Glass and the Ghost Children MACHINA/The Machines of God (2000) Written by Billy Corgan Performed by The Smashing Pumpkins Lyrics: To the center of the Earth Or anywhere God decides Full of fever pulling forth We hear our call as all To the center of the Earth As if written in DNA is reaching out To your frequency I want to live Don’t want to die I want to live I want to try All in prayer Prayer in all All are scared Scared of all Black rooms are calling To men in leather coats White labs are cooking Up the silver ghost The glass migrates under Her translucent skin And all the spiders wonder What we’ve got us in All is you You are all All with you You in all I want to live I don’t want to die I want to live I want to try [spoken interlude] So beats the final coda Of a vinyl storm One more cherry cola To lift up her dead arms A dream of soft focus sunsets Filters thru the din We are losing contact As she dials it in She can hear Glass calling Or is it someone that looks like him? She eyes TV reflection And nods a knowing look She says it doesn’t matter She never liked her looks I have seen a thousand fractures I have seen everything ‘Cause knowing is its own answer Love something in a book There’s not much left to ponder Not much left to cook As she counted the spiders As they crawled up inside her As she counted the spiders As they crawled up inside her