Billy Corgan Bullet With Butterfly Wings Summary
In “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” Billy Corgan undermines the status quo of attaining the bourgeoisie status through the use of visuals and disheartening lyrics. He opens the song with “The world is a vampire, sent to drain”. This implies that the social expectations instilled in the “proletarian class” are difficult to attain and in attempting to do so your “life” will gradually be diminished. This is evident in students; they observe the “promise” of monetary wealth displayed in everyday media, striving for academic success so they are able to complete an objective that is embedded in them by others. Corgan challenges this way of living by singing “But can you fake it, for just one more show”. This displays the dissatisfaction one can reach