Smashing Pumpkins - Soothe Lyrics

My Mom bought me Melon Collie for Xmas..oh yeah baby.. double tape

Humme me humme me again

I fucking hate people

love this song. How do we know it's actually "hungry", and not "hold me" or "harm me", though? is there some official source for the lyrics?

My favorite Pumpkins tune.

Listen for the busses on a rainy wet road in the background towards the end.

Meravigliosa

English is not my mother tongue. ALways understood: Hug me.. hug me again. Now I am really disappointed that it's hungry..

VolokursHH don't be disappointed. It is supposed to sound vague, you can't tell if he's singing "hug me" or "hungry" because the song is supposed to be interpreted both ways. It sounds ambiguous even to native English speakers.

All this time I thought it was 'hold me' not 'hungry.'

Damn.

This song I always pictured a child in crib and this is what the child is thinking when he sees his mom. He just wants to be held again.

I wonder how many non-druggies are pathetically trying to decode the lyrics. Don't bother. It's one of those things... you have to have been there to actually "get it". I don't care how many documentaries, books, or songs you're familiar with. You don't understand the beauty or the ugliness of it till you're there yourself Drugs can make or break you. Most humans are too weak to keep it under control However, it is possible. You're weak if you choose to be.

Jackie Kolosie how do you know the song is about drug addiction though?

Homie... homie.... again.

I do know the real words is hungry

When I hear this song I can picture a little child in their crib standing up looking at mommy/daddy in his mind he's saying hold me hug me again because he can't speak but you can see it in his eyes.

This song is what music should feel like.

This song is the greatest space boy is to

Rodger Carr *too

Beautiful...

This song should of been one of their biggest hits

i sleep to this its so relaxing..

This song picked me up many days. Corigan was able to show his softer side on this b side album

This song is beautiful. I own the Pisces CD, and in the booklet it says that this song is for his babies. I have and always will have SP on number 1 on my top bands list, for sure.

Fuck, I don't know what I would do at times like these without Billy's music.

Corgan can put his sadness onto tape like few others

Agreed he is extremely relatable

spent the last 15 years thinking the words were, "hold me, hold me again"

ME TOO until recently.

I'm upset that I saw this comment because I thought those were the words and that they were beautiful... oh, well, we'll say that it's up to personal interpretation from here on out.

i think the lyric is hung me acutally

Hungry Hungry agai not lonely again😃😀

I always thought he was singing haunt me, haunt me again. And haunt as in memories of past or a past lover. I’ve been a Pumpkins and Billy Corgan fan for well over 20 years, I even share the same birthday with Billy on March 17th and we’re born 17 years apart 😉 lol. But when I was 14 reading the inner of the cd with the lyrics and not remembering it being hungry because that would have made me go wtf lol. Although Billy has shocked me other times with lyrics and my real name is Lyric ☺️ lol

I relate to this song so many times in my life at least 15 years my favorite is that is gives me happy tears and sad tears it carries both sides of emotion

Awesome song..

hold me. hold me again.. figure it sandrock.

It's hungry again

Me too, and I much prefer it that way!

Sometimes good songs make me feel worse

Marco GM Me too

@RagTagIKE Me too

it wasnt around this songs time."soothe" from the b-side of "disarm" was released in the early summer of 1993, 3 years prior to the touring keyboardist's death.

it does sound like "hung me" though.

it's "hug me"...if you google the lyrics.hope this helped,hope i"m right.

repeating his failures and wants it known here we are again at this same sad point in his life and its taking a toll on him. Its almost his inspiration to quit. Ok thanks hope that clarifies this amazing, beautiful and uplifting song. I am a recovering H addict and this song is just soo perfect. It expresses in words soo perfectly those feelings that are so hard to get out and articulate in such a simple and short manner.It doesnt give the addiction too much attention and I love it.

Im 90% its hungry but here's an interpretation for hung me which in my opinion
is the only other possible 2 words it could be. Hung me, Hung me again - This drug addiction has strung up the noose. he keeps hanging myself... as in bad situation after bad situation Hung me, hung me again. Hes killing himself over and over slowly. waiting for it to be the last time. That is where the again at the end ties in. He wants it clear that hes hung AGAIN. so I feel this word means he keeps

It'll almost break you - This is a warning to those who may get on h or know someone who is. Almost take you - that this drug will take everything you have and are and destroy it and change everything forever. Almost break you - You wont know the person you have become and w/o help it will kill you. Almost break you up - Or if you make it out of the addiction it basically "It almost broke you, almost took you, almost broke you up". I also am not 100% sure if its hungry or hung me.

Hungry, hungry, again - Hes hungry for a different life, Hungry for a change. Just hungry AKA wanting. I'll miss you - He doesn't want to stop hes afraid of life w/o his love but nonetheless he quits anyway. And I dont wish you luck - He hates it with a passion though and wishes it a rough existence. And I forgive you - But he forgives the drug and himself and whatever bad may have came or been done on H And i don't wish you away, away, away - Again hes afraid to let go of it. Its very scary

Hungry, hungry, again - I have many meanings for this. Hes hungry craving the drugs.
Hungry, hungry, again - maybe hes starved by the drug. Its starving him of all life. hence hes hungry... When will it start to sway - When will this addiction turn for the better or worse? When will it start to almost break you - When will i start to lose myself in it and ruin my life? Hungry, hungry, again - Also hes hungry cause hes empty inside. And wants to feel more happy and alive

I feel one of the most important but overlooked words is again after hungry. He wants it clear to the audience that hes hungry AGAIN. Hes craving again. Hes hungry for something better again. Hes in a really bad spot AGAIN! And its wearing him down. He cant take it. The life of constantly wanting. wanting more... more drugs, more money, more happiness, more of all he doesn't have. Never saitsfied so its tiring and starves him thus hungry so he wants to quit the drug.

with another drug or alcohol. Late that night, Melvoin collapsed. Chamberlain could have helped, but he fell unconscious as well. When Chamberlain woke up early on July 12, he and the band’s security manager tried to revive Melvoin. They were unsuccessful. When the ambulance arrived, he was pronounced dead on arrival. After all of this, Chamberlin decided to go to rehab for his drug problem." So Ill interpret each part for you...

