Mayonaise

LyricsInformation
Fool enough to almost be it
Cool enough to not quite see it
Doomed
Pick your pockets full of sorrow
And run away with me tomorrow
June

(We'll) try and ease the pain
(But) somehow we'll feel the same
Well, no one knows
Where our secrets go

I send a heart to all my dearies
When your life is so, so dreary
Dream
I'm rumored to the straight and narrow
While the harlots of my perils
Scream

And I fail
But when I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will

Mother weep the years I'm missing
All our time can't be given
Back
Shut my mouth and strike the demons
That cursed you and your reasons
Out of hand and out of season
Out of love and out of feeling
So bad

When I can, I will
Words defy the plans
When I can, I will

Fool enough to almost be it
And cool enough to not quite see it
And old enough to always feel this
Always old, I'll always feel this

No more promise no more sorrow
No longer will I follow
Can anybody hear me
I just want to be me
When I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will 		Written by William Corgan and James Iha
BMI Work # 001776131
length- 5:48

Billy Corgan: (Dublin - Online Chat 1996)

    "You know how I got the title Mayonnaise? I looked in my refrigerator."

Billy Corgan: (KROQ 1996)

    "Um...sometimes you just gotta open up your brain and just see what comes in. Mayonnaise was like one of those. James said 'what are we going to call this song?' And I just said, 'Mayonnaise' And that was the end of it. I spend more time explaining Mayonnaise then we actually spent writing it, recording it, and playing it."

Billy Corgan: (Guitar World 1997)

    "Different tunings, like effects, will make the guitar seem like a whole new instrument. James wrote "Mayonnaise" after just screwing around with tunings until he came up with something he liked. Using this tuning, he stumbled across an Ebsus2/Cm/Ab chord progression, which ultimately shaped the song. For the record we're working on now, we're tuned down a half step for everything. This alone is altering the way we play and how our songs will sound."

Official Releases:

  • Siamese Dream
  • Vieuphoria
  • Earphoria

Promo Release:

  • Smashing Pumpkins 1991-1998 (acoustic)
  • Still Becoming Apart (acoustic)

Bootleg Release:

  • Pisces Iscariot + Friends (acoustic)