Lyric discussion by vorea26 

Cover art for Pitseleh lyrics by Elliott Smith

The first verse does not mean suicide... Elliot was molested by his stepfather when he was a child The line "I got a joke I been dying to tell you" is relating to the last line of the first verse "I kept it from you, Pitseleh" pitseleh is yidish for little one... but it also has a slang in yiddish meaning small penis. So knowing that he was molested and the slang of pitseleh the barrel he is referring to is probably the penis of either him or his stepfather. The joke is a very sad joke.

Song Meaning

@vorea26 Nothing to do with a penis big or small: Pitseleh was JJ Gonson's nickname (given her by her father). It simply just refers to her, and to their breakup.

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