What an underappreciated song. Pure pop, but better than anything you're likely to hear on the radio these days.
I think the juxtaposition of "living in the day" and "cars parked in the sun" with "last night I was about to throw it all away" says a lot about Elliott's disposition not being in sync with his sunny California environment. Also, if you believe what Benjamin Nugent has to say in his book "Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing," "things I'd never done" could be an allusion to heroin or crack. That's right, kids: according to Nugent, Elliott didn't become a junkie until the final years of his life in L.A.
What an underappreciated song. Pure pop, but better than anything you're likely to hear on the radio these days.
I think the juxtaposition of "living in the day" and "cars parked in the sun" with "last night I was about to throw it all away" says a lot about Elliott's disposition not being in sync with his sunny California environment. Also, if you believe what Benjamin Nugent has to say in his book "Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing," "things I'd never done" could be an allusion to heroin or crack. That's right, kids: according to Nugent, Elliott didn't become a junkie until the final years of his life in L.A.