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| artist = | | artist = Billy Corgan | ||
| original_artist = R.E.M. | | original_artist = [[w:R.E.M.|R.E.M.]] | ||
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"'''E-Bow the Letter'''" is a [[w:E-Bow the Letter|1996 single]] by R.E.M.. [[ | "'''E-Bow the Letter'''" is a [[w:E-Bow the Letter|1996 single]] by [[w:R.E.M.|R.E.M.]] [[Billy Corgan]] covered it along with with R.E.M.'s [[w:Michael Stipe|Michael Stipe]] and [[w:Patti Smith|Patti Smith]] (who sings backup vocals in the original R.E.M. recording) at Tibet House Benefit Concert on [[Billy Corgan 1997-02-17|February 17. 1997]]. Corgan has said it is one of his favorite R.E.M. songs.<ref>Smashing Pumpkins Archives. November 18, 2020</ref> | ||
== Lyrics == | == Lyrics == | ||
{{lyrics| | {{lyrics|look up, what do you see? | ||
all of you and all of me | |||
fluorescent and starry | |||
some of them, they surprise | |||
the bus ride, i went to write this, 4:00 a.m. | |||
this letter | |||
fields of poppies, little pearls | |||
all the boys and all the girls sweet-toothed | |||
each and every one a little scary | |||
i said your name | |||
i wore it like a badge of teenage film stars | |||
hash bars, cherry mash and tinfoil tiaras | |||
dreaming of maria callas | |||
whoever she is | |||
this fame thing, i don't get it | |||
i wrap my hand in plastic to try to look through it | |||
maybelline eyes and girl-as-boy moves | |||
i can take you far | |||
this star thing, i don't get it | |||
i'll take you over, there | |||
i'll take you over, there | |||
aluminum, tastes like fear | |||
adrenaline, it pulls us near | |||
i'll take you over | |||
it tastes like fear, there | |||
i'll take you over | |||
will you live to 83? | |||
will you ever welcome me? | |||
will you show me something that nobody else has seen? | |||
smoke it, drink | |||
here comes the flood | |||
anything to thin the blood | |||
these corrosives do their magic slowly and sweet | |||
phone, eat it, drink | |||
just another chink | |||
cuts and dents, they catch the light | |||
aluminum, the weakest link | |||
i don't want to disappoint you | |||
i'm not here to anoint you | |||
i would lick your feet | |||
but is that sickest move? | |||
i wear my own crown and sadness and sorrow | |||
and who'd have thought tomorrow could be so strange? | |||
my loss, and here we go again | |||
i'll take you over, there | |||
i'll take you over, there | |||
aluminum, tastes like fear | |||
adrenaline, it pulls us near | |||
i'll take you over | |||
it tastes like fear, there | |||
i'll take you over | |||
look up, what do you see? | |||
all of you and all of me | |||
fluorescent and starry | |||
some of them, they surprise | |||
i can't look it in the eyes | |||
seconal, spanish fly, absinthe, kerosene | |||
cherry-flavored neck and collar | |||
i can smell the sorrow on your breath | |||
the sweat, the victory and sorrow | |||
the smell of fear, i got it | |||
i'll take you over, there | |||
i'll take you over, there | |||
aluminum, tastes like fear | |||
adrenaline, it pulls us near | |||
i'll take you over | |||
it tastes like fear, there | |||
i'll take you over | |||
pulls us near | |||
tastes like fear.. | |||
nearer, nearer | |||
over, over, over, over | |||
yeah, look over | |||
i'll take you there, oh, yeah | |||
i'll take you there | |||
oh, over | |||
i'll take you there | |||
over, let me | |||
i'll take you there.. | |||
there, there, baby, yeah}} | |||
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== References == | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{SPFC|song|54}} | * {{SPFC|song|54}} |