Last Call Lyrics

Lyric discussion by dorareever 

Cover art for Last Call lyrics by Elliott Smith

hmm...let's see... it's about someone having hardships at home, problems with his family. the family is really strict and religious. the last repeated lines can have the double meaning of not wanting to be awoken ever (desire to be dead) and the purely physical sleep (caused by drinking caused by depression so that we can go back to the wanting to be dead point.) you know when you were a teenager and sometimes you didn't want to go to school and would have rather be sleeping (maybe even forever), but your mother woke you up?

Last Call could be referred to drinks, or to someone calling someone for the last time (in his life) or for the last time (as in, this is the last time! next time don't count on me!)

So we have the realistic and the symbolic perfectly put together.