The Smashing Pumpkins 1996-10-05

Banter
(jam) cause we're on a mission to mars a mission to mars no matter how far the rocket goes it will go far on our mission to mars ahh love is a sentimental heart and life is a sentimental way so spy this fragile heart so cursed as I walks carcass across this earth yeah let my man here james here take you to the stratosphere show 'em James, he knows how to get there if you could put on the lights there for a second there sammy man thanks you for all stayin' see the end of the show our favorite part not cause it's of the end of the show because just of this wicked jam usually when we get to this part of the show there's a lot of empty seats cause people they've seen their MTV hits they're ready to split so thanks for stayin' so all aboard the infinite sadness train it's leavin' right now all aboard johnny and jackie and sammy and freedy and tommy can you people hear up there? can you hear can you dig it? we're sending you an intergalactic communication from this side to that side so guess what let me tell you the secret shhh I'll promise to tell you a secret if you don't tell nobody the secret shhh you promise not to tell anybody alright alright, got to bring the band down here shhh here's the secret the secret is there is no secret you know why? cause there ain't nothing to know except yourself, your family, your earth, your feet, your stomach, and your heart all the rest of it clothes hair it's all kind of meaningless in the end trust me that's the secret but don't tell no body Geno I'll come kick your ass so every night we play in front of a bunch of people you know after a while it becomes a sea of faces it's just a sea of faces it's hard to pick individual people out because you're all so fucking beautiful you know can't focus on anybody but here here in this place I know your I know your faces I know you I know where you come from I know where you're going the best people that I've ever met always come from Chicago you know why do you know why because we live we all of us live in motherfuckin' reality that's why and that's what I like so we send you this message of love of compassion and of trust trust in me I trust in you thank you we hope you've had a good journey with us may the sycophants and the suckers and the teachers and whoever else gets you down not get you down we are have been and will always be the smashing pumpkins this one is for our boys in filter Iha: See ya. Goodnight. Goodnight, thanks everybody. BC: God bless you, thank you. Thanks for putting up with our bullshit again. ... Hey, put the lights on!