| Elliott Smith – King's Crossing Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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i've always thought of this as elliott's suicide note. r.i.p. man, listening to you all day today. |
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| Failure – Saturday Saviour Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| i feel like this is definitely about not wanting a relationship, and he's being a jerk about it. he doesn't need the girl, he doesn't want her any more than for her body (maybe he just plain doesn't want her any more). | |
| The Smiths – Ask Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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i always thought he was singing "the BOND that will bring us together" and i'm going to keep singing it that way. |
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| Elliott Smith – Almost Over Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song reminds me of someone keeping secrets to themselves. Elliott is saying "come on, you are my friend, but you won't tell me how you feel and I'm sick of it." I feel like ultimately it's a song about getting tired of someone who can't make up their mind. |
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| Elliott Smith – A Distorted Reality Is Now a Necessity to Be Free (7'' version) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I can never choose which version I like better. I love the third verse in this version (wind's blowing...), but I really miss the double-toned chorus on the word "fuck" from the other one. |
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| Elliott Smith – Dancing on the Highway Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I can agree with zaklaughed the most; I think it has to do with an old relationship that he misses more than he thought he would. I also think that the lyrics can be a little frightening, saying "dancing on the highway" leads me to believe that Elliott is in a bad state (somewhat suicidal) thinking about the relationship-gone-wrong. Dancing on the highway is not a safe thing to do. It also has a reference to him maybe being a toll taker, though this is mere speculation. |
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| Imogen Heap – Headlock Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I agree with you on her attitude. I love it. It's an empowering song to people who are in love with someone who can't make up their minds. | |
| Imogen Heap – Headlock Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I recently got into this song; I always used to skip it on the album. Then I got into a situation that I feel relates to this song. I feel like it's an example of her(or whoever) falling in love with a friend, but the friend says it can't happen - they are confused, they are insecure, etc. She says "I don't believe any of it" like, "I think you do love me and could be happy if you wanted to, you just need time to realize it yourself." The first lines of the song remind me of memories she has had with this person (good memories): "Distant flickering, its greener scenery, This weathers bringing it all back again. Great adventures, faces and condensation.." The "greener scenery" maybe refers to them being together and it was better like this. Maybe they were together, broke up, and she wants him back, but he's still broken. Maybe they are just friends and she wants more, but it all ends with her pleading, "Come back and start, got your heart in a headlock, I don't believe any of it" (please let yourself be happy with me) and "Afraid to start..." she is trying to encourage him that he can do it. just my two cents |
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| Paul McCartney – Dear Boy Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I completely agree with you there; I love listening to this in headphones when the voices can be so distinct. This song was highly underrated on RAM in my opinion. and I would like to note buterfly7's comment about it sounding like the Beatles back together; i think it's the back vocal tracks that accomplish this feat. I feel that the backing vocals sound very Lennon-esque at times. A lot of the backing vocals on RAM remind me of John. |
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| Paul McCartney – Dear Boy Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I don't think this song had anything to do with John Lennon, despite his paranoia. I think it's just an example of Paul's absolute finesse of the ballad. To me, this song fits well with a situation I went through in my life (tangent: I'm a girl, so I usually ignore the chorus with "her love" and all that, and focus more on me telling this to a "dear boy"). You love someone, they love you, but they throw you away for somebody else even though you two were perfect together. Especially the lines "And even when you fall in love, dear boy, It won't be half as good as this" remind me of that snarking hurt of being replaced, or of being led on and let down. I feel that Paul is saying something along the lines of "You had it all, this love was perfect, but you didn't see it or didn't want it ("looked to hard", "never do become aware", "never knew what you had found") and now you've lost/missed it/your chance at it and i don't care how bad you want it back ("i hope you never know how much you missed"). Just my two cents. |
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| Elliott Smith – Splitsville Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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here's a youtube video of elliott as the bus driver at the end of "Southlander." Plus part of Splitzville during the credits. Yay! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1U66iHIqM8 |
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| Elliott Smith – Bye Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song was used, though I believe it had a slight variation, in a film titled "Southlander."(it was named Snowbunny's Serenade in the film). I think I remember the scene as being pretty weird, like someone playing this on piano while someone else is doing cocaine/slow dancing. Anyway, Elliott also makes an adorable cameo in the movie as a bus driver, if anybody is interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1U66iHIqM8 admittedly, if you haven't seen the rest of the movie, the beginning of this clip will seem very strange to you! |
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