This song is about heroin addiction and letting it go or wanting to let it go. The band had a keyboard player overdose from Heroin around this songs time with the drummer also using. "Jonathan Melvoin, the touring keyboardist for the Smashing Pumpkins. On July 11, 1996, Melvoin and the Smashing Pumpkins drummer , Jimmy Chamberlin were injecting heroin and drinking alcohol. It is always dangerous to mix alcohol and drugs. Often, the fatal overdosing occurs only because the drugs were mixed

Not true at all. Not to be rude but you're way off. This song was written in the late 80's, before the Pumpkins were a big band and well before the incident with Jonathan. That was in the mid nineties around the time that Adore came out or sometime around there. I respect that you love this music but please don't interpret what the lyrics mean and what Corgan was saying with every line because the only person that can/should do that would be the songwriter themselves.

I think about this song when I wait for food to be made.

It's Hungry. One of the greatest songs about Heroin.

I meant hold me, not hole me. Thats what she said.

I dont think anyone knows what he is saying exactly except for Billy. Every lyrics site has something different. Ive been playing this song for years and i always thought it was "hole me" and now that it is in question. I'm pretty sure im wrong. But my opinion, now after careful listen, is that he is saying "hungry". Also, in the second verse, i am sure he is saying "i dont miss you, i dont wish you well, i wont forgive you, but i dont wish you away." His sings it very lazy and slurry.

I always thought it was "Hold me.. Hold me again"

and i don't wish you away, away, away
it'll almost break you
almost take you
almost break you
almost break you up ......

@Jrolandbarnes Go listen to your Lady Gaga. Don't come here with your pathetic crap.

Bulimia.

This song could be about many things.
For example:
The morbidly obese
Poverty
The U.S. economy
Bill Clinton's libido

@kannimizery That's what she said.

Its Horny again. LMFAO

hes talking about a ex-girlfriend...the lyrics are 'harm me, harm me again"

Sounds like hung me, makes sense too. With the "when will it start to sway" like someone hanging on a rope, and the body sways. Idk but ima go ahead and agree that it's hung me, not hungry...

Humm Humm me. thats what i thought

i always thought he said hold me, humbly again.

amazing...

Its beautiful its like a deep forbiden love that is painfully irresitable...

These Lyrics= Epic fail. You suck. Crawl back under your rock.

to me it sounds like he's singing 'hung me, hung me again'

HOMEY, HOMEY, AGAIN

utterly fucking beautiful song anyway.

i think its hungry and hung me.

@VesicantMorgues It is.

@6662sides2die666 I thought he said "Haunt me"

I'm pretty sure he's not saying hungry. I think it's "harm me again" or "hung me again", and as this song is about leaving an abusive relationship, both options fit better than "hug me", "hold me" or any of these shit you are saying it is.

its hard to say what the hell they are saying sometimes just look up the lyrics

@6662sides2die666 @everyone I think it's "hug me"....?//

WRONG LYRICS

hey grungecruzado, hate to say it, but according to elyrics, and atozlyrics, it's hold me, hold me again, not hungry.

@6662sides2die666 me too

Such a powerful song
<3

Sometimes sad songs make me feel better...

A night in New York 11 years ago. After a romantic supper in my playhouse-sized apartment. A single candle lit to fill the room with a soft light. My new girlfriend Candy snuggled next to me in my sleeping bag (the only bed I had at the time). Glorious kissing and a good deal more. This song on repeat. Oh, gorgeousity....

Hungry????? actually Is HUG ME!!

a very sad song... u.u

@nikkihahahahahaha indeed

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@iagobroxado I thought the exact same thing--and I like it better than "hungry" or "hug me" or whatever it really is.

@chsn09 what a tool

damn, this is some Strong MElacloiua for me, whata cover it

@TheSPumpkin100 I wasn't saying that, you're just acting like you think you know everything and your bigger than everyone and your needs should be met before everyone else's.

@YYYxEEE Speaking properly is not being intellectual. If you think that, you're a bigger idiot than I thought you were.

@hoacky His "friend" was Iha.

@YYYxEEE How am I being a 'goddamn pseudo-intellectual'?

@TheSPumpkin100 can you stop being such a goddamn psuedo-intellectual for once?

@YYYxEEE Obvious Troll is obvious.

@YYYxEEE You can't Huuuurrr the Duuuuurrr

This song is the best to fall asleep to.

@shamiir18 "hungry" but for years I could only hear "hold me" :)

@SLxDFx74 ZOMG SRS BZNS HUUURRRRR DURRRR

@SLxDFx74 LOL WUT

soooooooooooooo gooooooooooooood love it love it it's perffect

hungry or hold me?

impazzisco

Really! Who would not like this song?

This is a perfect name for this song

it would have been awesome if the smashing pumpkins could have did this song with the deftones, that would have been crazy...