| Veruca Salt – Number One Blind Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I'm gonna tell u what the meaning is without even knowing the lyrics. HOWS THAT HAHAHAHA Volcano Girl, do you actually know "Nina" from a subconscious level of her consciousness to know what she means in this song? |
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| Elliott Smith – Ballad of Big Nothing Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Pardon me... I sometimes come across as rude and I don't know the difference. I frankly do not care what people choose to think but sometimes find their choice to be amusing--and that's why I respond to them. Like I'm responding to you. I do not mean to belittle your position in any way, of course... If you are taking a moment to comment on this song |
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| Elliott Smith – Ballad of Big Nothing Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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WELL, wellwhiskey... It of course is a clear advantage to know all perspectives simultaneously, including the songwriter's perspective were it possible and to therefore understand the history behind the music that "IT" had inspired. If you are telepathic then I can see where you might be coming from. But since you are not--and I will assume that you are not, then you are merely speculating over what was on Elliott's mind at the time that he was writing this. The observation you and others have made, that Elliott Smith is or was a drug user, is fairly common knowledge. As for the other issue you bring up--morality, atheism, etc.--I'm not sure what they have to do with this song in particular but are you stating that the loss of morality and religion leads to loss of life or life's importance? |
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| Elliott Smith – Ballad of Big Nothing Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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No one has answered the question correctly with the exception of perhaps one or two thus far. The question asked, "What does this song mean to *YOU?*" *Not,* "What does this song mean to Elliott Smith," or to some other person. Do you know what this song means to Elliott Smith? How presumptuous to speak on his behalf... The fact that he used drugs or seemed to make many references to drugs in his songs is only noted in, like--nearly every article that is ever written about him. To point it out again is really redundant. So come up with something more original... Such as, what does this song mean to YOU? If you are viewing or hearing a song objectively as an outside entity (rather than being immersed in the music itself), then you are using the wrong apparatus for "seeing." So what does this song mean to you? That's for YOU to decide... To speculate over some dead person's inner thoughts that may have inspired this song is a precarious endeavor, at best. Poetry and music reside in the soul which itself is infinite and boundless, a bottomless depth--just like the ocean. Which encircles the Earth. You would have had to travel the entire Earth, therefore, by sea, all the way to the bottom, and covered every square inch--before you could begin to understand the richness and complexity of everything that the soul encompasses, which is given to us in a variety of metaphors be they dreams or non-dreams. If this kind of voyage isn't feasible for you--then an inner voyage into your own soul will do just as well. Take the gift that he has left us and create your own reality. So what does this song mean to me? Do you really want to know? http://www.myspace.com/barbiplease http://www.myspace.com/everyonethinksimanalien http://www.tagworld.com/elliottsmith with many links and references to a few select sites that shall, for consistency--remain nameless, forever more. |
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