Lyrics for Mayonaise as interpreted by Ice

Mayonaise Lyrics
Fool enough to almost be it
Cool enough to not quite see it, doomed
Pick your pocket full of sorrow
Run away with me tomorrow, June

We'll try and ease the pain
Somehow we'll feel the same
Well, no one knows
Where our secrets go

I send a heart to all my dearies
When your life is so, so dreary, dream
I'm rumored to the straight and narrow
While the harlots of my perils scream

And I fail
But when I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will

Mother, weep the years I'm missing
All our time can't be given back
Shut my mouth and strike the demons
Cursed you and your reasons
Out of hand and out of season
Out of love and out of feeling so bad

When I can, I will
Words defy the plans
When I can, I will

Fool enough to almost be it
And cool enough to not quite see it
And old enough to always feel this
Always old, I'll always feel this

No more promise no more sorrow
No longer will I follow
Can anybody hear me
I just want to be me
When I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will

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SiameseDream
12-13-2001

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Absolutely gorgeous song... the height of Billy's song and lyric writing

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fulton246
01-06-2002

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hey a little trivia, on this song the crazy guitar effect comes from a broken guitar he bought for cheap at a garage sale. (i think it is a broken finder)

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The_Lost_Messiah
01-14-2002

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ur wrong


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girliecore
01-26-2002

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This song always hits me right *here* oh-so perfectly. It's probably one of my favorite SP songs off of one of my favorite albums ever, and it's also on my lil' imaginary dream acoustic set list, for whenever I master the art of playing guitar and singing at the same time and finally hit the local coffeehouse :)

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fleaaaaaa
01-30-2002

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the thing about billy getting a cheap guitar that made this whistling sound when he paused its true, thats what that wierd noise is.

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pumpkingirl
02-17-2002

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this is by far my favourite song of all time. billy manages to convey so much genuine emotion in his writing and in his voice. The riffs are matched perfectly to the mood of the song. everytime i hear that song, i just have to stop what i'm doing to absorb it.

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j15r15
02-18-2002

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This song is simply the best!!!!!!! It is my favorite song EVER!

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martinshkreli
05-02-2002

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the guitar thing is a lie. billy lies.
its not some 'weird noise'. its called feedback

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vandalized
05-06-2002

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This is one of my favorite Pumpkins songs.

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Croc
05-07-2002

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My personal fav. I believe this is widely considered the best Pumpkins song. Why it never was made a single I will never know, but I thought it was at least 10x better than Rocket.

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zekey baby
05-18-2002

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Siamese Dream just proves how much of a musical genius Billy Corgan is. Mayonaise is my favourite song of all time. This song hits me harder than a ton of bricks. When I saw it live, it was the happiest day of my life. Full of passion, sadness, and utter genius. I miss the Pumpkins with all my heart. But soon I will forever have The Smashing Pumpkins etched upon this canvas that I call my body, but they will forever be etched upon my musical soul.

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somthin clever
05-18-2002

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your a weird kid

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y2doggy
05-19-2002

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"I just want to be ME". Can you you express emotion any better than this? Billy rocks...look forward to hearing him in ZWAN. This has to be one of the best songs ever written. There are so many Pumpkin songs that were not released as singles that deserved to be...or maybe Billy didn't want to cheapen the value of the song to "real" fans of his music. Who knows. I rank this there with Galapagos, Porcelaine, Soma, To Sheila, Spaceboy...all of which never were released. Long live Billy.

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dr.jacob
05-24-2002

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thats probly the same list i would put, y2doggy. and this song would definately be at the top. i cant think of a single group that has had more impact on my life or my musical taste as the pumpkins.sheer brilliance. i cant express how much this song means to me and how perfect it is. if you dont have it GET IT NOW BEFORE YOU GO TO HELL!!

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Ethilien
05-25-2002

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this song is so beautiful!! one of my fav pumpkins songs. its probably about yet another failed relationship

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starla33
05-28-2002

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i just love this song so much. i so agree with u dr. jacob...sheer brilliance. i especially love the line...when ur life is so so dreary , dream. but i think that a lot of times in pumpkins songs it's the overall meaning taht u get from their songs...and even if i don't get what some of his lines mean, i always can connect with what he's saying...i don't think i know any other band that affects me to the depths of my soul like the pumpkins...there's just somethin about em...

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starla33
05-28-2002

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i just love this song so much. i so agree with u dr. jacob...sheer brilliance. i especially love the line...when ur life is so so dreary , dream. but i think that a lot of times in pumpkins songs it's the overall meaning taht u get from their songs...and even if i don't get what some of his lines mean, i always can connect with what he's saying...i don't think i know any other band that affects me to the depths of my soul like the pumpkins...there's just somethin about em...

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DeathRockBoy
05-28-2002

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Although Billy admitted in Story-Tellers that the lyrics to Mayonaise were just "bullshit lyrics" to him when he wrote them, I think he manages to somehow subconsciously channel a feeling with this song. The music seems very wistful to me and the lyrics definately compliment that. To me, this song is the sound of adolescence. It captures the uncertainty, boredom, innocence, and dreariness of growing up. It echoes a line in Muzzle, "And I knew the emptiness of youth". That to me is what this song is all about. It's a young Billy trying to break free.

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Ryan W=BarkleyXCore
06-10-2002

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I read somewhere online that it is about his grandmother, who was Polish or German or something, and in whatever language it was, mayonnaise is spelled as mayonaise. If you havent heard the acoustic version of this song, go to the new smashing pumpkins audio archive website(if it is up) and listen to it in the earphoria section. it is just beautiful. i love this song.

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fleaaaaaa
06-20-2002

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the accoustic version of this on viephoria is my fave ever and it shows all the diff shows, its beautiful, p.s., the whistling sound may be feedback, i believe it is cos of the cheap guitar, bad pick ups cause noise, and if it isnt the gutiar then why do the live version not include this noise?? - adam

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Lisa18
07-05-2002

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This is my favorite SP song. It's talking about young love that never bloomed. There were stolen kisses and secret glances and loving gestures, and both made each other very happy for a time, but the love never bloomed, it ended with hard feelings, and this song is expressing regret, and wishing it could have changed. Beautiful.

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Nowhere_Girl
07-07-2002

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No more promise no more sorrow
No longer will I follow
Can anybody hear me
I just want to be me
When I can, I will
:)

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Seeing_Red
07-12-2002

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i guess i think like many others when i say this is my favourite SP song.
i dont know what it is about this particular song but whenever i hear it,i soak it in, & each time i listen to it ,i turn it up & think more and more about the lyrics.
sometimes its as though billy has looked into the deepest thoughts of my head grabbed a pen and scribbled down what they all mean into this short but sweet melody, i know that that assumption is far from the truth but i think i speak for a lot of people that can relate to what he has to say in his songs and for that, and the soothing voice of his- i congraulate him..


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doodLbug
08-07-2002

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I think this song is about ending a relationship in order to *find yourself.*

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gds
08-26-2002

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I think James Iha cowrote this song. Don't all yell at me if I'm wrong but I think I remember reading that in the CD booklet.

Anyway, this is my favourite SP song. I always thought I was the only one.

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