Smashing Pumpkins - Soothe

[Stardoommusic]

I meant hold me, not hole me. Thats what she said.

[Stardoommusic]

I dont think anyone knows what he is saying exactly except for Billy. Every lyrics site has something different. Ive been playing this song for years and i always thought it was "hole me" and now that it is in question. I'm pretty sure im wrong. But my opinion, now after careful listen, is that he is saying "hungry". Also, in the second verse, i am sure he is saying "i dont miss you, i dont wish you well, i wont forgive you, but i dont wish you away." His sings it very lazy and slurry.

[menstruatingorchid]

If only I had a nickel for every lonely night that this song filled the air around me....

I'd be a lonely millionaire

[flclwolf]

theres a lotta controversy about the lyrics going on here... in the beginning he says "harm me"... at around 0:57 he starts saying "hungry"... after he says "hungry, hungry again" he says "harm me, harm me again"...

[ccreamer22]

I always thought it was "Hold me.. Hold me again"

[Alessia94Aly]

and i don't wish you away, away, away

it'll almost break you

almost take you

almost break you

almost break you up ......

[zombiesalt]

I remember sitting on a mountain and staring up at the stars with this song stuck in my head.

[aaalexaleman]

Bulimia. 

[TribalLeprechaun]

This song could be about many things.

For example:

The morbidly obese

Poverty

The U.S. economy

Bill Clinton's libido



[imcoolv1]

Its Horny again. LMFAO

[dylster1100]

hes talking about a ex-girlfriend...the lyrics are 'harm me, harm me again"

[messiahisgay]

Some big fans in here but it's definitely hungry, you can hear it not to mention it's on just about every reputable site as the lyrics and I'm pretty sure it's in the Pisces Iscariot booklet.

[kannimizery]

Sounds like hung me, makes sense too. With the "when will it start to sway" like someone hanging on a rope, and the body sways. Idk but ima go ahead and agree that it's hung me, not hungry...

[TribalLeprechaun]

@kannimizery That's what she said.

[JohannMozart]

Humm Humm me. thats what i thought

[milobarron]

i always thought he said hold me, humbly again.

[XxSicInsanityxX]

amazing...

[pagangirl28650]

Its beautiful its like a deep forbiden love that is painfully irresitable...

[TheEolization]

Still love this band and Corgan. Simple as that.

[Jrolandbarnes]

These Lyrics= Epic fail. You suck. Crawl back under your rock.

[gravitywheel]

@Jrolandbarnes They appear spot on to me - I generally trust what's on SPFC dot org.

[Insertdice]

@Jrolandbarnes Go listen to your Lady Gaga. Don't come here with your pathetic crap.

[interpolspecialist]

to me it sounds like he's singing 'hung me, hung me again'

[Widge4life]

HOMEY, HOMEY, AGAIN

[spartanassain]

Once again, the Pumpkins prove why they're my favorite band of all time.

[BeePowerZ]

this song is fucking beautiful. i think pisces iscariot is the smashing pumpkin's most underrated album.

[dazedandawake]

utterly fucking beautiful song anyway.

[dazedandawake]

i think its hungry and hung me.

[voltaman33]

Billy is a god of lyrics and singing. (soothing)---ahhhh....

[kkeneipp1]

i always thought it was hungry, because this song always reminded me of speed, and that feeling you get after so long where you are so hungry but you just can't eat no matter what. it sounds like a man after long abuse of amphetamines.

[fletcheyboi]

Its amazing how many different views they're are on what he's saying, still a classic no matter Billy is saying :)

[ALINEALIEN1]

I'm pretty sure he's not saying hungry. I think it's "harm me again" or "hung me again", and as this song is about leaving an abusive relationship, both options fit better than "hug me", "hold me" or any of these shit you are saying it is.

[beepingbeej]

its hard to say what the hell they are saying sometimes just look up the lyrics

[mrgrief1]

Nope, you are all wrong, it's Harm me

[VesicantMorgues]

@6662sides2die666 @everyone I think it's "hug me"....?//

[HeartYukitty]

@VesicantMorgues It is.

[kmfdmslut]

WRONG LYRICS

[serpentisma]

hey grungecruzado, hate to say it, but according to elyrics, and atozlyrics, it's hold me, hold me again, not hungry.

[ewwjasmin]

Such a powerful song

<3

[evilinsydme]

Shit i thought he said "hold me "too

[Pagan72]

I went with "hold me" no matter what.



