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"Blank Page"
Song by The Smashing Pumpkins
ReleasedJune 1, 1998
Studio sessionsAugust-September 1997 – Chicago Trax Recording
Length4:51
Songwriter(s)Billy Corgan
Producer(s)Brad Wood, Flood, Billy Corgan

"Blank Page" is a song from The Smashing Pumpkins' fourth studio album, Adore.

An early instrumental version was known as "48 chords", as it was comprised of 48 successive unique chords before repeating.[1][2] Lyrically the song deals with Corgan's divorce, and was the first to touch on the subject among the new songs written for Adore. According to himself, he felt it was odd he had not written about the divorce earlier, but only with this song could express how he felt about it.

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

blank page was all the rage
never meant to say anything
in bed I was half dead
tired of dreaming of rest

got dressed, drove the state line
looking for you at the five and dime
stop sign told me stay at home
told me you were not alone

blank page was all the rage
never meant to hurt anyone
in bed I was half dead
tired of dreaming of rest

you haven't changed, you're still the same
may you rise as you fall

you were easy, you are forgotten
you are the ways of my mistakes

I catch the rainfall through the leaking roof
that you had left behind
you remind me of that leak in my soul

the rain falls, my friends call
leaking rain on the phone

take a day, plant some trees
may they shade you from me
may your children play beneath

blank page was all the rage
never meant to say anything
in bed I was half dead
tired of dreaming of rest

got dressed, drove the state line
looking for you at the five and dime
but there I was picking pieces up
you are a ghost of my indecision
no more, little girl

Personnel[edit | edit source]

Availability

TitleNotesType
AdoreMain releaseStudio

Tour stats

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Billy Corgan, Starcrossed, and Subsequently, a Door is Opened. livejournal, April 12th, 2005.
  2. https://www.reddit.com/r/SmashingPumpkins/comments/oxzl9g/trying_to_hunt_down_a_workinprogress_song_billy/

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