Southern Belle Lyrics

Lyric discussion by dorareever 

Cover art for Southern Belle lyrics by Elliott Smith

its about an husband abusing his wife methinks. probably when they marry she used to be very lovely, probably a "belle"...now her life it's ruined and what she had of good (her rank as "belle") it's gone away. he deprives her of her good qualities, she's not a southern belle anymore, just a battered wife. its about killing someone's soul through abuse either physical or mental.