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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 - 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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The Civil Wars - Between the Bars (Elliott Smith cover) Lyrics
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Elliott Smith - Some Song (Help Me Kill My Time) Lyrics
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this song talks about abuse.. Elliott had a messed up relationship with his step dad and a lot of kids had abusive parents in the neighborhood where he grew up ...
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Chris Garneau - Between The Bars Lyrics
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I think Elliott Smith would like this. Its still shy, still self destructive, still beautiful. And his own music is pretty damn good, listen to it. I ...
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Elliott Smith - No Name #6 Lyrics
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Wild speculation here, but I recently heard Elliott discuss writing Between the Bars while watching Xena warrior princess on mute. Pushing 9 can mean he's ...
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Elliott Smith - Christian Brothers Lyrics
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"Blink on and off" meaning his stepfather's behavior switching between a nice state and an abusive state. This line indicates a panic. He never knows which side ...
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Madeleine Peyroux - Between the Bars Lyrics
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this song is beautiful. I love it just as much as the original recording by Elliot Smith. Its a sad and lonely piece about the heartache of alcholism ...
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Elliott Smith - Waltz #2 Lyrics
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The "dead china doll" could be a memory of his distant mother with her new husband years ago, or it could be a woman the singer sees in the bar in the present, ...
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Elliott Smith - I Better Be Quiet Now Lyrics
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This is not uncommon for him to do, considering how he sung as if to his depression in the song 'miss misery' and drink in 'between the bars.' This also fits to ...
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Elliott Smith - Clementine Lyrics
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They're waking you up to close the bar. The street's wet you can tell by the sound of the cars. The bartender's singing clementine
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Elliott Smith - Color Bars Lyrics
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The phrase "color bars" might alsp refer to the standby signal you see on TV when a station signs off the air for the night. It makes sense when you want to ...
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Elliott Smith - Say Yes Lyrics
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it's about making a huge mistake. about letting someone go, because you've become so used to being let down. "a happy day and then you pay.".
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Between the Bars Meanings & Lyrics Discussion
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11sunnybella discusses the meanings of Between the Bars lyrics: I agree with the meaning that everyone has put one here. This song is super deep. Have any of you heard the cover of this song by Madeleine Peyroux? Super good! The music and her vocals hit the feels.
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Elliott Smith - Crazy Fucker Lyrics
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He's saying that he is in a bar, drunk and itching for a fight and egging the crazy fucker on by talking shit at him [Bleeding fortified wine out of the injury ...
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Elliott Smith - Alphabet Town Lyrics
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Sounds like Elliot was out with a friend (Constantina?), and she drank him way under the table- "you threw up whatever she shot down." there are so many bars in ...
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Elliott Smith - Cecilia/Amanda Lyrics
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They would only release songs between 1994 and 1997 on New Moon, this was probably recorded in 1998, I hope they release his 1997-2003 b-sides and rarities, ...
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Elliott Smith - A Big Decision Lyrics
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Needle in the Hay, Speed Trials, Miss Misery, Can't Make a Sound, Angeles, A Passing Feeling, etc.
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Elliott Smith Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More
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Between the Bars · 284 · Blackbird (The Beatles cover) · 3 · Blackjack Davey (Bob Dylan cover) · 0 · Bled White · 45 · Bled White (Early version) · 4 · Blue ...
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Elliott Smith - New Monkey Lyrics
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They're shaking hands with his 'monkey' as in a drug problem is usually called 'a monkey on your back'. "I go in my car Straight to the bar Where my sweetie ...
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Elliott Smith - No Name #1 Lyrics
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When the ride cymbal starts playing after the first bar with the snare, it sounds alot like the chatter and movement of a crowd of people talking amongst ...
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Elliott Smith - Twilight (Somebody's Baby) Lyrics
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I realize that most die-hard elliott smith fans are looking for meaning past his ... More Elliott Smith Lyrics · Between the Bars Lyrics · Needle in the Hay ...
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Elliott Smith - Because (The Beatles cover) Lyrics
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Elliott Smith - Speed Trials Lyrics
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Elliott Smith - A Fond Farewell Lyrics
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The cold comfort of the in between to me again is about being in active heroin addiction. For somebody who has used for years there is comfort, normalcy in that ...
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Elliott Smith - Dancing on the Highway Lyrics
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This song really kills me, it's simply to easy to identify with. It would seem to be about there being an incredible distance between him and his lost love, and ...
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Elliott Smith - Condor Ave. Lyrics
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"Bottle in between his teeth...Buried in the sand at the beach." The cops scrambling for clues but the real reason for the crash is much deeper than just some ...
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Elliott Smith - Alameda Lyrics
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Ithink the song is about someone who never lets anyone get too close. A fear of rejection, or perhaps a fear that someone might actually see him for who he ...
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Elliott Smith - Needle in the Hay Lyrics
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That said, there's some symbolism/foreshadowing at work here. "Your hand on his arm" could reference basic familiarity/intimacy between friends or lovers, but ...
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Elliott Smith - Pictures of Me (Either/Or demos) Lyrics
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I think the song has - like in many ES songs - a general meaning. In this case, he uses the TV as an allegory to describe how there can be a gap between how ...
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Elliott Smith - Coming Up Roses Lyrics
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What exists in the void created by the differentiation between your distorted self and your ideal self? But these ideas are expressed at the end of the song.
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