Spaceboy
The Smashing Pumpkins Lyrics

Feel it
Experience the overwhelming emotions and sensations

Break your bones
Cause extreme physical and emotional pain

Mr. Jones
A personification of the oppressive force causing the pain

Taste me
Consume my essence

As I bleed
As I suffer and my emotional pain becomes visible

Taste my need
Consume my desire for love and acceptance

Spaceboy I've missed you
A long-awaited reunion with a part of oneself that was lost or repressed

Spinning round my head
A constant presence in one's thoughts and memories

Any way you choose me
Regardless of how I am treated or used, I will accept it

You'll break instead
The artist is willing to endure pain and suffering in place of the listener

Watch me
Observe as I rebel against the constraints placed upon me

Death defy
Courageously challenge the inevitability of death

Defile my life
Desecrate my existence by treating me as a disposable object

I don't need
The singer is resigned to rejection and lack of acceptance

I don't care
The singer has become apathetic to the opinions of others

Please
A plea for mercy or understanding

I want to go home
A desire to retreat to a safe and familiar environment

'Cause when a lover aches
When the singer experiences heartbreak and pain from a failed relationship

'Cause when a lover breaks
When the singer's trust in their partner is shattered

Spaceboy they'll kill me
An ominous premonition of impending harm or danger

Before I'm dead and gone
Before the artist loses their sense of self and identity entirely

And any way you choose me
Regardless of how I am treated or used, I will accept it

It won't be wrong
The singer believes that any choice made will be acceptable

We won't be long
The artist and listener's time together will be brief