Elliott Smith: Trending quotes (page 2)

“You turned white, like a saintBut I'm tired of dancing on a pot of gold……Flecked paint.”

Elliott Smith

The Biggest Lie.
Lyrics, Elliott Smith (1995)

Dance , Painting

“Don't you know that I love you?sometimes I feel likeonly a cold still lifeonly a frozen still lifethat fell down here to lay beside you.<BR”

Elliott Smith

Angel in the Snow.
Lyrics, New Moon (posthumous, 2007)

Love , Feeling

“And though you'd rather see me gone then to see there come the day,I'll be waiting for you anyway<BR”

Elliott Smith

Miss Misery (Early version).
Lyrics, New Moon (posthumous, 2007)

Waiting

“I'm comfortable apart, it's all written on my chartAnd I take what's given me, most cooperativelyI do what people say and lie in bed all dayAbsolutely horrified, I hope you're satisfied<BR”

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Memory Lane.
Lyrics, From a Basement on the Hill (posthumous, 2004)

People , Lie , Hope

“Here come your pride and joyThe comic little drunk you call your boy,Making everybody smile<BR”

Elliott Smith

All Cleaned Out.
Lyrics, New Moon (posthumous, 2007)

Smile , Boy

“Elliott: "Do you want to hear a happy or a sad song?"Crowd: "Happy!"Elliott: "Old or new?"Crowd: "Old!"Elliott: "Happy and old, that's a strange choice."”

Elliott Smith

Lyrics, New Moon (posthumous, 2007)

Sadness , Happiness

“The clock moved a quarter of a turn,the time it took a cigarette to burn<BR”

Elliott Smith

Going Nowhere.
Lyrics, New Moon (posthumous, 2007)

Time

“Gimme one good reason not to do it(because we love you), so do it.”

Elliott Smith

King's Crossing.
Lyrics, From a Basement on the Hill (posthumous, 2004)

Love

“Church bells and now I'm awakeAnd I guess it must be some kind of holidayI can't seem to join in the celebrationBut I'll go to the serviceAnd I'll go to prayAnd I'll sing the praises of my maker's nameLike I was as good as she made me…”

Elliott Smith

Last Call.
Lyrics, Last Call (1994)

Singing

“Your hand on his arm, the hay stack charm around your neck, strung out and thin, calling some friend trying to cash some check, he's acting dumb, that's what you've come to expect. * I can't beat myselfI can't beat myselfAnd I don't want to talk.I'm taking the cure so I can be quietWhenever I want.So leave me aloneYou ought to be proud that I'm getting good marks.”

Elliott Smith

Needle in the Hay.
Lyrics, Elliott Smith (1995)

“Drink up, baby, look at the starsI'll kiss you againBetween the barsWhere I'm seeing you thereWith your hands in the airWaiting to finally be caughtDrink up one more time and I'll make you mine…”

Elliott Smith

Between the Bars.
Lyrics, Either/Or (1997)

Drink , Kiss , Time , Baby

“[when asked about cigarettes] I don't recommend them… but I smoke them.”

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seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N33SPjRvgpQ

“Your arsenal of excuses you never told herwhen you walked out on the savannah shoulderwith your veins all full of beerthinking 'well at least now everything is clear'<BR”

Elliott Smith

Georgia, Georgia.
Lyrics, New Moon (posthumous, 2007)

“This is the place you end up when you lose the chase,Where you're dragged against your will from a basement on a hill,And all anybody knows, is you're not like them,So they kick you in the head…and send you back to bed.<BR”

Elliott Smith

Memory Lane.
Lyrics, From a Basement on the Hill (posthumous, 2004)

“I waited for a busTo separate the both of usAnd take me off far away from you'Cause my feelings never change a bitI always feel like shitI don't know why; I guess that I "just do"”

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I Didn't Understand.
Lyrics, XO (1998)

Feeling , Change , Waiting

“It's a picture perfect eveningAnd I'm staring down the sunFully loaded, deaf, and dumbAnd done waiting for sedation to disconnect my headOr any situation where I'm better off than dead”

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Sweet Adeline.
Lyrics, XO (1998)

Waiting , Perfection , Dead

“Veins full of disappearing inkVomitting in the kitchen sink.<BR”

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Fond Farewell.
Lyrics, From a Basement on the Hill (posthumous, 2004)

“I'm going out now like a babyA naïve unsatisfiable babyGrabbing onto whatever's aroundFor the soaring high or the crushing downWith hidden cracks that don't show, but that constantly just grow.”

Elliott Smith

2:45.
Lyrics, Either/Or (1997)

“I met a girl, snowball in hell she was hard and as cracked as the liberty bell.<BR”

Elliott Smith

Don't Go Down.
Lyrics, From a Basement on the Hill (posthumous, 2004)

Girl , Hell

“So I wait for confirmationThat you're never gonna use your starting gun.<BR”

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Coast to Coast.
Lyrics, From a Basement on the Hill (posthumous, 2004)

Waiting