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Heatmiser – Plainclothes Man Lyrics 11 years ago
Isn't that obvious? Opinion are not facts, one. And two, Elliott didn't have a harmful addiction with heroin at this time. He def. used here and there, but his breakup didn't come until 2003.

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Heatmiser – Plainclothes Man Lyrics 11 years ago
As DeadPowerLine stated, I think this song is about someone that was abusive to him, indirectly. And that someone was his mother...for letting Charlie (stepfather) have a chance to abuse him. She didn't know what was going on, but by her being his "second him" she indirectly let it happen. That's the main meaning in my opinion, but from that he discusses his issues with substance abuse, issues with love, etc... he directly mentions "little boy blue" AKA heroin.

But this is no doubt, in my opinion, about his mother and her images versus him and his painful memories.

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