Sparrow

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"Sparrow"
Song by The Smashing Pumpkins
ReleasedNovember 20, 2001
Studio sessions1996 – Sadlands
Length2:56
Songwriter(s)Billy Corgan

"Sparrow" is a song from The Smashing Pumpkins's B-side compilation album, Judas O. It was a demo from the Adore sessions that later appeared on the 2014 deluxe reissue.

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

narrow marrow
silent sparrow
secret serpentine smile
distant crying child

you're my lost little love
you're my lost little one

urgent arrow
arcane echo
my, my, my have we thrown
together apart
and together again

we will scatter friends
like the whistling wind
you can see me wave
same, i'm the same

but if i did
and i meet you there
you'll hold my hand
pretend you understand
that i'm just one man
still a boy perhaps
simple silent humble human being

we will scatter friends
like the whistling wind
you can see me wave
same, i'm the same

and eiffel towers
and distant isles
and ocean miles
and mountain wilds
and film stars
and restless charge
moving roaring
soaring gone, gone, gone

and with built-in lion ears
i can hear you now

Availability

TitleNotesType
Adore2014 Reissue CD 3: In a State of PassageStudio
Rotten ApplesCompilation
Rarities and B-SidesCompilation

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