Elliott Smith is an artist, right? Why does he have to fit how he feels into one idea or another?
He is painting a picture of society. He is painting a picture of being old and used up. He is painting a picture of the way people are. He is painting a picture of a broken relationship.
In a lot of ways, he is discribing what people do when they are broken down... "people digging through the rubble for things they can resell" (how peole act; what they do to get by in life)
And than he ends with almost a conclusion..."better sell it while you can" (as if to say it's the only thing you can do)
Really, just listen to the song and you will see that he is discribing a salesman. Just kidding!
He is discribing an observant feeling through many different situations.
Elliott Smith is an artist, right? Why does he have to fit how he feels into one idea or another?
He is painting a picture of society. He is painting a picture of being old and used up. He is painting a picture of the way people are. He is painting a picture of a broken relationship. In a lot of ways, he is discribing what people do when they are broken down... "people digging through the rubble for things they can resell" (how peole act; what they do to get by in life) And than he ends with almost a conclusion..."better sell it while you can" (as if to say it's the only thing you can do)
Really, just listen to the song and you will see that he is discribing a salesman. Just kidding!
He is discribing an observant feeling through many different situations.