A Fond Farewell Lyrics

Lyric discussion by cannedfamine 

Cover art for A Fond Farewell lyrics by Elliott Smith

The line "pitch burning on a shining sheet" stands out, often heroin use is sort of glamorized but only in the context of needles, lines like that are rare. Nothing's very glamorous about boiling smack off tinfoil, and the reference is disguised, people probably don't notice it unless they have first-hand experience with it whereas needle/vein references are obvious. The context of the song gives it away more though... but I really like that line.

I am so happy you cleared that up for me... Elliott didn't inject... at least from everything I have read, talked to some people were close to those that did know him... it's obviously not something you want to ask in a conversation but I believe it.. yeah he might have smoked massive amounts of heroin and crack at a point in his life. It doesn't make sense though, because in King's Crossing "all I want to do now is inject my ex-wife" and where he says veins full of disappearing ink in this song.....