Oh Well, Okay Lyrics

Lyric discussion by parletete1 

Cover art for Oh Well, Okay lyrics by Elliott Smith

The song is about a painful breakup he sometimes revisits.

"I got pictures I just don't see them anymore..."

"Couldn't figure out what made you so unhappy Shook your head to say no, no, no And stopped for a spell And stayed that way"

He refers to the hurtful memory of that rejection - forever frozen in his mind. A memory he tries to lock away.

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