Meladori Magpie

"Meladori Magpie"
Song by The Smashing Pumpkins
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Released	1996
Studio sessions	November 1992 – Broadway Rehearsal Studios Fall-Winter 1994 – Sadlands
Length	2:41
Songwriter(s)	Billy Corgan

"Meladori Magpie" is a song by the The Smashing Pumpkins released with the "Tonight, Tonight" single, which was bundled with the box set The Aeroplane Flies High. It was originally recorded with the full band during the Siamese Dream demo sessions under the title "Doorstep".

“ Another believe it or not, this left-over from Siamese Dream was written in the last-minute crush. Butch Vig never thought much of it, but it is one of my secret favorites. A simple song of innocence that has double-tracked, finger-picked acoustic and drum machine, and was recorded at home. ” — Billy Corgan, Guitar World, January 1997

Lyrics

And on her doorstep
I saw that I was blind
I'd forsaken
what was mine

What had mattered
Mattered little now
We had shattered
apart somehow

Ooh
I can't help but stay the same
I remain true to my name

Time to get up
And take the long walk home
For the first time
I go alone

Do you remember
when we first met?
Chasing down the alleyways
behind my dad's

Ooh
I can't help but stay the same
I remain true to the name
Of lovers past
Good enough to lose
Good enough to choose you, too

Ooh
I can't help but stay the same
Ooh
I remain true to the name
Of lovers past
Good enough to lose
Good enough to choose you, too

Availability

Title	Notes	Type
Quiet and Other Songs		Demo • Bootleg
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness	2012 Reissue bonus CD 1: Morning Tea	Studio
MCIS Demos I		Bootleg
The Aeroplane Flies High	"Tonight, Tonight"	Compilation
Rarities and B-Sides		Compilation

Tour stats

• Total plays: 3 plays
• First performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 1995-02-20 at Double Door, Chicago, IL, US
• Last performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 1995-02-28 at Double Door, Chicago, IL, US

External links

• "Meladori Magpie" at SPFC