This whole song is about a friend of his that falls to heroin addiction. The first verse is about how Elliott expected him to be the one who falls into this type of heroin addiction (just because Elliott himself was addicted to heroin doesn't make the song not valid, not all songs are based solely on reality). The 2nd verse is about how the cause of his friend's heroin addiction was caused by the love of their life completely breaking their heart making them look for a cure (a way to restitch the seams). A comment above said that double dose is slang for heroin use. That might be right, or it could be Elliott Smith talking about the love of the friend. The friend really wanted to talk to the girl again, and when he did he turned white as ghost. Elliott is telling the love to not say hi cause they'll just break his friend's heart again. A broken sink for a face-- he just keeps talking nonsense, head that takes up space-- useless. The next 2 lines I'm not sure about. Then he talks about his friend indirectly and that his friend has fallen so far that there's practically nothing left to him. It's a lost fight-- he can't cure his addiction for him. Last verse, refer back to the head that just takes up space. There is no real communication going on between Elliott and his friend on the phone.
This whole song is about a friend of his that falls to heroin addiction. The first verse is about how Elliott expected him to be the one who falls into this type of heroin addiction (just because Elliott himself was addicted to heroin doesn't make the song not valid, not all songs are based solely on reality). The 2nd verse is about how the cause of his friend's heroin addiction was caused by the love of their life completely breaking their heart making them look for a cure (a way to restitch the seams). A comment above said that double dose is slang for heroin use. That might be right, or it could be Elliott Smith talking about the love of the friend. The friend really wanted to talk to the girl again, and when he did he turned white as ghost. Elliott is telling the love to not say hi cause they'll just break his friend's heart again. A broken sink for a face-- he just keeps talking nonsense, head that takes up space-- useless. The next 2 lines I'm not sure about. Then he talks about his friend indirectly and that his friend has fallen so far that there's practically nothing left to him. It's a lost fight-- he can't cure his addiction for him. Last verse, refer back to the head that just takes up space. There is no real communication going on between Elliott and his friend on the phone.