"I had this mellow guitar riff that was very simple--almost a ballad-- and we kept messing around with it. And one day, we thought, 'What if we played it really loud.' And that was it. Suddenly it transformed into this beastly thing." Billy Corgan
"We've learned a lot of lessons over the years about not taking songs at face value when they emerge. I think that's something Flood taught us along the way. 'Doomsday Clock' started off almost a folk calypso number and it turned into this . . . Apocalypso. We're believers that a good song is a good song whether it's played on an electric guitar or a zither." Jimmy Chamberlin
2007-05-22 - Grand Rex - Paris, France
2007-05-24 - den Atelier - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
2007-05-26 - Ancienne Belgique - Brussels, Belgium
2007-05-31 - Primavera Sound 07 - Barcelona, Spain
2007-06-03 - Nürburgring - Nürburg, Germany
2007-06-11 - Teatro Calderón - Madrid, Spain
2007-06-12 - Las Ventas Building - Madrid, Spain
2007-06-19 - Shepherds Bush Empire - London, England
2007-06-23 - Orange Peel - Asheville, NC, US
2007-06-24 - Orange Peel - Asheville, NC, US
2007-06-26 - Orange Peel - Asheville, NC, US
2007-06-27 - Orange Peel - Asheville, NC, US
2007-06-29 - Orange Peel - Asheville, NC, US
2007-07-02 - Orange Peel - Asheville, NC, US
2007-07-05 - Orange Peel - Asheville, NC, US
2007-07-10 - New 9:30 Club - Washington, DC, US
2007-07-15 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA, US
2007-07-16 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA, US
2007-07-19 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA, US
2007-07-20 - Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium - Santa Cruz, CA, US
2007-07-24 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA, US
2007-07-25 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA, US
2007-07-27 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA, US
2007-07-28 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA, US
2007-07-30 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA, US
2007-07-31 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA, US
2007-08-01 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA, US
2007-08-05 - Virgin Festival - Pimlico Race Course - Baltimore, MD, US
2007-08-12 - Cirkus - Stockholm, Sweden
2007-08-14 - Vega - Copenhagen, Denmark
2007-08-17 - Pukkelpop Festival - Kempische Steenweg Kiewit - Hasselt, Belgium
2007-08-19 - Theatre de Plein Air - Colmar, France
2007-08-22 - Carling Academy - Glasgow, Scotland
2007-08-24 - Leeds Festival - Leeds, England
2007-08-26 - Reading Festival - Richfield Avenue - Reading, England
2007-09-01 - Rock N Coke Festival - Hezarfen Airfield - Istanbul, Turkey
2007-09-08 - Osheaga Festival - Montreal, QC, Canada
2007-09-09 - Virgin Festival - Toronto Island Park - Toronto, ON, Canada
2007-09-13 - The Pearl Concert Theatre - Las Vegas, NV, Canada
2007-09-14 - AOL Productions - Beverly Hills, CA, US
2007-09-15 - Home Depot Center - Los Angeles, CA, US
2007-09-18 - Dodge Theatre - Phoenix, AZ, Canada
2007-09-19 - SDSU Open Air Theatre - San Diego, CA, US
2007-09-21 - Clark County Amphitheater - Ridgefield, WA, US
2007-09-24 - PNE Forum - Vancouver, BC, Canada
2007-09-28 - Utah Valley State College - Orem, UT, US
2007-09-30 - Red Rocks - Morrison, CO, US
2007-10-02 - Wilkins Auditorium - St. Paul, MN, US
2007-10-04 - Braden Auditorium (Illinois State University) - Normal, IL, US
2007-10-07 - Fox Theatre - Detroit, MI, US
2007-10-11 - LC Pavillion - Columbus, OH, US
2007-10-13 - Orpheum Theatre - Boston, MA, US
2007-10-16 - Orpheum Theatre - Boston, MA, US
2007-10-18 - Providence Performing Arts Center - Providence, RI, US
2007-10-19 - Tower Theater - Philadelphia, PA, US
2007-10-21 - Tower Theatre - Philadelphia, PA, US
2007-10-23 - Tower Theater - Upper Darby, PA, US
2007-10-25 - Mud Island Amphitheatre - Memphis, TN, US
2007-10-27 - City Park - New Orleans, LA, US
2007-11-07 - Classic Center Theatre - Athens, GA, US
2007-11-09 - Township Auditorium - Columbia, SC, US
2007-11-13 - The Backyard - Austin, TX, US
2007-11-16 - Fox Theatre - Atlanta, GA, US
2007-11-18 - Nokia Theatre - Dallas, TX, US
2008-03-22 - Vector Arena - Auckland, NZ
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Is everyone afraid?
Is everyone ashamed?
They're running towards their holes, to find out
Apocalyptic means are lost among our dead
A message to our friends to get out
There's wages on this fear
Oh so clear
Depends on what you'll pay to hear
They're bound to kill us all
In whitewashed halls
Their jackals lick their paws
Please don't stop
It's lonely at the top
These lonely days
When will they ever stop?
This doomsday clock ticking in my heart
Not broken
I love life every day
In each and every way
Kafka would be proud, to find out
I'm certain of the end
It's the means that has me spooked
It takes an unknown truth to get out
I'm guessing I'm born free, silly me
I was meant to beg from my knees
Please don't stop
It's lonely at the top
These lonely days
When will they ever stop?
This doomsday clock ticking in my heart
These lonely days when will they ever stop?
We gotta dig in, gas masks on
Wait in the sunshine, all bug-eyed
If this is living?
Sakes alive!
Well then they can't win
No one survives
Is everyone afraid?
You should be ashamed
Apocalyptic screams
Mean nothing to the dead
Kissing that 'ol sun
To know all there is
Come on, last call
You should want it all
Ah, it's lonely at the top
These lonely days
When will they ever stop
This doomsday clock ticking in my heart
These lonely days
When will they ever stop
This ticking in my heart
Is everyone afraid? |
