Tear Lyrics
The lights came on fast
Lost in motor crash
Gone in a flash, unreal
But you knew all along
You laugh the light
I sing the songs
To watch you numb
I saw you there
You were on your way
You held the rain
And for the first time
Heaven seemed insane
'Cause heaven is to blame
For taking you away
Do you know the way that I can?
Do you know the way that I can't lose?
Do you know the things that I can?
Do you know the things that I can do?
Where is your heart?
Where is your heart gone to?
Tear me apart
Tear me apart from you
You laugh the light
I cry the wound
In gray afternoons
You were on your way
You kissed me cold
And for the first time
Heaven seemed insane
For taking you away
'Cause heaven is to blame
For taking you away
[Instrumental Bridge]
The lights came to pass
Dead opera motor crash
Gone in a flash, unreal
In nitrous, overcast
Do you know the way that I can?
Do you know the way that I can’t choose?
Do you know the things that I can?
Do you know the things that I can’t lose?
Tear me apart
Tear me apart from you
Where is your heart?
Where has your heart run to?
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Billy Corgan via Adore reissue liner notes:
An interesting note: ‘Tear’ was originally recorded in Chicago, and by the time we got out to L.A. I’d gone off the version for some reason. Not because I didn’t like it per se, but because it wasn’t near the hyperbolic drama I really wanted. For across the album there were really but a few loud moments, and I thought this unwise. So I remember trying some new versions, and they sounded the same; which returned me back to the original. I tried running it through some distortion but that sounded trite, and over-compression affected it positively but not far enough. To bridge the gap we’d engage in a process called ‘tape saturation,’ where tracks are bounced from one reel to another until they start to smear. Voila, and with that a rough mix was commissioned and we moved on. Yet by the time we went to mix the song some months later, the sound was drastically changed and there was no high end to be found. “It’s falled off,” said Flood, meaning that the gimmickry of the saturation doesn’t last for long. Hence what you have in your hands as the original: the rough mix, and a newly made balance from the digital transfer; made when the tape was fresh.
- 1.To Sheila
- 2.Ava Adore
- 3.Perfect
- 6.Tear
- 7.Crestfallen
- 9.Pug
- 11.Annie-Dog
- 12.Shame
- 14.For Martha
- 15.Blank Page
- 16.17