Travels

"Travels"
Song by The Smashing Pumpkins
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Released	November 16, 2018
Studio sessions	January 2018 – The Village Recorder January-February 2018 – Shangri La Studios
Length	5:23
Songwriter(s)	Billy Corgan
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin
Shiny and Oh So Bright - Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. Knights of Malta Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) Travels Solara Alienation Marchin' On With Sympathy Seek and You Shall Destroy

"Travels" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins off of their 2018 studio album, Shiny and Oh So Bright - Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.

“ So I was in Los Angeles making this record with Rick Rubin, Shiny and Oh So Bright, James and Jimmy and Jeff.... ... And uh, I started feeling unwell. I didn’t realize that I was coming down with a vicious flu that would last a month, actually, it was horrible. But um, so I’m kind of half dead, tired from working and for some reason, I grabbed a guitar and started playing this song and it just came out in this mad rush so I literally wrote this song like.... And I would play it for you like that if I could. I can’t tilt the piano. So...kinda sums up my experience. And the backstory to this song was I was staying with a friend, a longtime friend, probably somebody I’d known for about 15 years. And because I got sick, she threw me out. It’s true, she threw me out of her house. Destroyed the friendship. So this song was the delineating point from one world to another. From heaven into hell. ” — Billy Corgan, 2019-11-09

Lyrics

The "see day from night" line is an apparent reference to the abandoned Day For Night album.

See love, see time
See death, see life
See tears, see bright
See day from night
See pulse, see tomb
See breath, see moon
See sun, see stars
See God, see ours

It's where I belong
It's where I belong
It's where I belong
But it's far from here, or else I'm gone
It's where I belong
It's where I belong
It's where I belong
But it's far from here, or else I'm gone

See eyes, see shine
See seas, see mine
See shadows wind
See ripple, see blind
See you, see me
See destiny
See knots untied
See knots that bind

It's where I belong
It's where I belong
It's where I belong
But it's far from here, or else I'm gone
It's where I belong
It's where I belong
It's where I belong
But it's far from here, or else I'm gone

So run out where the thunder stuck
And star house-sized takes you up
And whirlpool light swirls you underneath
Rhapsodies sell a riptide fight
And panoramas of the sunset light
Yet Heaven's faithful servant's still your dream

See love, see time
See death, see life
See tears, see bright
See day from night

It's where I belong
It's where I belong
It's where I belong
But it's far from here, or else I'm gone
It's where I belong
It's where I belong
It's where I belong
But it's far from here, or else I'm gone
It's where I belong
It's where I belong
It's where I belong
But it's far from here, or else I'm gone
It's where I belong
It's where I belong
It's where I belong
But it's far from here, or else I'm gone

Availability

Title	Notes	Type
Shiny and Oh So Bright - Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun.	Main release	Studio

Tour stats

• Total plays: 25 plays, 4 acoustic, 13 piano, 2 artists
• First performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 2018-11-28 at The Sylvee, Madison, WI, US
• Last performance: Billy Corgan 2024-10-24 at Madame ZuZu's, Highland Park, IL, US

External links

• "Travels" at SPFC