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Speed Kills Lyrics

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The Smashing Pumpkins

Speed Kills

From Machina / The Machines Of God (25th Anniversary Edition)2025

Written by Billy Corgan

Produced by Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin

Lyrics

Speed Kills

Speed kills But beauty lives forever Speed thrills But beauty knows your name I fell ill inside eternal winter, winter And stood still beside eternal flame And when I ride with you tonight We can move at the speed of light With all I ask and all I pray Last rose of summer is could stay First time that I ever saw you Crashing hard through days of pain You were one of God's children Left to cry out in the rain Waiting to be saved again 'Cause when I ride with you tonight We can move at the speed of light And all I ask and all I pray Last rose of summer The last rose of summer The last rose of summer is gone Long gone, gone Last rose of summer is gone When I ride with you tonight We can move at the speed of light Forever young, forever blind Into the stars we rock tonight The last rose of summer The last rose of summer The last rose of summer

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About this track

"Speed Kills" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins from the album Machina / The Machines Of God (25th Anniversary Edition), released in 2025. The song was written by Billy Corgan. It was produced by Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin.

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Jimmy Chamberlin— 246 credits as songwriter & producer →
Billy Corgan— 1,704 credits as songwriter & producer →
James Iha— 337 credits as songwriter & producer →
Billy Corgan— 1,704 credits as songwriter & producer →
Jimmy Chamberlin— 246 credits as songwriter & producer →
Billy Corgan— 1,704 credits as songwriter & producer →

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