High Times

I signed up here because no-one had commented on this song. I've just heard the Basement B-sides and this is easily the best track there. Much alike 2:45am it builds to somewhat of a crescendo but I think this is much more effective. Looking at the lyrics doesn't really give justice to how the song really is or how it makes me feel. A feel a sense of desperation in the song. The line "yeah I feel fine" couldn't be sung in a less convincing way.

But the line that leaves me breathless everytime is: "i was so sick and tired tryin to change your mind when its so easy to disconnect mine"

God damn I love Elliot.

yeah this song reminds me of 2:45 am too at the pick up...it's really a brilliant song...the lines "im so sick of tired to change your mind when it's so easy to disconnect mine" really hit close to home for me.

this is one of the best songs on there, definetly.

i like this line the most: "i made up my mind and i don't mind saying so" and the song really kicks in after this part.

i went to meet you at central square and when i couldnt find you there i went walking around the city some more people watching with a cold blank stare and i saw your face in everyone i swear

I love that part. This song is genuis, dripping with feeling.

This is an intense and haunting song, and what an effect it has. This is one of his best unrealeased tracks in my opinion. I love when he sings "I'm fine right where I am."

This is an amazing song. Hey there's a couple T's at the end of Elliott, not just one.

I'm surprised there is not more comments on this one. It's one of my favorites. Everyone's already said everything though. Love, love, love

One of my favorites. Ironically, this is a great song to listen to when high.

My favorite excerpts from this song.

Said I don't go where I'm supposed to go And I don't go really anywhere you know

I made up my mind and I don't mind saying so I went to meet you at Central Square And when I couldn't find you there I went walking around the city some more People watching with a cold blank stare And I saw your face in everyone, I swear

I'M SO SICK AND TIRED TRYIN TO CHANGE YOUR MIND WHEN IT'S SO EASY TO DISCONNECT MINE

High times Man, I feel fine Don't pick me up I'm fine right where I am

Amen dear, sweet, Elliott. It kills me that you are no longer with us. I feel such a deep sense of loss when I think about it. You deserve so much more credit. I don't think "under-appreciated" is quite the right way to put it b/c the people who know your music appreciate it more than anything. And I believe anyone who hears it will fall in love...so I guess the word I'm looking for is under-recognized...if that's even a word. Not enough people have been exposed to your brilliance. Much of the music that is celebrated and successful in the mainstream is just...pathetic.

You should have been the one to receive all the glory. Not fame, I know you were shy and hated that kind of attention. I just mean you deserved to be happy. Your music deserves to be wildly applauded and celebrated. You have helped SO many people...and your legacy lives on. I guess that is the one silver-lining... even though you are no longer here in the physical sense, you will live on forever through the music you created.

Sadly I was really late discovering Elliott Smith. But since I have, I cannot get enough of him!

A really good friend of mine died of a Heroin overdose a couple years ago, and this song was and is, on my favorite song list. This song completely connected to my friends death in my mind. Here’s why...

‘Told me how he’s been driven by a curse Til he kicked out into reverse” Anyone who’s ever dealt with heroin addiction knows that it’s a curse That you live with and most likely wrestle with the rest of your life. And those lines make me think about the in and out of using Kicking

“Said I don’t go where I’m supposed to go And I don’t really go anywhere at all” ....Your life is stunted when using You stop enjoying doing the things you used to

“And I made up my mind and I don’t mind” Giving into to getting high

“‘I went to meet you at central square And when I couldn’t find you there I went walking round the city some more’” ‘People watching with a cold blank stare’” “And I saw your face in everyone I swear” ...anyone not part of your world at this point is alien. That entire verse haunted me because my friend who died I kept expecting to see him just cruising around town But he was gone

‘ I was walking slow to a dirty dive’ ... describes the feeling of being really loaded.. ...In your own world

‘I was so sick of trying to change your mind When it’s so easy to disconnect mind’ I’ve never known one addict who wasn’t trying to get off of dope And usually you have a buddy You don’t want to quit alone So you make little pacts that tomorrow you’ll both stop But it’s just so much easier to go get high again

‘High times Yeah I feel fine” ‘Don’t pick me up Cause I’m fine right where I am” If it weren’t a great feeling It wouldn’t be so hard to quit

‘I don’t go where I’m supposed to go’ copping dope

There’s not an addict out there that does not wrestle with their addiction In my opinion

So I could be wrong But the beautiful thing about music is it speaks to us all right where we are in that moment And this was my song for losing my friend