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Elliott Smith Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More
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Elliott Smith Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More at SongMeanings! song lyrics, song meanings, albums, music and more.
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Elliott Smith - Some Song (Help Me Kill My Time) Lyrics
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this song is very clearly about adult abuse to children.. one of elliotts most obvious on the topic... also, when asked about his tatoo of texas he basically ...
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Elliott Smith - Amity Lyrics
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it's about a girl named Amity who Elliott knew and loved but didn't want to be in a relationship with because he was too depressed. if this sounds wrong to you, ...
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Elliott Smith - Pitseleh Lyrics
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Pitseleh is a beautifully sad song - I can hear the fragility of Elliot Smith oozing out in this song. Pitseleh is apparantly a yiddish word meaning "little one ...
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Elliott Smith - Satellite Lyrics
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In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control ...
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Elliott Smith - Bled White Lyrics
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My interpretation is that he is a "color reporter"- someone who thrives on color, and yet he's in a city "bled white"- a city void of color, the thing he needs ...
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Elliott Smith - Happiness/The Gondola Man Lyrics
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Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to ...
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Elliott Smith - Waltz #2 Lyrics
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To me, this song draws on images of the singer's guilt-ridden relationship to a remote, distant mother to evoke, simultaneously, the painful distance he faces — ...
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Elliott Smith - Say Yes Lyrics
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In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control ...
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Elliott Smith - Miss Misery Lyrics
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Elliott's "Ms. Misery" is within him - it is the darkness from which he attempts to extricate himself. Sadly, this may not be possible and he knows this. "I ...
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Elliott Smith - The Biggest Lie Lyrics
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Prolly the best line in the whole song is when he says hes tired of dancing on a pot of gold flake paint, meaning he cant keep pretending nothing is wrong. The ...
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Elliott Smith - Alphabet Town Lyrics
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The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath ...
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Elliott Smith - Son of Sam Lyrics
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Son of Sam is metaphor for being a fucked up product of abuse. You know he can't form relationships or hold relationships because of this. Hence couple killer ...
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Elliott Smith - Roman Candle Lyrics
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It's about brilliance flourishing through pain (specifically child abuse) and self-destructive behavior. The scene where Matt Damon says he always chose the ...
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Elliott Smith - A Passing Feeling Lyrics
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The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath ...
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Elliott Smith - Junk Bond Trader Lyrics
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While the obvious connections with suicide or alcoholism could be drawn easily, more subtly this song could be about someone who views the world through a ...
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Elliott Smith - Either/Or (No More) Lyrics
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brave or bored, champion or chore, posing as harcore, up against and for - either or. Exactly. The choices in life, the polar opposites, one or the other..
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Elliott Smith - A Fond Farewell Lyrics
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This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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Elliott Smith - Speed Trials Lyrics
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This song is about a person's inability to confront herself and really look at the scary, introspective things that need to be looked at and resolved. The song ...
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Elliott Smith - L.A. Lyrics
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This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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Elliott Smith - Ballad of Big Nothing Lyrics
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Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to ...
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Elliott Smith - Christian Brothers Lyrics
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Christian Brothers by Elliott Smith relates to alcoholism and parental abuse. The title of the song is clever in the way that it exemplifies both of these ...
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Elliott Smith - 2:45 AM Lyrics
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This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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Elliott Smith - Thirteen (Big Star cover) Lyrics
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This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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Elliott Smith - Go By Lyrics
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"Seeing it in your eyes you're only passing by, go by" he's saying how he can tell that she's not there to stay, she's just visiting his little house. She's not ...
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Elliott Smith - Can't Make a Sound Lyrics
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While the obvious connections with suicide or alcoholism could be drawn easily, more subtly this song could be about someone who views the world through a ...
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Elliott Smith - Bottle Up and Explode Lyrics
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Elliott Smith was a self confessed drug addict and alcoholic. "Bottle up and explode" refers to the tendency for alcoholics to hide their pain/intense emotions ...
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Elliott Smith - Angeles Lyrics
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this song is about how elliot smith decided not to sell out and not to make music in los angeles where he would be sold. And he talks about the people scoutting ...
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Elliott Smith - Between the Bars Lyrics
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It's about the power of addiction, the call of drink. He used to be someone else, someone with potential, but he knows he'll never live up to it because he can' ...
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Elliott Smith - Thirteen (Big Star cover) Lyrics
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This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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Elliott Smith - King's Crossing Lyrics
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This is a song about Smith's regret over using his Good Will Hunting residuals/added fame on heroin and crack cocaine. The carnival game metaphors are an ...
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Elliott Smith - Going Nowhere Lyrics
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This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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Elliott Smith - Tomorrow Tomorrow Lyrics
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"The noise is coming out And if it's not out now I know it's just about To drown tomorrow out" - My best guess is he's saying when the music comes it will drown ...
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Elliott Smith - Division Day Lyrics
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Division Day from my understanding is division of body and soul, the day you die. I believe the song is mostly about sexual abuse from his stepfather. Every ...
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Elliott Smith - Shooting Star Lyrics
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While the obvious connections with suicide or alcoholism could be drawn easily, more subtly this song could be about someone who views the world through a ...
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Elliott Smith - The Last Hour Lyrics
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Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to ...
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Elliott Smith - No Confidence Man Lyrics
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This whole song seems like a description of Elliott's life when he was being abused by his step father Charlie. There are descriptions of verbal and physical ...
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Elliott Smith - Coast to Coast Lyrics
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The lyrics "just leave it alone. leave me alone. The lyrics "you belong tagging along. And I belong in your zoo" seem to be about the discomfort he felt when ...
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Elliott Smith - Clementine Lyrics
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Relating loosely to the classic folk song Clementine, this is a folk song with a subtly sinister vibe. The lyrics are extremely folky as well as the melody, ...
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Elliott Smith - New Monkey Lyrics
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The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath ...
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Elliott Smith - Twilight (Somebody's Baby) Lyrics
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Being caught between wanting to function like a normal person in a healthy, loving relationship but understanding that your addiction is your life... That deep ...
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Elliott Smith - Needle in the Hay Lyrics
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It's about someone who's lost, and is jaded with life ("he's acting dumb, that what you've come to expect""you idiot kid, you don't have a clue"). He feels ...
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Elliott Smith - Independence Day Lyrics
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This means you're in a position where you are ready to quit, you're "in a perfect place" and quitting is going to happen soon, but not today. "So go to sleep, ...
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Elliott Smith - Oh Well, Okay Lyrics
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In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control ...
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Elliott Smith - New Disaster Lyrics
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Meaning that the person has left him looking for other people to leave. Its pleasing to have someone like you but then its freezing and not warm anymore when ...
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Elliott Smith - Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands Lyrics
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While the obvious connections with suicide or alcoholism could be drawn easily, more subtly this song could be about someone who views the world through a ...
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Elliott Smith - Single File Lyrics
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You people got most of the things wrong. This song is about waiting in a methadone line for his dose. Methadone is a drug given to addicts to help them with ...
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Elliott Smith - Good to Go Lyrics
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elliott's been quoted in an interview as saying that when he uses the phrase "good to go" or "ready to go" he's talking about being ready to walk out on his ...
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Elliott Smith - Last Call Lyrics
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So it could mean 'I wish she had never had me if she was just going to bring me into this life'. And it could also mean 'Let me wallow in my depression and ...
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Elliott Smith - Baby Britain Lyrics
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This is a song about self-destruction, but (obviously since he wrote the song) with an understanding of this. The speaker ends up questioning whether he will ...
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