i think it's about Mother Mary. in the first stanza sounds like a prayer to me and second stanza how she always lookin' after you but she's invisble so she can't contact you and eventually she'll give up on you and he confesses that he doesnt have much faith in mother mary so he'll just take care of his problem on his own. oh yeah he also talks about how everyone has a secret or two that no one wishes to let anyone know or to tell anyone
Don't get me wrong, i read the lyrics, and i love this song. To me the Mother Mary idea seems to be very likely in this song until the reference of money in her sock, to me that just sounds like a reference to prostitution, and i don't know about you, but that doesn't sound like Mother Mary to me.
Don't get me wrong, i read the lyrics, and i love this song. To me the Mother Mary idea seems to be very likely in this song until the reference of money in her sock, to me that just sounds like a reference to prostitution, and i don't know about you, but that doesn't sound like Mother Mary to me.
Elliott smith was a raised a methodist but he ended up giving up that faith. He later went on experimenting on other religions (catholic was one of them.)
It is very possible that this song was written during that phase of his life.
As for the lyric that talks about money down the sock he's talking in third person because the lyric goes pure
Elliott smith was a raised a methodist but he ended up giving up that faith. He later went on experimenting on other religions (catholic was one of them.)
It is very possible that this song was written during that phase of his life.
As for the lyric that talks about money down the sock he's talking in third person because the lyric goes pure
"you got bus fare in your pocket, more money down in your sock
But she can't tell you how to contact her if you won't listen to her talk"
"you got bus fare in your pocket, more money down in your sock
But she can't tell you how to contact her if you won't listen to her talk"
If he wasn't talking in...
If he wasn't talking in third person, he would have used "you" instead of "she" therefore eliminating the possible prostitution reference. Yes the lyrics are similar to "pretty mary k" but elliott smith didn't like writing the same song over again.
i think it's about Mother Mary. in the first stanza sounds like a prayer to me and second stanza how she always lookin' after you but she's invisble so she can't contact you and eventually she'll give up on you and he confesses that he doesnt have much faith in mother mary so he'll just take care of his problem on his own. oh yeah he also talks about how everyone has a secret or two that no one wishes to let anyone know or to tell anyone
I completely agree about Mother Mary and the prayer, I was gonna post this idea but then read your and I couln't have put it better.
I completely agree about Mother Mary and the prayer, I was gonna post this idea but then read your and I couln't have put it better.
Don't get me wrong, i read the lyrics, and i love this song. To me the Mother Mary idea seems to be very likely in this song until the reference of money in her sock, to me that just sounds like a reference to prostitution, and i don't know about you, but that doesn't sound like Mother Mary to me.
Don't get me wrong, i read the lyrics, and i love this song. To me the Mother Mary idea seems to be very likely in this song until the reference of money in her sock, to me that just sounds like a reference to prostitution, and i don't know about you, but that doesn't sound like Mother Mary to me.
On top of my last comment, Elliott was a Methodist and Methodist don't worship Mary
On top of my last comment, Elliott was a Methodist and Methodist don't worship Mary
Elliott smith was a raised a methodist but he ended up giving up that faith. He later went on experimenting on other religions (catholic was one of them.) It is very possible that this song was written during that phase of his life. As for the lyric that talks about money down the sock he's talking in third person because the lyric goes pure
Elliott smith was a raised a methodist but he ended up giving up that faith. He later went on experimenting on other religions (catholic was one of them.) It is very possible that this song was written during that phase of his life. As for the lyric that talks about money down the sock he's talking in third person because the lyric goes pure
"you got bus fare in your pocket, more money down in your sock But she can't tell you how to contact her if you won't listen to her talk"
"you got bus fare in your pocket, more money down in your sock But she can't tell you how to contact her if you won't listen to her talk"
If he wasn't talking in...
If he wasn't talking in third person, he would have used "you" instead of "she" therefore eliminating the possible prostitution reference. Yes the lyrics are similar to "pretty mary k" but elliott smith didn't like writing the same song over again.