[beltenia]

Wonderful piece of Pisces Iscariot.

[FastWieJesus]

Sometimes sad songs make me feel better...

[Zeppolino100]

A night in New York 11 years ago. After a romantic supper in my playhouse-sized apartment. A single candle lit to fill the room with a soft light. My new girlfriend Candy snuggled next to me in my sleeping bag (the only bed I had at the time). Glorious kissing and a good deal more. This song on repeat. Oh, gorgeousity....

[slackerethic]

@Zeppolino100 that might just be the happiest thing i've ever seen posted on youtube. nice!

[Suprematista]

Hungry????? actually Is HUG ME!!

[NewThing10]

a very sad song... u.u

[nikkihahahahahaha]

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[DomnulGheara]

@nikkihahahahahaha indeed

[asdf852asdf]

what kind of guitar is using?

[DYKEPALS]

@asdf852asdf accoustic

[mackaMCzack]

Just to clarify, the lyrics are "Hug me" not "hungry" :P

[Arthurpod86]

Song puts me to sleep. I agree with it being a B-side song.

[chsn09]

this song is depressing

[mkrulz77]

@chsn09 what a tool

[chsn09]

@mkrulz77 LOL what you mean?

[faridjabba]

damn, this is some Strong MElacloiua for me, whata cover it

[spottss]

i have the SP box set entitled Aeroplane Flies High. I dont know if its available any more

[NihilisticSliceshow]

Billy Corgan has the voice of god

[ZeroTearAvaAdore]

@NihilisticSliceshow, Agreed...

[scpulta]

LINDO :!!!!!!!!!!

[777ROCKLOVER]

This song is the best to fall asleep to.

[shamiir18]

soooooooooooooo gooooooooooooood love it love it it's perffect

[shamiir18]

hungry or hold me?

[iagobroxado]

@shamiir18 "hungry" but for years I could only hear "hold me" :)

[Zeppolino100]

@iagobroxado I thought the exact same thing--and I like it better than "hungry" or "hug me" or whatever it really is.

[JifHall]

Billy apparently recorded this in his flat and you can hear at about 2.16 a bus stopping outside to pick some one up ! Good song though.

[KUNOH2]

impazzisco

[SLxDFx74]

I love this song. I don't know if I'm alone in this or not, but when I listen to a song my body becomes surrounded by sensations and emotions, my mind is encroached with images both from memories and imagination, and my existence flits to places otherworldly. This is one of those songs that takes me far, far away, and I love it. 

[YYYxEEE]

@SLxDFx74 LOL WUT

[SLxDFx74]

@YYYxEEE What? What don't you get? You don't get the way I describe the emotions of a song that feeds the fire to my passion? You don't get the way the mind responds to certain sounds/images, because you never looked deep enough yourself to even search and encounter such things? You don't get the english language? What is it you don't get, because I'd be quite happy to explain ;)

[YYYxEEE]

@SLxDFx74 ZOMG SRS BZNS HUUURRRRR DURRRR

[TheSPumpkin100]

@YYYxEEE You can't Huuuurrr the Duuuuurrr

[YYYxEEE]

@TheSPumpkin100 BUT you can herp the derp, faggot.

[TheSPumpkin100]

@YYYxEEE Obvious Troll is obvious.

[YYYxEEE]

@TheSPumpkin100 you're still a faggot

[TheSPumpkin100]

@YYYxEEE You're still an immature little prick. What's your point?

[YYYxEEE]

@TheSPumpkin100 can you stop being such a goddamn psuedo-intellectual for once?

[TheSPumpkin100]

@YYYxEEE How am I being a 'goddamn pseudo-intellectual'?

[YYYxEEE]

@TheSPumpkin100 please read your previous comments dickhead.

[TheSPumpkin100]

@YYYxEEE Speaking properly is not being intellectual. If you think that, you're a bigger idiot than I thought you were.

[YYYxEEE]

@TheSPumpkin100 I wasn't saying that, you're just acting like you think you know everything and your bigger than everyone and your needs should be met before everyone else's.

[bhindredeyes]

Really! Who would not like this song?

[stooge545]

2 dislikes .....

why?

[GaryLyons]

This is a perfect name for this song

[nnnnnsssssssssllllln]

it would have been awesome if the smashing pumpkins could have did this song with the deftones, that would have been crazy...

