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Cherry

"Of all the B-sides, this song is probably my biggest regret. I never spent as much time on it as it probably deserved, with this version showing very little improvement from the demo. This one probably should have made the album. I love its feeling and atmosphere, the warbly guitar courtesy of an effect that changes oscillation in ratio to signal input (the harder you hit it, the faster it goes). The basic tracks were recorder during the Mellon Collie sessions." -BC (Guitar World 1/97)

 

Lyrics

(Listen- Wanna just start it?...Ready, Flood?
Yeah......1,2,3,4)

Stay with me, I'll set you free
'Cause I can tell you once were pretty
Rose so sad you've lost your petals
Lost the luster off your tattle tales

I need a love to help me find my way
I need a strength that I can not betray
I need a word to say what I can't say
I need a lover, lover
I need a lover, lover

What are we waiting for?
What are we waiting for?
Time has lost its hold on me

Hatred sleeps inside my bones
In the stillness of cool air
All the boys have been left for dead
'Cause we go where they fear to tread
The beautiful one's the one's we'll remember
The precious one's our greatest pretenders

I need a love to help me find my way
I need a strength that I cannot betray
I need a word to say what I can't say
I need a lover, lover
I need a lover, lover

And if you lose yourself
Could you take me, too?
Could you rest inside the sleep?

Stay with me, I'll set you free from you...
Stay with me, I'll set you free from you...
Stay with me, I'll set you free from you...
Stay with me, I'll set you free from you...
I need a love...

  Studio

Mar - Aug 1995 - Chicago Recording Company
Nov 1994 - Pumpkinland

Availability

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness   (buy [amazon.com])
1979   (buy [amazon.com])
The Aeroplane Flies High   (buy [amazon.com])
Rarities and B-Sides   (buy [amazon.com])
The Aeroplane Flies High (promo)

The Aeroplane Flies High
Covers & Rare Stuff Vol. 1
Electronic Overload
Freedom!
MCIS Demos II
Mellon Collie Disc Three
Zero Gravity

total: 12 (5 on official releases, 7 boots)

Extra Links

iTunes

 

BMI Number
3649474

Writing Credits
Billy Corgan

 

Notes

The "BT 2012 Mix" found on the MCIS deluxe re-issue differs from the original single version in the following ways:

  • missing the intro banter and square-tremolo guitar sound
  • adds an additional 2-repeat guitar-only loop intro
  • no fade-out at the end



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