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Blue Skies Bring Tears by The Smashing Pumpkins

TRACK

The Smashing Pumpkins

Blue Skies Bring Tears

Release date: 2000

From Machina / The Machines Of GodTrack 145:46
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"Blue Skies Bring Tears" is a track by The Smashing Pumpkins, from the album Machina / The Machines Of God, released 2000. The track is 5:46 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 5 articles about The Smashing Pumpkins.

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Lyrics

Blue Skies Bring Tears

Unleash the Armageddon
So all the children go to heaven
I sit by quiet still
With their pictures on my eyes
You'll draw the guns you're given
Write down the words as written
And never disturb the presence
Of resurrection crutch

And it's about time
It's about drawing near
Blue skies bring tears
Blue skies bring tears
Blue skies bring tears

Descend the darkened stairways
Make hate with plastic playmates
And fire out remaining traces
Of your self-esteem
Mainline the deepest secrets
Lick clean the dirty fingers
I am a stranger to you
As you are to yourself

And it's about time
It's about fear
Blue skies bring tears
Don't you want me
As I awake the city sigh
We'll watch the seasons die
Blue skies bring tears

Take me inside your body
Cover me with your soul
To the darkest recess
Is where I wish to go
You are the sweetest flower
That I have ever devoured
I ask for nothing given
For nothing in return

Blue skies bring tears
Blue skies bring tears
Blue skies bring tears
Blue skies bring tears
Blue skies bring tears
Blue skies bring tears
Blue skies bring tears
Blue skies bring tears

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Track details

From Machina / The Machines Of God

5:462000
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Album
Machina / The Machines Of God
Machina / The Machines Of God
The Smashing Pumpkins
2000
Track number
14
Release year
2000
  1. 1The Everlasting Gaze
    4:01
  2. 2Raindrops + Sunshowers
    4:40
  3. 3Stand Inside Your Love
    4:14
  4. 4I Of The Mourning
    4:37
  5. 5The Sacred And Profane
    4:22
  6. 6Try, Try, Try
    5:09
  7. 7Heavy Metal Machine
    5:53
  8. 8This Time
    4:44
  9. 9The Imploding Voice
    4:25
  10. 10Glass And The Ghost Children
    9:56
  11. 11Wound
    3:59
  12. 12The Crying Tree Of Mercury
    3:44
  13. 13With Every Light
    3:56
  14. 14Blue Skies Bring Tears
    5:46
  15. 15Age Of Innocence
    3:55

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