Lyrics for Annie-Dog as interpreted by Ice

Annie-Dog Lyrics
amphetamine annie-dog
has her leash and a face
her velvet spleen her shackle spine
her diamond curse
it comes with mine

a vessel she
for violent I
confession arms a wake
mine, mine you were always mine
possessed by my taste

and below the angel dog
combs her hair and sings her psalms
the bombs go off
she doesn't notice
it all goes wrong
she sets things tragic
she is venus
she is mars
she's electric
and the struggle of

upon my face we leave no trace
but in her stomach mercury aged

she holds the blood
she carves the knives
she digs the wires in our babies

amphetamine annie-dog
pulls her trash
and her stories
from place to place
and bed to bed
gives of herself and the magnet head

another floor another ceiling
counting stairs with double meanings

is it wrong to be swallowed whole
to disappear in her
to give her the priceless peace
of giving up control

we tumble out into the streets
and annie-dog she drags her leash
pretty face
ugly mouth
bitter bred and so released

and by the no
and in the yes
annie goes if you couldn't guess

a simple man
a sycophant
her elephant with the laughing call

she wants clean sheets
and fresh flowers
the dental shots
and the hong kong glue

amphetamine annie-dog
has her leash and a face

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Smashingalex
03-26-2002

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I just want to say something, when I first started getting into the pumpkins almost 5 years ago we adopted a dog and her name was already "Annie". Adore was my first Pumpkins album.

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Ethilien
05-15-2002

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this song is fucked up. yeah that's pretty much it. but it does sound cool
(what the hell is hong kong glue??)

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erinsmellslikeglue
05-29-2002

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my dogs name is annie. (no clue with hong kong glue...) but im pretty sure the songs about a drug (an amphetamine of course)...to me its cocaine. the first time i heard the song the part where billy says;

"is it wrong to be swallowed whole
to disappear in her
to give her the priceless peace
of giving up control"

really hit home. good song.


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NegativeFactor
06-17-2002

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i think Annie-Dog is a prostitute, possibly on Drugs. One verse that is put as 'Digs the wives for our babies' i believe this is 'Digs the holes for out babies' which was making me think she has aids?

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xpankfrisst
06-17-2002

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i know they eat dogs in hong kong, so it may some sort of reference to that, but i remember when 'adore' came out there was an interview where Corgan claimed most of the album was written about women he had known at some point of his life. annie, if i can remember this correctly, used to be a prostitute who billy met fleetingly at a gig or something and her boyfriend/pimp called her his annie-dog. he also went on to talk about how most of the album is about his relationship with his mother, who i think died around the same time. i think these songs are 'once upon a time', 'crestfallen' and 'for martha'. this song is one of the best off the album though. anyways, that's what i think...

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antisoap
07-11-2002

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reminds me of a drug addict in some ways, but overall a girl who has no home. she has stories about where she's been what she's done, and somehow ends up with a boy who knows hes not supposed to hang around her, (is it wrong to be swallowed how) boy finds girl's odd habits intriguing, but the girl is still nuts. the prostitute thing defintaly makes alot of sense.

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gds
08-26-2002

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I read in an interview that Billy said this was a befuddled tribute to his girlfriend.

This is about the only SP song I can't get into though. I always skip it.

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Nuphor
04-27-2003

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Listen and read the lyrics to the song in this context: there's two songs.

Seriously, listen to it. You'll discover something odd.

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darrenr
06-30-2003

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just wanted to point out that cocaine is not an amphetamine... and there is of course an old song called "amphetamine annie"

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ultraviolet420
10-09-2004

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i heard, dont know where, that this song was about courtney love. seeing as courtney love is alot of things the song describes, drug addict & prostitute. i dont know if theres any truth behind it but i do beleive the dated for awhile too.

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Rocklovinggirl
10-11-2004

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Billy did date Court.
I also believe it is about a prostitute.

