| Elliott Smith – Stained Glass Eyes Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I could be wrong about this but it seems like this could be about working on "Miss Misery" and songs for the Goodwill Hunting soundtrack. The people drinking their lemonade and passing "you" by would be producers or other people who live high up on the film-making hierarchy. Often the role of a film composer is to augment the meaning of the film-maker, not to interpret the film in your own way (depending on the film-maker). So, he found that he had to "describe the moment" of the film. Not being able to make the scene might refer to the way that Elliott saw himself. He always said he didn't see himself being "up there." Also, during the making of this film, Elliott was in company with Danny Elfman (one of the biggest film composers today). Looking at Elfman, he probably felt a bit intimidated. I imagine that the "scene" could be the film industry, or simply fame? Either/Or. :) Here's where my own interpretation comes in. When I read the "They can't be people" verse, I read people as "artists." I take this verse to mean that all of the producers and various people who had an indirect input in the film were budding in on his work more than he liked. Or at least that they were not artists. After all if they ARE artists, then an "artist" is not what he wanted to be. Staring blankly out the window is better than what they are doing. Also, stained glass eyes has the obvious implications of being glazed over, but beautifully. I think that staring out a window through stained glass eyes implies that the beautiful ideas would remain inside his mind, rather than being released through his art. What do you all think? |
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