elliott smith
sweet adeline
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sweet adeline, elliott smith
Cut this picture into you and me
Burn it backwards kill this history
Make it over make it stay away
Or hate’ll say the ending that love started to say
There’s a kid a floor below me saying brother can you spare
Sunshine for a brother, old man winter’s in the air
Walked me up a story asking how you are
Told me not to worry you were just a shooting star
Sweet adeline
Sweet adeline
My clementine
Sweet adeline
It’s a picture perfect evening and I’m staring down the sun
Fully loaded deaf and dumb and done
Waiting for sedation to disconnect my head
Or any situation where I’m better off then dead
Cut this picture into you and me
Burn it backwards kill this history
Make it over make it stay away
Or hate’ll say the ending that love started to say
There’s a kid a floor below me saying brother can you spare
Sunshine for a brother, old man winter’s in the air
Walked me up a story asking how you are
Told me not to worry you were just a shooting star
Sweet adeline
Sweet adeline
My clementine
Sweet adeline
It’s a picture perfect evening and I’m staring down the sun
Fully loaded deaf and dumb and done
Waiting for sedation to disconnect my head
Or any situation where I’m better off then dead
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My family took in two stray cats shortly before 9/11/2001.
I named one of them Elliott, after Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith....
Elliott and his sister as kittens surrounded me with life and youth and renewal in a time of disaster, much like the music of the man he was named after heals when my heart needs it most... Hey Elliott - "XO"
You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
he's probably my number 2 in my music list.
A Fond Farewell
the litebrite’s now black and white
cause you took apart a picture that wasn’t right
pitch burning on a shining sheet
the only maker that you want to meet
a dying man in a living room
who’s shadow paces the floor
who’ll take you out in the open door
this is not my life
it’s just a fond farewell to a friend
it’s not what i’m like
it’s just a fond farewell to a friend
who couldn’t get things right
fond farewell to a friend
he said really i just wanna dance
good and evil matched perfect it’s a great romance
i can deal with some psychic pain
if it’ll slow down my higher brain
veins full of disappearing ink
vomiting in the kitchen sink
disconnecting from the missing link
this is not my life
it’s just a fond farewell to a friend
it’s not what i’m like
it’s just a fond farewell to a friend
who couldn’t get things right
fond farewell to a friend
i see you’re leaving me and taking up with the enemy
the cold comfort of the in between
a little less than a human being
a little less than a happy high
a little less than a suicide
the only things that you really tried
this is not my life
it’s just a fond farewell to a friend
it’s not what i’m like
it’s just a fond farewell to a friend
who couldn’t get things right
fond farewell to a friend
this is not my life
it’s just a fond farewell to a friendthanks to chad, rae, jen, agnes, mell, patrick, charlie, hg and johnpaul
Here is the lyrics to one of my favourite songs of his, No Name # 1 from Roman Candle, which has some low-fi gems from Mr. Smith
at a party he was waiting
looking kind of spooky and withdrawn
like he could be underwater
the mighty mother with her hundred arms
swept all aside
i hate to walk behind other people’s ambition
i saw you waiting
saint like
with your warning
leave alone
you don’t belong here
he got nervous
started whistling
every thought a ricochet
did you notice?
well i wondered
what’s the worst thing i could say?
and i froze up and sighed
you remind me of someones daughter
i forgot her
i forgot her name ashamed
go home and live with your pain
leave alone
leave alone ‘cos you know you don’t belong
you don’t belong here
and when i go
don’t you follow
leave alone
leave alone ‘cos you know you don’t belong
you don’t belong here
slip out quiet
nobody’s looking
leave alone
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
you’re everybody’s second home
always trying to get me alone
an easy way to lose it all
always there when all else fails
over by the west side rails
but i don’t really need that now
i never really did anyhow
i only really needed alcohol
something that’ll treat me okay
and wouldn’t say the things you’d say
please turn out the light
i get a sick confusion headache trying to figure out who’s right
dreaming on the silver strand
waking up to plainclothes man
you little bastard, little boy in blue
someone’s gonna get to you
and f*** up everything you do
he’s so unhappy inside
he’s serious with everyone
and he thinks he’ll win you with his angry kiss
acting like he has no needs
wanting you to watch him bleed
made for each other bet you pay me any mind
just goes to show my continual decline
they say that i’ll recover my love of her once in a while
but i don’t know
i don’t think so
there’s something that i’ll tell you now
now that no one else is around
the sort of lesson that i learned from you
not quite the way you planned
but i know you’ll understand
someone takes a photograph
a picture while their sweetheart laughs
a perfect moment in a flash of light
counting back from 3 to 1
that’s exactly what you’ve done
and i’m so unsurprised
i remember, i remember why i dream in black & white
goes to show my continual decline
they say that i’ll recover my love of her once in a while
but i don’t know
i don’t think so
i don’t think so
last stop for a resolution
end of the line, is it confusion?
so go. go see whats there for you
nothing new, nothing new for you to use
i’ve got no new act to amuse you
i’ve got no desire to use you, you know
but anything that i could do, would never be good enough for you
if you can’t help it then just leave it alone (leave it alone)
leave it alone, yeah, just forget it
it’s really easy
i believe i’ll forget it too
still you’re keepin’ me around
til i finally drag us both down
pulling feathers out your hat
yes i believe that’s where it’s at
you belong tagging along
and i belong in your zoo
so i wait for confirmation
that you’re never gonna use your starting gun
unless its me it sounds like being him just wasn’t that much fun
anything that i could do
would never be good enough for you
if you can’t help it then just leave it alone (leave it alone)
leave me alone, yeah, just forget it
it’s really easy
i’ll just forget it too
coast to coast, coast to coast
i’ll do what i can so you can be what you do
coast to coast, coast to coast
i’ll do everything i can so you can be what you do
coast to coast, coast to coast
circuit rider comes every fifth sunday
oh my lord, i fell asleep one day
anything that i could do
is there anything that i could do
that someone doesn’t do for you
that someone didn’t do for you
that i have already done for you
what's this song from? i thought i had all his albums but dont think i know this one...
i like 'twlight'. that sounds was my biography for a while.