[nnnnnsssssssssllllln]

that voice!!!...

[johanna717]

This was my theme when it first came out. I was 14, and more than 15 years later it still sounds as good as the first time I heard it.

[purrfectlywicKed]

@johanna717 even better i think! i looooved this album intensely for so long it wuz practically the only tape (in the 90's of course we didn't have portable CD players yet lol) I'd listen to on my long bus rides/walks..anywhere I went I was singin dancin n rocking out to this amazingly wicKed album. its been over 10yrs since i've listened to it since i lost the tape :( thank the punkin god for Youtube! you gave me back my P.I for free! lol

[blixten1982]

I think he's saying "Hold me." (or possibly "Hug me.") Unless it's a song about a pizza he misses or something.

[thetheRedundant]

@blixten1982 That's what everyone thinks (i used to), but it's "hungry"

[DaxinatorProductions]

Smashing Pumpkins is the best band ever. Who else could make such a soothing, relaxing song... and also make such a heavy and frustrated song like 'Zero' or 'X.Y.U'?

[gerrybaggins]

thanks to put this LP on the web

[mobyboy]

I remember when i received this CD from a friend to listen. I expected to hear noisy songs, when I ran into this track it melted me !

[maisouku]

this is one of two top fave songs of all time its sooo beautiful love SP =)

[dydefox]

just read the booklet inside the CD...listen to the CD and you will know what the sound at the end of the song is...this song wil leave me with tears...allways..

[busteraperture]

@dydefox I know, right? That bus driving by the apartment they recorded this in is soooo saddddddddd!

[dydefox]

@busteraperture right you are! The other songs are also little gems, and never appreciated by the large audience. With all this gaga-ing around, I'm glad. Blew away is another song which reflected my personal life for a long period. Thinking back, it still leaves me with questions about my decisions, but the song's memories remain...there I go again. First tear for the night.

[TheGreatGonzoMan]

I've always felt that the best moment of Infinite Sadness encompassed the feel of the entirety of Pisces Iscariot. If there is one album in the Pumpkins discography that has the most consistent material and flowing arrangements, this is it.

[6662sides2die666]

I've always thought Billy was saying "Hold me" rather than "Hungry"...

[mozz11]

haha me too.  good song

[libertylives2]

@6662sides2die666 me too

[HeartYukitty]

@6662sides2die666 I thought he said "Haunt me"

[youknowyourrite1]

@6662sides2die666 from what i heard it sounded like both.. hungry, then hold me the second time around. idrk...

[failboats]

Pisces Iscariot is so emotionally jarring... when your b-sides are this stunning, it says alot. I've never seen a band put so much emotion into their music... Soothe, Galapagos, the guitar in Soma....

[jacky90woa]

one of my fav cds

[beepingbeej]

i really like this song alot i never heard it before untill tonight... i have not listened to the pisces iscariot ever but i have heard so much of their music...this song caught on to me right away... i love them they are so good...mmmm

[elbarno]

Funny, I always thought he was saying "hold me". I guess those 'n' and 'g' s weren't really pronounced in the recording... still, beautiful nonetheless. Brings me back to Jr. High, Freshman year. Wow... can't believe its been that long... timeless. =)

[mobyboy]

I remember bumping into this amazing song accidently and felt in love

[TheStrossus]

This song is way too short... so good.

[careehallucinate]

yes, memories of the 7th grade

[foolsgoldsoma]

memories of 9th grade.

[sidchimaera]

7th grade

[hoacky]

he recorded this very song in his apartment as a demo, but decided to keep it as is when his friend said he didn't know how it could be improved. listen closely at the end, you can hear the bus driving off outside his apartment.

[HedlessChickn]

@hoacky His "friend" was Iha.

[misterrufusmurdoch]

he is absolutely saying hungry.

[psychedelicdaisies28]

is billy saying, hungry or hold me?

[rubycrossedeyed]

this is a morning song, before the town wakes up. i remember walking in an unknown part of the city while the sun was showing its firsts glimpses of rays. the bus ran off and this music started in my head.

[138nathan]

my gf dumped me when i was listening to this song :(

[fignon]

hold me not hungry

[Theshark15z]

Why are the Smashing Pumpkins discography are so difficult to find? In stores at least. I mean I only found a used copy of Pisces Iscariot. I didn't care I still bought and I never regreted it for one moment. The album that is really hard to find is the first album "GISH".

