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| Elliott Smith – Son of Sam Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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I can't help but think this song is about David Berkowitz (Son of Sam.) This guy ran around killing women in the 70's.
"couple killer each and every time"
"acting under orders from above"
"the clouded mind"
all references to Berkowitz
Berkowitz claimed demons controlled him and a talking dog told him to kill the girls. He later told the truth in prison that he really killed these women because of his shit relationships with his mom/other women and he would masturbate after killing these women. Berkowitz claims to be sorry for everything he did as of 2002, he's rotting away in jail and claims to be a Christian now.
As far as the reference to Shiva, she would be more..creative than destructive. I guess maybe this song is about good vs evil type of thing? The whole "Shiva opens her arms now to make sure I don't get too far" I guess too far out of her reach. Maybe he's saying he's creatively destroying himself. I mean, he did kill himself in the end. He was awesome though. |
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| Elliott Smith – Between the Bars Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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I haven't been listening to his music for that long, I first found him through "Good Will Hunting" and I really enjoyed the songs I heard on there. Anyone know why he killed himself? I mean sure depression but did something make him just snap? Not to sound like an insensitive prick, just curious. He was so talented. |
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