No Confidence Man Lyrics

Lyric discussion by xoSiouxsie 

Cover art for No Confidence Man lyrics by Elliott Smith

I think this song is about rape. Rape and drugs. "Charlie got a band in his hand A rubber loop Says, I'm the man you really want So just act natural" rubber loop sounds like a condom to me. 'Im the man you really want/just act natural' = self explanitory.

"You're on it all the time And you're full of it all the time" the only thing that comes to mind with those lines is drugs.

but I might be wrong, whatevs.

@xoSiouxsie Not necessairly could be refering to drugs. To me relate almost every Elliot's song to that is pretty simple and cheap interpretation. To be on it all the time could mean that Charlie Welch, the abuser was mentally abusive too. If you read some serious Elliot's bio, then you find how his Step-Father was pretty strict to him. Even to the last stupid detail. Charlie was a big m f ker who never got punished for his abuses.