Thirty Three

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speak to me in a language I can hear humour me before I have to go deep in thought I forgive everyone as the cluttered streets greet me once again I know i can't be late supper's waiting on the table tomorrow's just an excuse away so I pull my collar up and face the cold on my own the earth laughs beneath my heavy feet at the blasphemy in my old jangly walk steeple guide me to my heart and home the sun is out and up and down again I know I'll make it love can last forever graceful swans of never topple to the earth and you can make it last forever you can make it last forever you can make it last and for a moment I lose myself wrapped up in the pleasures of the world I've journeyed here and there and back again but in the same old haunts I still find my friends mysteries not ready to reveal sympathies I'm ready to return I'll make the effort love can last forever graceful swans of never topple to the earth tomorrow's just an excuse tomorrow's just an excuse and you can make it last forever you can make it last forever you can make it last forever you forever you

Written by William Corgan BMI Work # 001995895 length- 4:10 The fifth single from MCIS. The Video was directed by Yelena Yemchuk and was filmed using stop motion. Some of the images make reference to other films/art of modern times. Specifically, images from - "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", "Through the Looking Glass", and of course the album cover from "Mellon Collie." There is an attempt to have the images coincide with every line from the song. Billy Corgan: (from Guitar World) "A simple song in a country tuning, "Thirty-Three" was the first song that I wrote when I came home from the Siamese Dream tour. I took three days off, and this was the first thing that came out of my hands when I sat down. I was living in my new house for the first time, and this song conveys all of that. The "cha-cha-cha" sound is my drum machine through a flanger. The stringy sounds are part Vocoder, plus five slide guitars tuned to one note each to create the chords." Official Releases: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Thirty Three The Aeroplane Flies High Noodle in Frenzy Promo Release: Smashing Pumpkins 1991-1998 Bootleg Release: Mellon Collie Demos