[Haushinka1000Hours]

Gish is literally all over Rotterdam and Schenectady stores. Adore is impossible to find around here.

[Theshark15z]

There are plenty of copies of Adore in the area I live in, it's Gish and Pisces Iscariot that are difficult to find. I would by it online but I don't trust the internet.

[fignon]

trust ebay!

[hhhseanhbk]

They've got Gish on eBay and stuff, but I can't find it in local stores.

[Theshark15z]

well I managed to find a used copy of Gish in a local record store so I'm satisfied, now I need to find pisces iscariot.

[hhhseanhbk]

I've seen Adore, Zeitgeist, Siamese Dream, and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, but only have Siamese Dream, and that one I bought on eBay lol.

I don't plan on getting Zeitgeist just because it seems too political for my tastes.

I really want Gish and Pisces Iscariot but those seem to be the rarest ones.

I've heard Adore and MCATIS are good, so I need to check those out sometime. I've only recently started getting into SP.

[Theshark15z]

yeah Adore and MCATIS are my favorite as well. Although I heard a lot of people didn't really like adore because it was a lot acoustical and electronic involved in the production. Regardless I still love it. Pisces Iscariot is pretty good for a B-side Album. It's hard to find a new copy of that one. I always find a lot of used copies for that album.

[jadedandwhirred]

Pisces Iscariot. U will fall in love with it

[lucasandrade10]

Someone knows what Album this music belongs? *_*

This song really soothes me!

[Porcelina777]

Pisces Iscariot

[travellas]

Love to play this song and chill....

[wobbygongman]

Billy is the best at lyrics.

[sonya11Izumi]

Kinda creepy sounding, but i love it!

[matbonoman]

just perfect....

[Gamagachee]

I need to learn this on my acoustic!!!

[hanasuru]

pisces iscariot is definitely a unique album.

[Stavideo]

I think that Pisces Iscariot may be my favorite Pumpkins album right now. I never thought thats I could love an album of B-Sides so much.

[carliboy908]

love this song, he recorded this early in the morning..I think he does most of his writing then..when the mind is more pure

[cstn0403]

callense, no saben nada, no opinen !

[OmonRa71]

Thou shalt not say his name.

[WoodstocK6972]

Billy's voice is so soothing. It makes me feel safe and warm.

[fletcheyboi]

samee its amazing what a song can do!

[purrfectlywicKed]

@WoodstocK6972

I know jus what u mean...i looooove the way he croons -sighs dreamily- lol

[chickenfingersnfries]

theres NOTHING wrong with adding the song lyrics to the video when theres NOTHING going on A-DUR!!!

[121METRO]

Beautiful song agree,really shows you the pure talent of Billy.

[fletcheyboi]

this is amazing i love the pumpkins , don't have this album but this is song is a tune can't belive it wasn't put on mcis or adore

[velofilms]

This song is so sad yet so strong and beautiful.

Smashing Pumpkins will always live on in my mind!

[str8ngthofh3rc]

Blows.

[chickenfingersnfries]

you fuckin blow dude this song is AMAZING!!!

[imawesome432]

yes you do.

[nehemiah03]

Billy is so great!

[OmonRa71]

It's hungry again. Go and check from smashingpupkins.c o m.

[OmonRa71]

"pupkins"

[Naeux]

Nothing more annoying than lyrics written into song clips, especially timeless music like this.

[chickenfingersnfries]

ah go fuck yourself smashing pumpkins are awesome and so is this song!!!!

[Naeux]

Way to miss the point retard, lol...

[timmya4000]

its "hold me". must be. anything else is jus silly

[chickenfingersnfries]

i agree with that but its still a greats song

[xXKittieCoreXx]

how come every song they make is absolutely amzing

[imawesome432]

i know man everything i write on guitar is just crap lol its not fair how some bands are just genius.

[Hydro44]

cheer up. maybe your just writing about the wrong thing

[imawesome432]

no i don't mean lyrics i just mean i always write generic mediocre riffs:(

[fade2black232]

Everybody has there own style, try to put all your emotion and feeling into it. Gurrantee you'll write some riffer madness dude. Youll find your groove just break the rules and be creative, itll come.

[imawesome432]

thanks b'y! i'll keep dat in mind:)

[tommytwocaps]

try some scales and a pattern like 1st note 4th 2nd 5th or something