The Smashing Pumpkins - psalm 131

이 가사는 신에 대한 진솔한 마음과 부모가 자식에게 주는 사랑을 표현하고, 고통과 상실에 대한 인식을 담고 있다
부모는 자식에게 헌신하지만 그 관계 속의 복잡함을 인정하며, 최종적으로 모두의 아픔을 노래하고자 한다
신의 은혜를 갈망하는 마음도 느껴진다

Lord, my heart's not vain
Nor my eyes unchanged by season
Lord, hear my voice
A servant in your choir
I've no choice to sing
Sing, sing, sing for all who wonder
Sing, sing, sing for all you squander
A mother to her child
Doesn't count the ways
A father to his child
Knows the score
The work is done
The child is gone
The flags, the schools
The books, the broken rules
You carry my name
You carry my coat
You carry my looks
You carry the map back home to you
It's a lucky stroke to be so cruel
A lucky stroke to seem so cruel
It's a lucky stroke to be so cruel
Lord, my heart's insane
I don't buy what's strange
But what's stranger is
Lord, my will's estranged
From the grace you gladly offer to us
Sing, sing, sing for all who suffer
Sing, sing, sing for all you squander
A mother to her child
Doesn't count the ways
A father to his child
Just knows