Lyric discussion by doctec 

Cover art for All Tomorrow's Parties lyrics by Velvet Underground, The

It may have been more about Edie Swdgwick than anyone. She flamed out more spectacularly than any of the Factory hangers-on, the lyrics seem to epitomize her existence at the time. She burned through her inheritance in no time flat while she was there.

@doctor That’s how I see it - it’s about Edie Sedgwick. The lyrics may refer to others of TheFactory Demimonde, you can take some of the lyrics as referring to “cross-dressing”, and Candy Darling, Jackie Curtis, Holly Woodlawn, et al, could be the subject, but I think the reason it’s about Edie is that, by outward appearance, she seemed to have the most going for her, but she was not a happy person, and she soaked up all the drugs she could get her hands on. She probably had no idea who or what she was. Not unlike a quote...

@doctor That’s how I see it - it’s about Edie Sedgwick. The lyrics may refer to others of TheFactory Demimonde, you can take some of the lyrics as referring to “cross-dressing”, and Candy Darling, Jackie Curtis, Holly Woodlawn, et al, could be the subject, but I think the reason it’s about Edie is that, by outward appearance, she seemed to have the most going for her, but she was not a happy person, and she soaked up all the drugs she could get her hands on. She probably had no idea who or what she was. Not unlike a quote...

@doctor That’s how I see it - it’s about Edie Sedgwick. The lyrics may refer to others of TheFactory Demimonde, you can take some of the lyrics as referring to “cross-dressing”, and Candy Darling, Jackie Curtis, Holly Woodlawn, et al, could be the subject, but I think the reason it’s about Edie is that, by outward appearance, she seemed to have the most going for her, but she was not a happy person, and she soaked up all the drugs she could get her hands on. She probably had no idea who or what she was. Not unlike a quote...