Blinkmini: Smith's "Tomorrow Tomorrow" has a line that goes "I've got static in my head/The reflected sound of everything/Tried to go to where it led/But it didn't lead to anything." I think static is kind of the random and undirected thoughts that arise out of your observations of the things around you, which for Elliott were desperate.
"A quiet truth" could have two meanings (or more, I'm not Ben Folds): it's either the simple and beautiful lines that Elliott sang, that kind of sum up something for the listener. Or it could be the description of heroin use from "Needle in the Hay" where Elliott says "I'm taking the cure/So I can be quiet whenever I want." I think he saw drugs and the "quiet truth" they provided as a good thing.
Blinkmini: Smith's "Tomorrow Tomorrow" has a line that goes "I've got static in my head/The reflected sound of everything/Tried to go to where it led/But it didn't lead to anything." I think static is kind of the random and undirected thoughts that arise out of your observations of the things around you, which for Elliott were desperate.
"A quiet truth" could have two meanings (or more, I'm not Ben Folds): it's either the simple and beautiful lines that Elliott sang, that kind of sum up something for the listener. Or it could be the description of heroin use from "Needle in the Hay" where Elliott says "I'm taking the cure/So I can be quiet whenever I want." I think he saw drugs and the "quiet truth" they provided as a good thing.
Anyways thats my take.
I'd like to think the "quiet truth" were the lines Elliott wrong about and not heroin.
I'd like to think the "quiet truth" were the lines Elliott wrong about and not heroin.
Excellent analysis.
Excellent analysis.