"Disarm"

Band's Comments Lyrics
Billy: "'Disarm' is about my childhood and how I turned into an asshole." (1994)


Billy: "...a song like Disarm was completely intuitive."

Billy: "We've tried three different versions of the song "Disarm," from playing it just like the record to playing the same arrangement in a very stripped-down fashion - just voice and guitar, with the drums entering halfway through. Then we did a totally heavy version for a TV show in England. It was the exact same arrangement, but the approach was different."


About...
Billy: "Chopping off somebodys arms."
Jimmy: "About Dis-arm and Dat-arm."
(The Great Pumpkin that Never Arrived)


Billy: "The reason I wrote Disarm was because, I didn't have the guts to kill my parents, so I thought I'd get back at them through song. And rather then have an angry, angry, angry violent song I'd thought I'd write something beautiful and make them realize what tender feelings I have in my heart, and make them feel really bad for treating me like shit."
Written by Billy Corgan

Cello: Eric Remschneider
Violin: David Ragsdale

Disarm you with a smile
And cut you like you want me to
Cut that little child
Inside of me and such a part of you
Ooh, the years burn

I used to be a little boy
So old in my shoes
And what I choose is my choice
What's a boy supposed to do?
The killer in me is the killer in you
My love
I send this smile over to you

Disarm you with a smile
And leave you like they left me here
To wither in denial
The bitterness of one who's left alone
Ooh, the years burn
Ooh, the years burn, burn, burn

I used to be a little boy
So old in my shoes
And what I choose is my voice
What's a boy supposed to do?
The killer in me is the killer in you

My love
I send this smile over to you

The killer in me is the killer in you
Send this smile over to you
The killer in me is the killer in you
Send this smile over to you
The killer in me is the killer in you
Send this smile over to you

Official Releases Listen To This Song
"Siamese Dream"
"Disarm" single
"Disarm" video


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