The Long Goodbye
Navigating Endings: Billy Corgan's Reflection on Life's Transitions
Lyrics
Well, the end is right
Reflecting on the impending conclusion or finality
Yet the world gets by
Despite the end, the world continues its normal course
While they fill my skies with junk
Reference to pollution or unwanted elements in the atmosphere
Still celestial bodies spinning out the sun
Contrasting the chaos on Earth with the serene movement of celestial bodies
I'll bring in your deliverance as one
Commitment to providing salvation or relief to someone
And the wound, it starts
Introduction of a metaphorical wound or pain
How to age this ox
Contemplation on the aging process, possibly metaphorical
Come and take my body
Invitation for someone to take control of the speaker's physical self
So far, so far
Expressing distance or separation
Cause home may be calling
Suggesting a potential call back to a familiar place
A home, some other love
Reference to an alternative source of love or comfort
But there's a new day, witness!
Celebrating the arrival of a new day or opportunity
I'm lost
Admission of feeling lost or disoriented
Pour the sticky pine
Imagery of pouring something sticky, possibly symbolic of difficulty
Build some other mind
Encouragement to construct a new mindset or perspective
Cause faith ain't enough, ain't enough
Assertion that faith alone is insufficient
For as God's my pilot
Acknowledgment of reliance on a higher power (God)
I need Him to make the chance
Dependency on God to create an opportunity for escape
To round my escape from this isle
Desire to break free from a challenging situation or environment
Well, the end is right
Reiteration of the impending end or conclusion
Yet the world gets by
Contrast between the ongoing world and the impending goodbyes
While they fill my skies with goodbyes
Reference to farewells or partings filling the skies
Still celestial bodies spinning out the sun
Reiteration of celestial bodies' continuous motion despite goodbyes
I'll bring in your deliverance as one
Commitment to bringing deliverance or relief to someone
They'll bring in your deliverance as one, as one
Anticipation of collective deliverance or salvation
They'll bring in your deliverance as one, as one
Repetition of the expectation of collective deliverance
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