Bullet With Butterfly Wings (track)
by The Smashing Pumpkins
Year: 1995
From the album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (track #6)


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Bullet With Butterfly Wings appears on the following album(s) by The Smashing Pumpkins:
- Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (track #6) (this album) (1995)
- Rotten Apples (track #8) (compilation) (2001)
- The Aeroplane Flies High (track #1) (compilation) (1996)
- Rarities And B-Sides (track #31) (compilation) (2005)
- Oceania: Live In NYC (track #19) (2013)
Condition: Very Good
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Condition: Brand New
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95/100 | 10/09/2025 21:21 | mrmcrook | ![]() | 79/100 |
95/100 | 08/30/2025 16:33 | gmessian | ![]() | 55/100 |
100/100 | 08/23/2025 09:43 | Musicmister9988 | ![]() | 98/100 |
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Great song, but that chorus is kinda goofy.
No way can this be over-rated, great track.
Maybe overrated on occasion, but still an amazing song and one of the many highlights on MC&TIS
One of the highlights of the album
First seconds, "the world is a Vampire" *begins epic percussion and guitar riffs*
"The world is a vampire..."
GREAT song!
: Interesting metaphor. Song starts out "the world is a vampire" and is about "betrayed desired" culminating in a chorus that says "despite all my rage, i'm am still just a rat in a cage". (Take "rat in a cage", remove most of the inside letters, and you end up with "rage". Was this intended?)
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