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* "Spaced" initially seems like an innocent piece of instrumentation and one of the ''last'' songs you'd expect to fall under this trope... until you pay attention to [[LyricalDissonance the lyrics]] (which is difficult at first, since they're mumbled, mixed quietly, and distorted). There's a bit of WordSaladHorror to them, but they seem to involve AbusiveParents, DomesticAbuse, and similar {{Adult Fear}}s. Some listeners may also find the lyrics to have UnfortunateImplications, though a more charitable interpretation would be that they're Corgan's way of working through unspecified traumas (he's certainly had one hell of an unpleasant life at times).

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* "Spaced" initially seems like an innocent piece of instrumentation and one of the ''last'' songs you'd expect to fall under this trope... until you pay attention to [[LyricalDissonance the lyrics]] (which is difficult at first, since they're mumbled, mixed quietly, and distorted). There's a bit of WordSaladHorror to them, but they seem to involve AbusiveParents, DomesticAbuse, and similar {{Adult Fear}}s.worries. Some listeners may also find the lyrics to have UnfortunateImplications, though a more charitable interpretation would be that they're Corgan's way of working through unspecified traumas (he's certainly had one hell of an unpleasant life at times).
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** The music video is surreal and strange, featuring the band playing the song and floating around a large house, an old man walking through a dark tunnel towards a blinding light, and home video quality footage of a child, happy and playful at first, but towards the end of the video he is holding a large stick and glaring at the camera. Possibly was not intentional but the look on the kid’s face is a bit creepy.

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** The music video is surreal and strange, featuring the band playing the song and floating around a large house, an old man walking through a dark tunnel towards a blinding light, and home video quality footage of a child, happy and playful at first, but towards the end of the video he is holding a large stick and glaring angrily at the camera. Possibly was not intentional but the look on the kid’s face is a bit creepy.
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* “Today”, as cheery of a tune as it is, is also slightly unsettling, mostly due to its lyrics involving “burning my eyes out”, “pink ribbon scars” (needle tracks), “bruised and restrained angel wings”, etc. Not to mention the lyrics are about a man excited to kill himself, i.e. “the greatest day he’s ever known”...
* “Disarm” is a very sad, haunting, beautiful song, about Billy Corgan’s abusive relationship with his father.
** The music video is surreal and strange, featuring the band playing the song and floating around a large house, an old man walking through a dark tunnel towards a blinding light, and home video quality footage of a child, happy and playful at first, but towards the end of the video he is holding a large stick and glaring at the camera. Possibly was not intentional but the look on the kid’s face is a bit creepy.
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* The [[LastNoteNightmare ending]] of "Hummer", which has a horrific distorted screech come out of nowhere and intensify quickly before fizzling out just as quickly. Especially scary considering [[SweetDreamsFuel what had just been preceding it]].

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* The [[LastNoteNightmare ending]] of "Hummer", which has a horrific distorted screech come out of nowhere and intensify quickly before fizzling out just as quickly. Especially scary considering [[SweetDreamsFuel [[SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel what had just been preceding it]].

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i should probably remember to ctrl+f rather than just assuming examples will be alphabetical. Regardless, since Pisces Iscariot is arguably part of their canon, I'll at least move the example & combine the wording.


* "Spaced" initially seems like one of the ''last'' songs you'd expect to fall under this trope... until you pay attention to [[LyricalDissonance the lyrics]]. There's a bit of WordSaladHorror to them, but they seem to involve ParentalAbuse, DomesticAbuse, and similar {{Adult Fear}}s.

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* "Spaced" initially seems like an innocent piece of instrumentation and one of the ''last'' songs you'd expect to fall under this trope... until you pay attention to [[LyricalDissonance the lyrics]]. lyrics]] (which is difficult at first, since they're mumbled, mixed quietly, and distorted). There's a bit of WordSaladHorror to them, but they seem to involve ParentalAbuse, AbusiveParents, DomesticAbuse, and similar {{Adult Fear}}s.
Fear}}s. Some listeners may also find the lyrics to have UnfortunateImplications, though a more charitable interpretation would be that they're Corgan's way of working through unspecified traumas (he's certainly had one hell of an unpleasant life at times).



