This song means a lot to me. My ex boyfriend is a drug addict to the fullest extent and he loved Elliott Smith. I am not the best at detecting the most logical meanings behind songs, but the lines
"i see you're leaving me
and taking up with the enemy
the cold comfort of the in between
a little less than a human being
a little less than a happy high
a little less than a suicide"
hit me really hard. The entire time I was with this person I tried so hard to help him, to get him off drugs but I was never enough. I eventually had to break up with him because he turned into an entirely new person that I no longer recognized. He left me for drugs long before I left him. I still feel like he never really tried to get off dope and I don't think he ever will.
This song means a lot to me. My ex boyfriend is a drug addict to the fullest extent and he loved Elliott Smith. I am not the best at detecting the most logical meanings behind songs, but the lines
"i see you're leaving me and taking up with the enemy the cold comfort of the in between a little less than a human being a little less than a happy high a little less than a suicide"
hit me really hard. The entire time I was with this person I tried so hard to help him, to get him off drugs but I was never enough. I eventually had to break up with him because he turned into an entirely new person that I no longer recognized. He left me for drugs long before I left him. I still feel like he never really tried to get off dope and I don't think he ever will.