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Alliteration is the repetition of a sound in the beginning of two or more words. We're looking for examples in music lyrics.

Lyrics Alliteration, The Smashing Pumpkins

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The Smashing Pumpkins', "Galapogos"
The Lyrics:
Softly stolen under our blanket skies
Why:
2x S alliteration
Submitted by: RevengeFromMars YouTube
The Smashing Pumpkins', "Geek U.S.A."
The Lyrics:
The disappointed disappear
Why:
2x D alliteration
Submitted by: RevengeFromMars YouTube
The Smashing Pumpkins', "Hummer"
The Lyrics:
I chased the charmed
Why:
2x C alliteration
Submitted by: RevengeFromMars YouTube
The Smashing Pumpkins', "Love"
The Lyrics:
She shimmy shakes, the jimmy jakes of consequence
Why:
3x S, 2x J alliteration
Submitted by: RevengeFromMars YouTube
The Smashing Pumpkins', "Quiet"
The Lyrics:
Metal mercies
Castrate
Boys to the bone
...
We mutilate the meanings
Why:
2x M, 2x B, 2x M alliteration ("metal mercies" / "boys", "bone" / "mutilate", "meanings")
Submitted by: RevengeFromMars YouTube
The Smashing Pumpkins', "Spaceboy"
The Lyrics:
Death defy
Defile my life
Why:
3x D alliteration
Submitted by: RevengeFromMars YouTube
The Smashing Pumpkins', "Stumbleine"
The Lyrics:
Boredoms in the bathroom shaking out the loose teeth
Sally's in the stirrups claiming her destiny
...
Jack it up Judy set your heart alight
Mayfair mistress of the satellites
...
Mommy's in the manger with the little kids
Why:
2x B "boredom/bathroom", 2x S "Sally/stirrups", 2x J "Jack/Judy", 2x M "Mayfair mistress", 2x M "Mommy's/Manger"
Submitted by: RevengeFromMars YouTube
The Smashing Pumpkins', "Where Boys Fear to Tread"
The Lyrics:
On dead highways, her black beauties roam
Why:
2x B alliteration
Submitted by: RevengeFromMars YouTube
The Smashing Pumpkins', "Window Paine"
The Lyrics:
Shadows streak
Around my heart
...
Shadows scream
Around my heart
Why:
Two examples of 2x S alliteration.
Submitted by: RevengeFromMars YouTube

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