Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands Lyrics

Lyric discussion by emilykmkz 

Cover art for Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands lyrics by Elliott Smith

I hate how people gripe when others speculate that his songs are about drugs. Even if it's not ABOUT drugs, he references them in a ton of songs.

This is exactly what Elliott was saying in, "Fucking ought to stay the hell away from things you know nothing about."

How are you going to make a connection to drugs when you have not let them into your life?

(Note: I'm not trying to glamorize substance abuse or anything, but once you've been there, you start connecting the dots in his music. I didn't use when I started listening to ES, and couldn't pick up the references until I did.)