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Billy Joel – Laura Lyrics 17 years ago
Yeah, this song is definitely about a family member, and mother makes the most sense. Did anyone else read Klosterman's 'Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs'? There's a chapter that cites this song and in a footnote Klosterman explains that he actually interviewed Joel, who told him it was about family, which is obvious (as billyjoelnut said) in the phrase 'umbilical chord'.

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Rilo Kiley – We'll Never Sleep (God Knows We'll Try) Lyrics 17 years ago
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Rilo Kiley – We'll Never Sleep (God Knows We'll Try) Lyrics 17 years ago
I agree with dirty__pop; at least that's that way I think of it. If you think of the lyrics in terms of drugs, it makes perfect sense, especially if you literally interpret the line "...won't get you and higher."

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Elliott Smith – Watch the Worlds Collide (I Didn't Understand, early piano version) Lyrics 18 years ago
wordsofamuteman, thank you. I've been looking for this for a bit, and I noticed that the RIAA had taken down what I thought to be the only copy of it.

I love both versions honestly, but this one just seems so much more fragile - you can tell in the way he sings it. I doubt he could have been more perfect.

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