Elliott Smith: Likeness

Elliott Smith was American singer-songwriter. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.

Elliott Smith: 102 quotes4 likes

“I'm looking at a hand full of broken plans, and I'm tired of playing it down, you just want her to do anything to you, there ain't nothing you won't allow, you wake up in the middle of the night, from a dream you won't remember flashing on like a cop's light, you say she's waiting and I know what for, the white lady loves you more**The White Lady Loves You More”

Lyrics, Elliott Smith (1995)

“Bored in a role, but he can't stopStanding up to sit back down,and lose the one thing found.Spinning the world like a toy top'till there's a ghost in every town.<BR”

Can't Make A Sound.
Lyrics, Figure 8 (2000)

“The first true love that folded at the slightest touch,brought down like an old hotel,people digging through the rubble for things they can resell.<BR”

Junk Bond Trader.
Lyrics, Figure 8 (2000)

“She appears composedSo she is, I supposeWho can really tell?She shows no emotion at allStares into space like a dead china doll”

Waltz #2 (XO).
Lyrics, XO (1998)

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

The Biggest Lie.
Lyrics, Elliott Smith (1995)

“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”

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"”

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

“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.”

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

“There's some records that sell millions of copies, that it's really unclear if anybody liked it who was making it, y'know?”

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