This Time
| "This Time" | |
|---|---|
| Song by The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| Released | 2000 |
| Studio sessions | November 1998-September 1999 – Pumpkinland |
| Length | 4:43 |
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Corgan |
"This Time" is a song from The Smashing Pumpkins' fifth studio album, Machina/The Machines of God. The song was written and primarily recorded in one day, and it was the only recording from the Machina sessions that used guitar amps and cabs from Siamese Dream and/or Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness eras.[1] With the inevitable breakup on the horizon, Billy Corgan described the song as "my love song to the band."[2]
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
this time i need to know
i really must be told
if it's over
it's up to you, you know
the things you really want to hold
are in pieces
crashing down
crashing down again
crashing down
crashing down my friends
i've got to move it on
i've got to sing my song
while i still can
dispatch the last alarms
hand out the last few charms
there's no surprises
only love
only love can win
crashing down
crashing down again
only love, yeah
only love will win
crashing down
crashing down again
this time i need to know
i really must be told
that it's over
i've lived my life alone
my every step fortold
to never linger
and yet it haunts me so
what are we letting go
our spell is broken
crashing down
crashing down my friends
crashing down
crashing down again
only love, yeah
only love will be enough, yeah
only love will win
for every chemical
you trade a piece of your soul
with no return
and who you think you know
doesn't know you at all
their drain is needless
someday we'll wave hello
and wish we'd never waved goodbye
to this romance
we'll drink up every line
and shoot up every word
till it's no more
crashing down
crashing down my friends
only love
only love can win
so cry these tears
we'll cry as all
we've held so long
to fall apart
as the curtain falls
we bid you all goodnight
Availability
| Title | Notes | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Machina/The Machines of God (premaster) | Promotional | |
| Machina/The Machines of God | Main release | Studio |
Tour stats
- Total plays: 68 plays (66 full, 2 abandoned), 18 acoustic, 2 artists
- First performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 2000-02-02 at Tower Records, Denver, CO, US
- Last performance: The Smashing Pumpkins 2023-09-09 at Ruoff Music Center, Noblesville, IN, US
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Billy Corgan, October 21, 2020 Instagram Q&A
- ↑ Corgan, Billy (June 8, 2011). "Twitter / Billy: I Bet You Didn't Know That ..." Twitter. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
External links[edit | edit source]
- "This Time" at SPFC