Editing Bullet with Butterfly Wings (section)

==Background==
The song had its origins during the recording of 1993's ''[[Siamese Dream]]''. According to frontman [[Billy Corgan]], "I have a tape of us from 1993 endlessly playing the 'world is a vampire' part over and over".<ref name=kingbs>{{Cite news| last = Corgan | first = Billy | title = King B's | publisher = Guitar World |date=January 1997}}</ref> Corgan wrote the noted chorus "rat in a cage" on an acoustic guitar during the same session that "Landslide" was recorded.<ref name=kingbs />

The lyrics "Can you fake it, for just one more show?" may refer to the band's experience headlining the 1994 [[Lollapalooza]] festival, with Corgan calling it "old [[Job (biblical figure)|Job]]".<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|last1=Pareles|first1=John|title=RECORDINGS VIEW;Alternative Rockers Think Big, Uneasily|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/22/arts/recordings-view-alternative-rockers-think-big-uneasily.html|access-date=November 25, 2014|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 22, 1995}}</ref><ref name=vulture>{{cite web|last1=McKelvey|first1=Iain|title=The Throwback, 1995|url=http://vulturemagazine.com.au/throwback-1995/|work=Vulture|access-date=November 25, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222064611/http://vulturemagazine.com.au/throwback-1995/|archive-date=December 22, 2014}}</ref> Along with other parts of the album, Corgan appears to compare himself to Jesus Christ, with the line "Tell me I'm the chosen one / Jesus was an only son".<ref name=nytimes />