Pretty (Ugly Before) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Arwyen 

Cover art for Pretty (Ugly Before) lyrics by Elliott Smith

"Is it destruction that your required to feel" "I feel so pretty, pretty enough enough for you. I felt so ugly before I didn't know what to do"

Definitly a song about drugs. I also think it has undertones of someone's struggles to stay clean and how they feel like they aren't enough without the high of the drug. That although they are being destructive by abusing drugs they really can't feel good enough when they are clean.