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Billy Corgan Enters Charity Raffle to Win Courtney Love’s ‘Violet’ Lyrics

Billy Corgan boosted a charity raffle, saying he entered for a chance to win Courtney Love's handwritten 'Violet' lyrics about their relationship.

“Violet” famously opened Hole ’s classic 1994 album, Live Through This, though Love wrote it three years prior before the band kicked off their tour in support of their debut, Pretty on the Inside. “The rhyme scheme is good but it felt too much like imitation — I was trying being ‘method,’ but it ended up feeling excessive,” she said, adding: “The piece also touches on the theme of being caught between two boys —representing the angel and devil within me, as well as my own nature. Corgan, in his video boosting the fundraiser, also included a short text note where he claimed to have made a small, uncredited contribution to “Violet”: “[Love] forgot to mention that I wrote one of the heart-rending couplets contained therein.

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