You can make it last, mysteries not ready to reveal The, so i pull my collar up and face the cold
Supper s waiting on the table, supper s waiting on the table
the sun is out and up and down again
I know i ll make it, before i have to go Smashing, before i have to go
at the blasphemy in my old jangly walk
As the cluttered streets greet me once again, speak to me in a language i can hear humour me
deep in thought i forgive everyone
I know i can t be late, but in the same old haunts i still find my friends
The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet, but in the same old haunts i still find my friends, as the cluttered streets greet me once again
i know i can t be late
You can make it last, steeple guide me to my heart and home, before i have to go
The sun is out and up and down again, and for a moment i lose myself
You can make it last, speak to me in a language i can hear humour me, deep in thought i forgive everyone
steeple guide me to my heart and home
love can last forever
love can last forever
Graceful swans of never topple to the earth, and for a moment i lose myself
I ve journeyed here and there and back again, at the blasphemy in my old jangly walk Pumpkins, you can make it last
i ve journeyed here and there and back again
sympathies i m ready to return
graceful swans of never topple to the earth
at the blasphemy in my old jangly walk
Graceful swans of never topple to the earth, before i have to go Thirty-Three, i know i ll make it
Mysteries not ready to reveal, and for a moment i lose myself Thirty-Three, you can make it last
I feel like the Pumpkins would have been even more successful than they were if more people heard the softer stuff. Billy's voice gets better the quieter they play.
This video/song is a masterpiece.
During the taping of VH-1 Storytellers, Billy talked about the meaning of “Thirty-Three” when he said, “The year was 1994 and I just moved into a new house that was eventually going to be a purple Victorian house in Chicago. And this is the first song that I wrote for that album. And um, this song really embodies the spirit of that time. I had just gotten married, I’d just moved into a new house, the band was achieving the kind of success that people only dream of and I was really hopeful with the idea that I was eventually and someday –and it looked like it was going to happen– actually have a happy life. It didn’t quite work out that way. But I don’t think that’s what I really want to emphasize about this particular song. Um, you know, hope is really the key component in life because one must have hope and faith to actually get out of bed and do anything in this world. And um, you know, in my mind at that time, I think I was 27 years old, I thought that I had arrived. I supposedly had everything one would want: the wife, the cat, the house, the car, and the money and the –oh yeah, the fame. And um, but I think what I’m really trying to say here is all I ever really wanted was a happy home.”
as a teen, lonely and never thinking i'd find anyone, i listened to this and cried. Now, 36, with a goddess of a wife and an angel of a son, I listened again. and cried. life has a way of working out if you let it.
i've been listening to this song for, well since it came out, and i still have the same feeling of deep sadness. I have been in a relationship for 19 years n is ok…but have to deal with homophobia with work and just myself not feeling ok with it. parents that have questioned my sexuality with religion, friends that when they found out….lost. just struggles all my life and now my work has kicked me out after being a cop for 15 years….I'm soooo tired of this. but I have to keep fighting to get my voice out there that this is such BS. I just don't know where to turn.
This song brings me existential dread and sprouts up that fear of how fast time goes by, but it's just so beautiful. I love the sense of nostalgia and bittersweetness I get from this song. Wish you all the best in the short time we spend here on Earth. ♥️
this song got me through my cocaine addiction and was clean on the other side.... nothing but love and respect to this band. you may have saved my life! gratitude isn't enough words for what you've gotten me through. thank you so very much.... 18 years clean this month..... bless you all, wherever you all may be..
This whole album helped me get through my divorce and the ensuing custody battle for my son. Thank you Smashing Pumpkins for making music that has reached out and touched people.
This song, and the Pumpkins generally speaking as a band, really, are THE band that defines my emotions during my mid teenage years. But, when I go "there" with them, to bask in nostalgia of the youth gone by, it rarely ends in the warm comfort it initially enticed me with, but rather a sad depth that I think we all experienced. Although I wanted to taste it for a second, I didnt ask it to take me THROUGH it again. Love. .....Loathe. Dont want to remember.......Can' forget.
The first time I looked at my then girlfriend and realized that I loved her this song was playing. 16 years and three children later, she’s now my wife and I’m laying next to her in bed listening to this song realizing that I still love her just the same only more. This song brings me back to that exact moment in time and makes me look forward to forever.
Speak to me in a language I can hear
Humour me before I have to go
Deep in thought I forgive everyone
As the cluttered streets greet me once again
I know I can't be late, supper's waiting on the table
Tomorrow's just an excuse away
So I pull my collar up and face the cold, on my own
The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet
At the blasphemy in my old jangly walk
Steeple guide me to my heart and home
The sun is out and up and down again
I know I'll make it, love can last forever
Graceful swans of never topple to the earth
And you can make it last, forever you
You can make it last, forever you
And for a moment I lose myself
Wrapped up in the pleasures of the world
I've journeyed here and there and back again
But in the same old haunts I still find my friends
Mysteries not ready to reveal
Sympathies I'm ready to return
I'll make the effort, love can last forever
Graceful swans of never topple to the earth
Tomorrow's just an excuse
And you can make it last, forever you
You can make it last, forever you