| The Books – Read, Eat, Sleep Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Yeah, I definitely think that aleatoric has a strong resonance with The Books' music. Replace Georgie with The Books in the last line and it makes perfect sense. | |
| Elliott Smith – Let's Turn the Record Over Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Yo, it's not the devil's on Bonnie Raitt. Its 'the devils on Bonnie Brae' haha, bonnie raitt |
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| Quasi – California Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| yeah it for sure is 'life is dull' | |
| Quasi – California Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| The first four lines of this song are classic. I think it's about being sad for no good reason, among other things. | |
| Frank Zappa – Nanook Rubs It Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| great googly moogly! | |
| The Zombies – This Will Be Our Year Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| this song rocks my socks. pretty clear what it's about. viva los zombies! | |
| The Moldy Peaches – These Burgers Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| so has anyone seen the clip of adam green when he was on that classic mtv show, say what? it's really very funny, he's supposed to be singng to 'if you steal my sunshine' by len, and instead just says 'when i say these burgers, you say are crazy' and the crowd doesn't know what in the hell is going on. he's great. | |
| Grandaddy – The Warming Sun Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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this song is perfect. and i think it's worth it to note the last line that is repeated in a very quiet whisper at the very end: i said hey, you, get out of my fog |
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| Grandaddy – Everything Beautiful Is Far Away Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I always thought this song was making some allusion to Plato's Allegory of the Cave. Obviously, the mentioning of the cave is what first gave me that idea. But the lines he'd seen plenty of mirages and imaginery visitors up until then so he wasn`t sure what to think when he saw swans and and the pictures of his loved ones that he drew on the wall of the cave had finally faded. really, really remind me of how in Plato's allegory, the people only could see the shadows of real p eople and things reflected onto the walls of the cave, and so thought those images were the real thing. then, when the man was let out into the real world, he didn't know what to make of all the actual real things he saw. I haven't read the allegory in a couple of years so i don't remember all of it and am not sure how the rest of the song fits in, but I definatley think there's evidence that this song is related in someway. |
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| Elliott Smith – Last Call Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| i also got the sense that 'she' was referring to god at the end, maybe just asking to be left alone, or wishing for death where he can't be disturbed anymore | |
| Elliott Smith – Living in a Cage Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| i like this song a lot. don't really know what it means, but it's fun to listen to. also, i think it's called confusion. | |
| Elliott Smith – I Me Mine (The Beatles cover) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| it is a great cover, though | |
| Elliott Smith – No Name #4 Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| i'm pretty sure it's "things she drew when she was nine", not mine. which actually makes more sense if he's talking about his mom. | |
| Elliott Smith – Hangin Out with Me Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| this song is actually called Whatever (Some Folk Song in C) | |
| Elliott Smith – New Disaster Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| i agree, i thoroughly enjoy this song | |
| Elliott Smith – Stained Glass Eyes Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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but they can't be people not if I'm one if i have to be like them i'd rather be no one too good. really. |
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| Elliott Smith – Untitled (Sticks and Stones) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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well i was surprised these lyrics weren't up until now. but anyway, i love the anger in this song, and it's seems like a 'sonnet fuck you' to people trying to catagorize or label him as something, when really no one can really understand him. he just wants to be left alone. also, i love "it's forty-five past two"-- sounds like a 2:45 AM referance to me. |
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| Elliott Smith – Whatever (Folk Song in C) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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maybe it's about him and a friend using drugs together, even though the friend said he was going to quit, hence "if you're all done like you said you'd be" but since the friend is still hanging around the speaker who still uses, the friend doesn't quit because it's right there. maybe the speaker is angry that the friend is falling back on their promise to stop because he wants to see them get better, even if he cant |
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| Elliott Smith – Pictures of Me Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| If the meaning of this song is what buddha posted in the interview with elliott, i'm just still confused as to what "everybody's dying just to get the disease" is referring to. any thoughts? | |
| Elliott Smith – A Passing Feeling Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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i think the most poignant image of this song is "still i send all the time my request for relief down the dead power lines" he knows his attempts for help are fruitless, and that's just so depressing. |
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