Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

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"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
Cover song by The Smashing Pumpkins
Original by Pink Floyd
Songwriter(s)Roger Waters

"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" is a cover song by The Smashing Pumpkins of the 1968 song by Pink Floyd. Live recordings from the 20th Anniversary Tour were released on Live Smashing Pumpkins.

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

Little by little the night turns around
Counting the leaves which tremble at dawn
Lotuses lean on each other in yearning
Under the eaves the swallow is resting
Set the controls for the heart of the sun

Over the mountain watching the watcher
Breaking the darkness
Waking the grapevine
One inch of love is one inch of shadow
Love is the shadow that ripens the wine
Set the controls for the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun

Witness the man who raves at the wall
Making the shape of his questions to Heaven
Whether the sun will fall in the evening
Will he remember the lesson of giving?
Set the controls for the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun

Availability

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Celebrating *20* Years of SadnessLive

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