Everything is exactly right
When I walk around here drunk every night
With an open container from 7-11
In st. ides heaven

I've been out haunting the neighborhood
And everybody can see I'm no good
When I'm walking out between parked cars
With my head full of stars

High on amphetamines
The moon is a lightbulb breaking
It'll go around with anyone
But it won't come down for anyone

You think you know what brings me down
That I want those things you could never allow
You see me smiling you think it's a frown
Turned upside down

'Cause everyone is a fucking pro
And they all got answers from trouble they've known
And they all got to say what you should and shouldn't do
Though they don't have a clue

High on amphetamines
The moon is a lightbulb breaking
It'll go around with anyone
But it won't come down for anyone

And I won't come down for anyone


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St. Ides Heaven Lyrics as written by Elliott Smith

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    My Opinion

    Anyone who has struggled with addiction probably gets this song word for word.

    He lays out the highs of the highs... of the drinks, the wandering, the speed, whatever.

    "Everyone can see I'm no good." This is both the lurking self-deprecation and also the eff-off feeling you get when you're riled up and you get the stink-eye.

    He moves on to a recovery meeting and the thoughts you have when you're listening to "pros" blah-blahing away about their "crap"... and you're not ready to give in. The irony here is that any recovery "pro" knows there are no pros, there are only people who make it one day at a time.

    The references to the moon are simply be the cold, constant companion you have when night-wandering. You are "alone, but not lonely", which is a fancy way of saying "lonely, but buried under your own visions of the world which nobody else gets".

    "I won't come down for anyone". I know this feeling well.

    mook20707on January 25, 2017   Link

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