower, wildflower
Ooh wildflower, wildflower
Wildflower

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bosso, Joe. "Interview: Billy Corgan talks The Smashing Pumpkins' Oceania track-by-track". MusicRadar. Retrieved April 28, 2020.

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