The Smashing Pumpkins – Set the Ray to Jerry

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born to please, every simple need
i stand alone, and my thoughts indeed hate you
for ever making me
i'm in you, i'll be anything

and i want you
and i need you
and all you are is brand new
and i need you

come to me, let me hold you still
i'm so tired, just as tired as you
take me for anyone but me
all that you feel is never true

and i want you
and i need you
and all you are is brand new
and i need you

when you say that you are
forever my star
i'll never let you go, no, no
i'll never let you know

let roar these feelings
to the whore of my tears
pure as a light, poured into your eyes
suck you like the sap from a tree
honey from the dew, from the bumblebees, yeah yeah

and i want you
and i need you
and all you are is brand new
and i need you

when you say that you are
forever my star
i'll never let you go, no, no
i'll never let you know

and i want you
and i need you
and all you are is brand new
and i need you

Send "Set the Ray to Jerry" Ringtone to Cell


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Track duration: 03:47


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    General Comment:"born to please, every simple need
    i stand alone, and my thoughts indeed hate you
    for ever making me
    i'm in you, i'll be anything"

    for ever making me? does Billy have an unstable relationship with his dad..?
    Flag sevinteenon December 05, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:It's "Let roar these fears" not "Let roar these feelings". Fantastic song.
    Flag Ringer7on November 19, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:set the ray is about feeling really insecure and then overcompensating with love and thinking the girl is needed to be in his life
    Flag thraxehon May 09, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:One of their best songs
    Flag topgonon October 10, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Go on rav4guy you know it totally their best work to date!
    Flag Themongeron August 07, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:"and all you are is brand new"
    prehaps this line is describing how some people fall in love with someone, simply because they are something different, or they do not know them properly, and as soon as they realise who this person really is, they tend to lose the feelings.
    it happens people
    Flag joeliphiouson November 05, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:arguably the most beautiful smashing pumpkins song to be etched onto paper. the driving bassline propels you from the first note into the perfect late summer/early fall, windows-down, crisp air, snuggling-under-blankets-together-for-the-first-time love song. with drums that lift and cradle the melody, knowing instinctively when to support and when to drop into a comforting background, and vocal phrasing that yearns to convey the raw feeling of need, this song encompasses everything that is right in the pumpkins sound. tres bien.
    Flag rav4guyon September 15, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:It's between "never let you know" and "let roar these feelings". Some kind of squeaking...it's easier to hear if you have headphones, you can hear it in the right speaker.
    Flag Cam-winon May 25, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:At either 02:36 or 02:46 (I can't remember), you hear some kind of honking noise in the background.
    Flag Cam-winon May 08, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This is my second favorite SP song. (The first being Obscured) This is also my third favorite song, period. (The second being There There by Radiohead, and the first being Obscured by SP.)
    Flag Cam-winon May 02, 2006   Link

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