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Elliott Smith – Alameda Lyrics 19 years ago
I don't think the song is as specific as a lot of you are making it out to be, but I agree with your themes. I think the song is about someone who is unable to allow himself to be dependent on others for fear that they will leave him in one way or another.

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Elliott Smith – Tomorrow Tomorrow Lyrics 19 years ago
"I got static in my head, the reflected sound of everything/Tried to go to where it lead but it didn't lead to anything."

I always took this as he was unable to make sense of his surroundings and happenings; he was unable to put the pieces to life's puzzle together and make sense of it all, so he's just left with static; white noise; he couldn't make any connections or see any harmonies. I think when he says it's "coming out" and "if it's not out now I know it's just about to drown tomorrow out" he's saying that he knows if he doesn't start to put the pieces together, he's going to get lost in the frustration and not be able to take advantage of his future.

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Elliott Smith – See You in Heaven Lyrics 19 years ago
i wrote some lyrics to this song... i'll have to record it one of these days. i don't know if they do elliott justice, but i've dealt with a lot of the stuff that he apparantly did as well. figured i'd share with you guys... why not

a few shots, two thirds a bottle of whiskey
whatever it takes to pretend that you'll kiss me again
been deluding myself thinking somebody else
is gonna come rescue me

i don't know anyone like you; i never will
but you only kept me crying; i never could
tell you how much that i loved you and always will
you'll never know what it's like to say to myself
"i'll see you in heaven"

i'll see you again
somewhere else, where you're like everyone else
and i'm still stuck in my skin

hanging out in my own little bunker
trying to get just a little bit drunker tonight
taking in more and more till i feel the floor
come and rescue me

quiet night, sleeping just to dream
but know all too soon i'll be back there again
stuck alone in their land, but they don't know where i am
so they can't come rescue me

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