Division Day Lyrics

Lyric discussion by pollyethylene 

Cover art for Division Day lyrics by Elliott Smith

dorareever, i like your interpretation, i don't think it's bullshit at all :)

the bridge part very much strikes me personally as something about suicide.

the rest of it, in my opinion, is about a harmful relationship(s) and how he desires to break away from it... "a bad connection that only goes one way". and the "sick exchange" that "struck him as wrong" could refer to any type of unhealthy dynamic between people..

but yeah, concerning the upbeat nature of it, and the happy way that he sings about "division day", it seems like the person in this song has been able to separate himself from the past and the person/people.. "...moved him along closer to divison day".

love this song.. it's liberating