The Smashing Pumpkins - The Rite of Spring lyrics

Take your photographs from off the sill Taste the salt of seven seas and love thy will Empty out your parsonage And empty out the orphanage Please forget all that i've said in vain You've loved me far too much And thrashed me with tulips And gave me all the confidence of spring Spring spring spring the rite of spring Who listens softly to me? Who listens softly to me? 'cause once you're loud you'll always be Place your hand upon your brow at rest What is your place among the living dead? You can make the world you see You can make a man of me You can make whatever fills your heart I used to write in silhouette Filling up the filament Of skies burned black by what was almost done When summer comes what's done is done Who listens softly to me? Who listens softly to me? 'cause once you're loud you'll always be Empty is the nest that I hold Bitter is the heart for love what must be told To any other desert here To a word so cavalier To a breath that's held beyond its wish There's no such thing as government But they tell me I'm full of it I stand where I stand until I fall Fall, fall, fall we almost fall Who listens softly to me? Who listens softly to me? 'Cause once you're scared you'll always be Blessed is the babe that walks true Gifted is the sage who knows it's all no use You can't lead a horse to drink You can't lead a mind to think Whatever is is whatever's meant to be I'm lasting for a d**h of fits Until it comes I'm suspect On the lam, shivering with cold Winter comes to take my soul Who listens softly to me? Who listens softly to me? 'cause once you're scared you'll always Once you're loud you'll always Once you're me you're always me