The Smashing Pumpkins.

For years I've been sleeping

Helpless

Couldn't tell a soul

Be ashamed

Of the mess you've made

My eyes never forget, you see

Behind me

~Quiet.

Now we drive the night, to the ironies of peace

You can't help deny forever

The tragedies reside in you

The secret sights hide in you

The lonely nights divide you in two

All my blisters now revealed

~Bodies.

It's a pity we're apart

It's a shame you broke my heart

But I've got a new girlfriend

She looks a lot like you dear

No-one could ever do dear

All the world must know

That I loved you so

Especially when you'd go

Away and leave me here

Go away and leave me alone

All the world must know

~ Pennies.

Try to hold on

To this heart alive

Try to hold on

To this love aloud

Try to hold on

And we are still alive

Try to hold on

And we have survived

Try to hold on

~ Try, Try, Try.

That you can change, that you're not stuck in vain

We're not the same, we're different tonite

We'll the crucify the insincere tonite

We'll make things right, we'll feel it all tonite

The impossible is possible tonite

Believe in me like I believe in you tonite

~ Tonight Reprise.

The original lineup of The Smashing Pumpkins led by perfectionist Billy Corgan is both cool...and weird. And loves their songs and hates it in equal measures. Never in between. Sometimes the songs would be so lovely to listen to that they are played endlessly. Sometimes I could not even go through the first part, often on numbers which feature too many layers of wailing guitars to the point of irritability. Kind of too self indulgent. But if it hits the spot, The Smashing Pumpkins can bring you soaring through the sky.