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* "Spaced" may seem like an innocent piece of instrumentation, but the nightmare fuel hits hard when you actually stop to decipher the [[DomesticAbuse words]] [[AbusiveParents floating]] [[UnfortunateImplications in and out of the song]].

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* "Spaced" may seem like an innocent piece of instrumentation, but the nightmare fuel hits hard when you actually stop to decipher the [[DomesticAbuse words]] [[AbusiveParents floating]] [[UnfortunateImplications in and out of the song]].
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!! ''Pisces Iscariot'':

* "Spaced" initially seems like one of the ''last'' songs you'd expect to fall under this trope... until you pay attention to [[LyricalDissonance the lyrics]]. There's a bit of WordSaladHorror to them, but they seem to involve ParentalAbuse, DomesticAbuse, and similar {{Adult Fear}}s.

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!!''Music/SiameseDream'':

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!!''Music/MellonCollieAndTheInfiniteSadness'':
* The guitar solo in "Zero" which doubles as HellIsThatNoise, as it sounds like a mashup of fuzzy, distorted shrieks

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* The guitar solo in "Zero" which doubles as HellIsThatNoise, as it sounds like a mashup of fuzzy, distorted shrieks shrieks.



!!''Music/{{Adore}}'':

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uWwvQKGjLI The music video for "Ava Adore"]] is sort of this. We see Corgan singing the song while walking through a variety of scenes. His BaldOfEvil, creepy pale skin, and the dark circles around his eyes make him look very vampirish. ''He also moves freaky fast.''

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* [[http://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uWwvQKGjLI The music video for "Ava Adore"]] is sort of this. We see Corgan singing the song while walking through a variety of scenes. His BaldOfEvil, creepy pale skin, and the dark circles around his eyes make him look very vampirish. ''He also moves freaky fast.''



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* The guitar solo in "Zero" which doubles as HellIsThatNoise, as it sounds like a mashup of fuzzy, distorted shrieks
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* Hell, Iha just [[KubrickStare Kubrick staring]] at the camera every time he appears is scary enough.

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* ** Hell, Iha just [[KubrickStare Kubrick staring]] at the camera every time he appears is scary enough.
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* The [[LastNoteNightmare ending]] of "Hummer", which has a horrific distorted screech come out of nowhere and intensify quickly before fizzling out just as quickly.

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* The [[LastNoteNightmare ending]] of "Hummer", which has a horrific distorted screech come out of nowhere and intensify quickly before fizzling out just as quickly. Especially scary considering [[SweetDreamsFuel what had just been preceding it]].

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!!''Music/SiameseDream'':
* The disturbing distorted opening of, ironically, "Quiet", with the hellish droning sweeping guitars.
* The [[LastNoteNightmare ending]] of "Hummer", which has a horrific distorted screech come out of nowhere and intensify quickly before fizzling out just as quickly.
** The beginning is especially unnerving, with an indecipherably distorted loop.
!!''Music/MellonCollieAndTheInfiniteSadness'':
* "X.Y.U." can be considered nightmare fuel. Not only is it (arguably) the band's angriest song ever released within the span of their entire career, but it's practically the loss of all sanity in musical form. The third section of the song is especially angry, in which there's much more screaming in it than there is singing, and when Billy does sing, he spits out lyrics that sound like a description of descending down into hell.
!!''Music/{{Adore}}'':



** The ''Adore''-era picture that provides the page image. Also in TearJerker territory [[FridgeHorror once you think about the meaning behind it. Especially since the album was made during the time when Billy's mom died...]]
** [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jk1Xvws_AGA/hqdefault.jpg The cover of the B-side album.]] That KubrickStare's pretty freaky.

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** * The ''Adore''-era picture that provides the page image. Also in TearJerker territory [[FridgeHorror once you think about the meaning behind it. Especially since the album was made during the time when Billy's mom died...]]
** * [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jk1Xvws_AGA/hqdefault.jpg The cover of the B-side album.]] That KubrickStare's pretty freaky.



