The Colour of Love

"The Colour of Love"
Song by The Smashing Pumpkins
Album Lyrics Tabs Video Spotify
Released	August 28, 2020
Studio sessions	April 2019-February 2020 – Pumpkinland II
Length	4:23
Songwriter(s)	Billy Corgan
Producer(s)	Billy Corgan
	CYR The Colour of Love; Confessions of a Dopamine Addict; Cyr; Dulcet in E; Wrath; Ramona; Anno Satana; Birch Grove; Wyttch; Starrcraft; Purple Blood; Save Your Tears; Telegenix; Black Forest, Black Hills; Adrennalynne; Haunted; The Hidden Sun; Schaudenfreud; Tyger, Tyger; Minerva;

"The Colour of Love" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins that was released with "Cyr" on August 28, 2020. The music video debuted on September 25 as the first episode of Billy Corgan's five-part animated series, In Ashes.

Corgan has said the intro of the song pays tribute to The Cure.^[1]

Music video[edit | edit source]

Official video (In Ashes, episode one)

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

Whomever wants you alone
Whomever wants you atones
It's with this prayer I've sewn
Whomever wants you alone

(Colour of your love)
And the colour of your love is gray
(Colour of your love)
And the colour of your love is gray
(Colour of your love)
And the colour of your love is gray
A vast amount of the time slipped away
A vast amount of the time slipped away

I gave you all, always have (and always)
I gave you all as I was asked (as always)
As pieces of [?] fall from grasp
Whomever asks for more than that
A camp beholds me

(Colour of your love)
And the colour of your love is gray
(Colour of your love)
And the colour of your love is gray
(Colour of your love)
And the colour of your love is gray
A vast amount of the time slipped away
A vast amount of the time slipped away

(Colour of your love)
And the colour of your love is gray
(Colour of your love)
And the colour of your love is gray
(Colour of your love)
And the colour of your love is gray
A vast amount of the time slipped away

Availability

Title	Type
CYR	Studio
CYR Singles	Box set

Tour stats

Total plays: 19 plays, 2 acoustic, 2 artists
First performance: Billy Corgan 2020-10-30 Chicago, IL, US
Last performance: Billy Corgan 2023-05-29 at Madame ZuZu's, Highland Park, IL, US

Personnel[edit | edit source]

Billy Corgan – Vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer
James Iha – guitar
Jeff Schroeder – guitar
Jimmy Chamberlin – drums
Katie Cole – backing vocals
Sierra Swan – backing vocals

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Billy Corgan. May 1, 2021 Instagram Q&A

[1] Billy Corgan. May 1, 2021 Instagram Q&A

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