Baby got a place in the sun selling people shade
Renting out a room in a remote little corner
A profits promenade
Talking on the phone
Waiting for a ring
Well, everybody's trying to turn me into a suicide machine
I'll be riding forth on my pony
You'll want to see me tonight
Dressed in black up at the line of attack
By my counterpoint in white
Can't look every way
Going to move the street
Everybody's trying to turn me into a suicide machine
Everything's all right
Except for how it seems
And everybody wants to turn me into a suicide machine
Baby got a place in the sun
I had to shade my eyes
I don't think I'll ever know anyone besides you
But it's no surprise
I know what you want
I got what you need
Everybody's trying to turn me into a suicide machine
Everybody's trying to turn me into a suicide machine
Everybody's trying to turn me into a suicide machine
Renting out a room in a remote little corner
A profits promenade
Talking on the phone
Waiting for a ring
Well, everybody's trying to turn me into a suicide machine
I'll be riding forth on my pony
You'll want to see me tonight
Dressed in black up at the line of attack
By my counterpoint in white
Can't look every way
Going to move the street
Everybody's trying to turn me into a suicide machine
Everything's all right
Except for how it seems
And everybody wants to turn me into a suicide machine
Baby got a place in the sun
I had to shade my eyes
I don't think I'll ever know anyone besides you
But it's no surprise
I know what you want
I got what you need
Everybody's trying to turn me into a suicide machine
Everybody's trying to turn me into a suicide machine
Everybody's trying to turn me into a suicide machine
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It's absurd how Elliott's family chose to exclude this amazing song from Basement. It has nothing to do with suicide, yet they put songs like King's Crossing and Little One on the album?
I think the song pretty clearly is a sarcastic remark at peoples' (critics, fans, etc) expectations of him and his music. Everybody wants him to be this suicidal, sad guy all the time, and to write only sad songs. The fact that this song has a happy rhythm to it is the ultimate slap in the face to those people. Practically everybody that knew Elliott in person has said that he wasn't a sad or depressed person for most of the time; sure he had low points, everyone does, but he was a joker and a fun guy to be around.
I'll point out some specific lines to support my thoughts. "Baby got a place in the sun selling people shade." Despite the fact that he may be happy, he's selling sad songs to people. "Everything's alright / Except for how it seems." Everything is alright, but because of the songs he writes people view him as being in some sort of unending depression. It seems like he's not alright. "I don't think I'll ever know anyone besides you / But it's no surprise. / I know what you want, / I got what you need." He realizes he'll probably never be able to escape the sad sack assumption of his life. He knows people want that, they want the sad songs, and he knows he's perfectly capable of writing what people see as 'sad songs'--even though he never considered them as such.
I could look at more lines but I think it's pretty obvious.
any idea where i can get this mp3? i haven't been able to find it anywhere.
I have a copy if anyone wants one, just message me.
To liballen (just in case you haven't found the mp3 of this song yet):<br /> <br /> <br /> I found a few links just by using Google. You can find it at the bottom of this blog. Just right click, and select Save Link As...<br /> <br /> radioexile.com/2009/02/05/rubbernecking-at-elliott-smiths-suicide/<br /> <br /> Or you can just use MediaFire:<br /> <br /> mediafire.com/download.php<br /> <br /> Also, along with the lyrics, there's also a person on this forum who upped the quality of the music, so it's easier to understand what he is saying. I think the link for that is on the 7th page? Either way, as you go along, the thread is an interesting read.<br /> <br /> blamonet.com/vb/showthread.php
@fall poetaster toyally agree. And I have no shame to say Elliot's family were a bunch of mor*ns. Specially his abusive stepfather and his mother who never stand up for him. Buuut they mess with his music in the end what a bunch of MFers