Age of Innocence

"Age of Innocence"
Song by The Smashing Pumpkins
Album Lyrics Tabs Spotify
Released	2000
Studio sessions	October 1999 – The Village Recorder
Length	3:55
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;

"Age of Innocence" is a song from The Smashing Pumpkins' fifth studio album, Machina/The Machines of God. It was a last minute addition to the album.^[1]

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

we dismiss
the backroads
and ride these streets
unafraid
resigned to
scraping paint
from our bones
unashamed

no more the eye upon you
no more the simple man

desolation yes
hesitation no
desolation yes
hesitation no
as you might have guessed
all is never shown
desolation yes
hesitation no

and in my prayers
i dream alone
a silent speech
to deaf ear
if you want love
you must be love
but if you bleed love
you will die love

no more the lie upon you
cast in stone and autumn shade

desolation yes
hesitation no
desolation yes
hesitation no
as you might have sensed
we won't make it home
desolation yes
hesitation no

before the rites of spring
come to mean all things
a little taste of what may come
a mere glimpse of what has gone

cause for the moment we are free
we seek to bind our release
too young to die, too rich to care
too fucked to swear that i was there

desolation yes
hesitation no
desolation yes
hesitation no
as you might have guessed
we won't make it home
desolation yes
hesitation no

Availability

Title	Notes	Type
Machina/The Machines of God (premaster)		Promotional
Machina/The Machines of God	Main release	Studio
Untitled	Virgin single	Single
Celebrating 20 Years of Sadness		Live
Neath The Darkest Eves	Original video release	Live • Video

Tour stats

Total plays: 72 plays (71 full, 1 tease, 2 soundcheck), 22 acoustic, 2 artists
First performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 1999-10-30 at Bridge School Benefit, Mountain View, CA, US
Last performance: Billy Corgan 2024-10-24 at Madame ZuZu's, Highland Park, IL, US

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Billy Corgan, April 30, 2020 Instagram Q&A

External links[edit | edit source]

"Age of Innocence" at SPFC

[1] Billy Corgan, April 30, 2020 Instagram Q&A

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