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laugh_it_up_now
11-03-2004

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this song means a lot of things to me. i got this CD b/s i watched this skate video (girl, yeah right) and perfect was on it. well then i heard annie-dog. i couldn't get over his voice. it didn't sound like him at all. but there's just something about this song that's just good. i don't think this song is about courtney love, billy corgan is to good to write about some dumb whore. but i think he is writng about how mother's don't take responsibility for their children. or something like that. Smashing Pumpkins songs are not meant to be understand. there just there, and we listen to them. not much to understand.
<3 nell

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Duiel
11-13-2004

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I would never name a dog Annie because of this song. Billy wrote this song thinking about women who sleep with guys for money. I'm not sure if it's about any girl in general, but xpankfrisst's comment makes sense about him meeting a prostitute named Annie.

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Alicat06
11-23-2004

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I defintiely think that this song is about Annie being a prostitute and about being drawn into her game ("is it wrong to be swallowed whole, do disappear in her). I also think that this part is about abortion:
she holds the blood
she carves the knives
she digs the wives in our babies
The end of the song is about how she wishes that her life were different (she wants clean sheets and fresh flowers) but she is also a drug addict so she is stuck. I think that hong kong glue might refer to opium or something. Who knows? This song is haunting but has always caught my attention. I like it.

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Annie-Dog
12-21-2004

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I think this song is about a prostitute that Corgan met and got to know. if you listen to the whole album on end, it sort of makes references of stuff like prostitutes. I.e. listen to pug. I realize that it might be obvious to some people.

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Your Stumbleine
02-10-2005

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"and below the angel dog
combs her hair and sings her psalms
the bombs go off
she doesn't notice
it all goes wrong
she sets things tragic "

Thats the best.

One of my favorite SP songs.

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panama77
03-12-2005

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the journey of an addicts life is what the song is to me.

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fauxglamour
07-19-2005

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Yeah I just wanted to interject, and agree, that amphetamine is not cocaine, it's speed.

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noss81
08-16-2005

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first up the one no one seems to figure, i always thought that hong kong glue referred to cum. she wants 'dental shots of hong kong glue' there are a lot of cheap hookers in hong kong, cum is sticky, she wants it shot in the mouth, so thats how i figured that. i may be wrong but i might not :P

i've always thought that this song was about a prostitute as well, but more so a prostitute to the stars, and one that was very good at giving blowjobs. her leash/shackle spine i'd say is referring to her pimp.

i think that the prostitute actually fell in love with billy. possessed by his 'taste' either that or he tasted nice ;)

i always thought the bit that says 'upon my face we leave no trace, but in her stomach mercury aged' was referring to her swallowing.

i never figured the abortion bit before, but i'd agree with that, because its not 'digs the wives' its 'digs the wires' for those that dont know, there are dodgy laneway 'doctors' that perform abortions with wire hooks. gross i know.

but yeh, to sum up, a drug addicted prostitute, with a pimp that keeps a close watch on her, she is a prostitute to the stars, loves giving/gives good head, and she loved billy and possibly he loved her.

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Boognish
12-16-2005

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i always got the impression that this song was about billy's fascination with using amphetamines, and calling it annie-dog as a way to personify the drug. i could be wrong, but note that "annie" is a nickname for amphetamines. but again a lot of the lyrics fit this idea, but some of the lyrics are abit mysterious anyway...

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jenna1027
12-24-2005

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so alluring and hideous.
shackled to this miserable persona, this oppressing existence, and yet she’s so able, so free and open to inspire.
and he loves her. of course he loved her! the idea of her, something like what she is, is what he’s been trying to do all along.
he found it. so why look any more?
better to destroy the beautiful then create the useless
its as sick as suffocating her with his tongue. its as innocent as hiding her shoes.
and sooner or later, she'll know. she always knew.
so she drags it all to another place.
cyclical.


i relate to it, and I’m not a prostitute.

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velvetsister
01-03-2006

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ah well, courtney has a lot of things in commong with a prostitute. was that sarcastic? figure it out ;)

if it is in fact for his girlfriend... then yelena must've felt *great* (was he dating her at the time??). i personally view it as a negative depiction, but it can be viewed from many points.

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sadmachine
01-13-2006

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the drumming in this song is fantastic. go matt walker.

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Outlaw of Torn
02-28-2006

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I quite like this song, but also find it slightly disturbing. Also, its very very sad. The minor piano chords clash and create a very unique sound.

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smashing_pumpkin
07-06-2006

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I, too, have always found it to be about a prostitute, but I doubt it's about courtney. don't ask me why, I just do.

I think you've all pretty much said what I've been thinking.

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