The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings (lyrics)

Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness 1995

Lyrics
The world is a vampire, sent to drain
Secret destroyers, hold you up to the flames
And what do I get, for my pain
Betrayed desires, and a piece of the game
Even though I know I suppose I'll show
All my cool and cold like old job
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
Then someone will say what is lost can never be saved
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
Now I'm naked, nothing but an animal
But can you fake it, for just one more show
And what do you want, I want to change
And what have you got
When you feel the same
Even though I know-I suppose I'll show
All my cool and cold-like old job
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
Then someone will say what is lost can never be saved
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
Tell me I'm the only one
Tell me there's no other one
Jesus was the only son
Tell me I'm the chosen one
Jesus was the only son for you
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
And I still believe that I cannot be saved

[adriansteele]

DESPITE ALL MY RAGE I'M STILL JUST NICOLAS CAGE

[shagohod]

despite all my rage i still continue to age.
DAMNIT!

[slashbash]

My rats hate it when I make them dance to this song.

[happitambii]

The Smashing Pumpkins were my childhood, love this song.

[ParcheesyBananaphone]

my theology professor showed us this in class and used it as an example of human perception of the earth. 

[johnmillercpainc]

This is my favorite song by The Smashing Pumpkins.  It's such a classic!  It's also a very unique song.

[brentmonnett]

Jimmy Chamberlin kills it on this one! He's definitely one of the most criminally underrated rock drummers/ percussionists with heavy jazz influence. Excellent player all around.

[RaxuRangerkingsChannel]

''Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage'' 

Perfectly describes fighting anything in gaming that spams immobilize over and

[Yggralith]

"The WORLD is a vampire..."


...Oh, you mean DIO.

[sungyultaylor]

Songs like this make me SWELL WITH PRIDE to be a 90's kid. 90's was a magical time with a million good songs.

[yingfortheking]

Despite all my rage I'm still just a low-level Mage

[Rhime]

When I was 13 I discovered SP's, I'm still a rat in a cage at 20.

[driftsolstice]

Shooting up demons in Doom to the sound of Mellon Collie... That was most of my teens in a nutshell.

[evanzaremba]

That song is one of their greatest. The way Billy Corgan wrote was beautiful.

[codychylik]

One of the greatest albums of the 90's

[SJKlapecki]

Despite all my rage, I'm still makin' minimum wage!
*Copied caption from facebook photo*

[mml]

When this song came out, I would continually play it. Usually on blast! when in the car with my mom. She use to scream out " no more rat in the cage" so many memories

[ohmethiasknight]

This is my favourite song of all time!

[YouFoundMoo]

Saw them live last night, this song was epic!

[judycoe]

FOREVER LOVE SMASHING PUMPKINS !!! Bring's back Memories of a Friend Who Died!!! We Jammed On SMASHING PUMPKINS A Lot!!! My Friend Danny Died in 2005 !!! Every time I Hear Bullit With Butterfly Wings I Think Of Him!!! His Stereo Had An Equaliser Lights in The Shape of A V!!! And When The World is A Vampire was playing the V Light Up A Complete V On The Word Vampire. Me & Him Laughed So Hard Cause He Played it Over & Over!!!