The Imploding Voice

"The Imploding Voice"
Song by The Smashing Pumpkins
Album Lyrics Tabs Spotify
Released	2000
Studio sessions	November 1998-September 1999 – Pumpkinland November 2000 – Chicago Recording Company
Length	4:24
Songwriter(s)	Billy Corgan
Machina/The Machines of God The Everlasting Gaze Raindrops + Sunshowers Stand Inside Your Love I of the Mourning The Sacred and Profane Try, Try, Try Heavy Metal Machine This Time The Imploding Voice Glass and the Ghost Children Wound The Crying Tree of Mercury With Every Light Blue Skies Bring Tears Age of Innocence

"The Imploding Voice" is a song from The Smashing Pumpkins' fifth studio album, Machina/The Machines of God. Prior to the release of the album, the song was once performed live in Detroit on April 10, 1999, under the title "Virex". This was later reworked during the Machina sessions into the variant you hear today.

Like the rest of Machina, the studio recording used analog equipment. This song in particular reprocessed guitar parts with effects, and blended it with the original signal at a 75/25% ratio, respectively.

Lyrics

everywhere you are
is everywhere you've been
just lost to the beat
punching through your skin
you don't know what to do
but still you wanna crawl
all through the broken glass
that's everywhere you are

your love must always be true
your love must always be you

everywhere you are
anywhere you go
even if you're starved
it matters what you do
but if even if you've gone too far
you can follow you
everywhere you are

and in your mind
you were alone
all this time
with everything you are
and every smile you wore
still locked in your heart
everywhere you are
everywhere you are
every single chard

everywhere you are
you're never too far
cause anywhere you go
even to the stars
all you have to do
is play the part of who you are
the rest is up to you

phase unwound
by yourself
atom bomb
on the shelf, unsung
pause of light
pulse of life
new face dawns

everywhere you are
and everywhere you go
even if you're down
even if you're low
it's in the thought of you
it's in the eyes of all
astride a storried past
that's everywhere you are

your love must always be true
your love must always be you

everywhere you are
anywhere you go
even if you're scarred
it's all a part of you
but ever should you put it down
you can never lose me

everywhere you are
everywhere you are
everywhere you are
everywhere you are
everywhere you are
everywhere you are
everywhere you are
everywhere you are
everywhere you are
everywhere you are
everywhere you are
everywhere you are
everywhere you are

Availability

Title	Notes	Type
Machina/The Machines of God (premaster)		Promotional
Machina/The Machines of God	Main release	Studio
Glass and The Machines of God (Matt Walker Remixes)

Tour stats

• Total plays: 20 plays (20 full, 1 soundcheck), 1 acoustic
• First performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 1999-04-10 at Saint Andrew's Hall, Detroit, MI, US (soundcheck)
• First full performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 1999-04-10 at Saint Andrew's Hall, Detroit, MI, US
• Last performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 2013-07-27 at 013, Tilburg, NL

External links

• "The Imploding Voice" at SPFC