A songwriter is kind of a beat reporter who goes out and writes about what he sees and feels. The reporter in this song is bummed out because there's nothing new out there to report. I think "bled white" means that all of the stories have been milked by other reporters. The city is like a corpse. It's all been written before. Ironically, this is a juicy and amazing song about not having anything to write unless he gets high. His messed up friend delivers the goods. He may end up going over the edge like his friend, but not for a while.
@MysteriousMrM I think the journalistic interpretation is a bit too detached, it drains the emotion from the song. You can't take Elliott out of the song, not with lines like "drinks all night to take away this curse, but it makes me feel much worse." If he's reporting on anything it's himself and he's tired of the same old story.
@MysteriousMrM I think the journalistic interpretation is a bit too detached, it drains the emotion from the song. You can't take Elliott out of the song, not with lines like "drinks all night to take away this curse, but it makes me feel much worse." If he's reporting on anything it's himself and he's tired of the same old story.
A songwriter is kind of a beat reporter who goes out and writes about what he sees and feels. The reporter in this song is bummed out because there's nothing new out there to report. I think "bled white" means that all of the stories have been milked by other reporters. The city is like a corpse. It's all been written before. Ironically, this is a juicy and amazing song about not having anything to write unless he gets high. His messed up friend delivers the goods. He may end up going over the edge like his friend, but not for a while.
You nailed it, I think this is right on
You nailed it, I think this is right on
And Smith:)
And Smith:)
@MysteriousMrM I think the journalistic interpretation is a bit too detached, it drains the emotion from the song. You can't take Elliott out of the song, not with lines like "drinks all night to take away this curse, but it makes me feel much worse." If he's reporting on anything it's himself and he's tired of the same old story.
@MysteriousMrM I think the journalistic interpretation is a bit too detached, it drains the emotion from the song. You can't take Elliott out of the song, not with lines like "drinks all night to take away this curse, but it makes me feel much worse." If he's reporting on anything it's himself and he's tired of the same old story.
@MysteriousMrM Yeah, this is a good interpretation.
@MysteriousMrM Yeah, this is a good interpretation.