** Hell, Iha just [[KubrickStare Kubrick staring]] at the camera every time he appears is scary enough.

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** * Hell, Iha just [[KubrickStare Kubrick staring]] at the camera every time he appears is scary enough.enough.
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* "X.Y.U." can be considered nightmare fuel. Not only is it (arguably) the band's angriest song ever released within the span of their entire career, but it's practically the loss of all sanity in musical form. The third section of the song is especially angry, in which there's much more screaming in it than there is singing, and when Billy does sing, he spits out lyrics that sound like a description of descending down into hell.
* The disturbing distorted opening of, ironically, "Quiet", with the hellish droning sweeping guitars.
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* The disturbing distorted opening of, ironically, "Quiet", with the hellish droning sweeping guitars.
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** The ''Adore''-era picture that provides the page image. Also in TearJerker territory [[FridgeHorror once you think about the meaning behind it.]]
** [[http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/37226055/Adore+Demos+II+Cover.jpg This picture.]] That KubrickStare's pretty freaky.

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** The ''Adore''-era picture that provides the page image. Also in TearJerker territory [[FridgeHorror once you think about the meaning behind it. Especially since the album was made during the time when Billy's mom died...]]
** [[http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/37226055/Adore+Demos+II+Cover.[[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jk1Xvws_AGA/hqdefault.jpg This picture.The cover of the B-side album.]] That KubrickStare's pretty freaky.

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* "X.Y.U." can be considered nightmare fuel. Not only is it (arguably) the band's angriest song ever released within the span of their entire career, but it's practically the loss of all sanity in musical form. The third section of the song is especially angry, in which there's much more screaming in it than there is singing, and when Billy does sing, he spits out lyrics that sound like a description of descending down into hell.

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* "X.Y.U." can be considered nightmare fuel. Not only is it (arguably) the band's angriest song ever released within the span of their entire career, but it's practically the loss of all sanity in musical form. The third section of the song is especially angry, in which there's much more screaming in it than there is singing, and when Billy does sing, he spits out lyrics that sound like a description of descending down into hell.hell.
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* "Spaced" may seem like an innocent piece of instrumentation, but the nightmare fuel hits hard when you actually stop to decipher the [[DomesticAbuse words]] [[AbusiveParents floating]] [[UnfortunateImplications in and out of the song]].

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* "Spaced" may seem like an innocent piece of instrumentation, but the nightmare fuel hits hard when you actually stop to decipher the [[DomesticAbuse words]] [[AbusiveParents floating]] [[UnfortunateImplications in and out of the song]].song]].
* "X.Y.U." can be considered nightmare fuel. Not only is it (arguably) the band's angriest song ever released within the span of their entire career, but it's practically the loss of all sanity in musical form. The third section of the song is especially angry, in which there's much more screaming in it than there is singing, and when Billy does sing, he spits out lyrics that sound like a description of descending down into hell.
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** Hell, Iha just [[KubrickStare Kubrick staring]] at the camera every time he appears is scary enough.

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** Hell, Iha just [[KubrickStare Kubrick staring]] at the camera every time he appears is scary enough.enough.
* "Spaced" may seem like an innocent piece of instrumentation, but the nightmare fuel hits hard when you actually stop to decipher the [[DomesticAbuse words]] [[AbusiveParents floating]] [[UnfortunateImplications in and out of the song]].

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uWwvQKGjLI The music video for "Ava Adore"]] is sort of this. We see Corgan singing the song while walking through a variety of scenes. His BaldOfEvil, creepy pale skin, and the dark circles around his eyes make him look very vampirish. The rest of the band also have very gothic outfits.

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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uWwvQKGjLI The music video for "Ava Adore"]] is sort of this. We see Corgan singing the song while walking through a variety of scenes. His BaldOfEvil, creepy pale skin, and the dark circles around his eyes make him look very vampirish. The rest of the band ''He also have very gothic outfits.moves freaky fast.''
** Hell, Iha just [[KubrickStare Kubrick staring]] at the camera every time he appears is scary enough.
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* ''Adore'' can be classified as this. It's way DarkerAndEdgier than ''Siamese Dream'' and ''Mellon Collie''.
** The ''Adore''-era picture that provides the page image. Also in TearJerker territory [[FridgeHorror once you think about the meaning behind it.]]
** [[http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/37226055/Adore+Demos+II+Cover.jpg This picture.]] That KubrickStare's pretty freaky.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uWwvQKGjLI The music video for "Ava Adore"]] is sort of this. We see Corgan singing the song while walking through a variety of scenes. His BaldOfEvil, creepy pale skin, and the dark circles around his eyes make him look very vampirish. The rest of the band also have very gothic outfits.

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