| Sunny Day Real Estate – 47 Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I so agree!! | |
| Bright Eyes – A Perfect Sonnet Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| This is the feeling I usually get when listening to this song so I agree with you | |
| Heatmiser – Plainclothes Man Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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To me this song is definitely not about a break up Anyone who's had an abusive stepfather like Elliott Smith did or I did can assure you Here's an example "Dreaming on the silver strand Waking up to plainclothes man You little bastard, little boy in blue Someone's gonna get to you And fuck up everything you do He's so unhappy inside He's serious with everyone And he thinks he'll win you with his angry kiss Acting like he has no needs Wanting you to watch him bleed" Also the line that goes: "they say that I'll recover my love of her every once in awhile" I get the picture of a mother and all those times that she saw the stepfather beat the crap of the kid but she couldn't help him And then at the beginning I get the image of the mother and stepfather getting in an argument and her trying to force him to take sides in the argument but he didn't, since he was won by his stepfather's angry kiss |
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| Elliott Smith – Coming Up Roses Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| He mentions drugs in his lyrics but the song ain't about him doing drugs. The drug references are to show how depressed he is, an imagery to the story he's telling | |
| Elliott Smith – Talking to Mary Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Elliott smith was a raised a methodist but he ended up giving up that faith. He later went on experimenting on other religions (catholic was one of them.) It is very possible that this song was written during that phase of his life. As for the lyric that talks about money down the sock he's talking in third person because the lyric goes "you got bus fare in your pocket, more money down in your sock But she can't tell you how to contact her if you won't listen to her talk" If he wasn't talking in third person, he would have used "you" instead of "she" therefore eliminating the possible prostitution reference. Yes the lyrics are similar to "pretty mary k" but elliott smith didn't like writing the same song over again. |
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| Elliott Smith – Talking to Mary Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Elliott smith was a raised a methodist but he ended up giving up that faith. He later went on experimenting on other religions (catholic was one of them.) It is very possible that this song was written during that phase of his life. As for the lyric that talks about money down the sock he's talking in third person because the lyric goes pure "you got bus fare in your pocket, more money down in your sock But she can't tell you how to contact her if you won't listen to her talk" If he wasn't talking in third person, he would have used "you" instead of "she" therefore eliminating the possible prostitution reference. Yes the lyrics are similar to "pretty mary k" but elliott smith didn't like writing the same song over again. |
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