Elliott was with a band called Heatmiser before going solo. This song is from the album Mic City Sons. He split songwriting/singing duties with Neil Gust. This is the only Heatmiser album i have, but it is quite excellent. I believe they only had three. I think he recorded his first couple solo albums while still a member of Heatmiser. Check out http://www.sweetadeline.net for Elliott info. It was a fan site that eventually became the official site.
I love this song....
Detroit x 2
Grand Rapids x 2
So many great lyrics in this song, but the best is...
"because your candle burns too bright, well, I am almost forgot it was twilight" It reminds me of talking and being friends with a girl who had a serious relationship, but we so connected, and it totally sums of that feeling.
haven’t laughed this hard in a long time
I better stop now before i start crying
go off to sleep in the sunshine
I don’t want to see the day when it’s dying
she’s a sight to see, she’s good to me
I’m already somebody’s baby
she’s a pretty thing and she knows everything
but I’m already somebody’s baby
you don’t deserve to be lonely
but those drugs you got won’t make you feel better
pretty soon you’ll find it’s the only
little part of your life you’re keeping together
I’m nice to you, I could make it through
that you’re already somebody’s baby
I could make you smile if you stayed a while
but how long will you stay with me baby
because your candle burns too bright
well, I almost forgot it was twilight
even if i think that you are right
well, I’m tired of being down, I got no fight
you’re wonderful, when it’s beautiful
but I’m already somebody’s baby
and if I went with you I’d disappoint you too
well, I’m already somebody’s baby
already somebody’s baby
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
who's still around the morning after
we broke up a month ago and I grew up I didn't know
I'd be around the morning after
it's always been wait and see
a happy day and then you pay
and feel like shit the morning after
but now I feel changed around and instead falling down
I'm standing up the morning after
situations get fucked up and turned around sooner or later
and I could be another fool or an exception to the rule
you tell me the morning after
crooked spin can't come to rest
I'm damaged bad at best
she'll decide what she wants
I'll probably be the last to know
no one says until it shows and you see how it is
they want you or they don't
say yes
I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl
who's still around the morning after
We were but stones,... your light made us stars"
A bunch of Elliott stuff for all the Elliott fans on here.
Enjoy!
I've been digging this song lately:
sunshine, been keeping me up for days
there is no night time, it’s only a passing phase
and i feel pretty, pretty enough for you
i felt so ugly before, i didn’t know what to do
sometimes is all i feel up to now
but it’s not worth it to you
cos you gotta get high somehow
is it destruction that you require to feel?
like somebody wants you, someone that’s more for real
sunshine, been keeping me up for days
there is no night time, only a passing phase
and i’ll feel pretty, another hour or two
i felt so ugly before, i didn’t know what to do
i felt so ugly before, i didn’t know what to do
i felt so ugly before, i didn’t know what to do
ugly before
~it is shining it is shining~
drink up baby, stay up all night
with the things you could do, you won't but you might
the potential you'll be that you'll never see
the promises you'll only make
people you've been before that you don't want around anymore
that push and shove and won't bend to your will
i'll keep them still
i'm so glad that i was blessed to hear elliott's music...amazing, yet such a loss.
i listened to this song endlessly when i was falling apart with drugs and whatnot.
that song has comforted me on some bad days.
elliott was such a beautiful person.
Going Nowhere
he waved hello silent like a mime
there's no changing my mind
i won't walk the stairs with you tonight
going nowhere
the clock moved a quarter of a turn
the time it took a cigarette to burn
she said you got a lot of things to learn
going nowhere
saw you move a certain way
missed you a lot
return to this abandoned place
should a been forgot
echoes drown the conversation out
echoes that only seem to bring about
a silent expression
things you may allow
going nowhere
the steps made a pattern
i'd never seen
i felt like a kid of six or seventeen
i was off in some empty day dream
going nowhere
it's dead and gone matter of fact
maybe for the best
said some things you can't take back
honestly i guess
the old records
sitting on the floor
the ones i can't
put on anymore
he walked over to her like before
going nowhere
going nowhere
going nowhere
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
the voice of an angel
Rest in Peace Elliott
Is his death still called a suicide? I heard it was under investigation..
Such a great song writer!
He was truly a great talent. he did everything himself and when he left us, it left us w/a void. he wasn't HUGE, he was underground and he spoke for a generation who knew how he felt. His death, almost 3 years ago next month, makes us appreciate his music so much so now. It was very touching and fitting that the director of Thumbsucker used unreleased Elliott Smith songs on the soundtrack. When I saw the movie, all I could think of was that his music was reaching out to people through the movie.
One of my favorite songs is Alameda. RIP: Elliott Smith :(
you walk down alameda shuffling your deck
of trick cards over everyone
like some precious only son
face down, bow to the champion
you walk down alameda looking at the
cracks in the sidewalk
thinking about your friends
how you maintain all them in a constant state of suspense
for your own protection over their affection
nobody broke your heart
you broke your own because you can’t finish what you start
walk down alameda brushing off the nightmare you wish
could plague me when i’m awake
and now you see your first mistake was thinking that you could relate
for one or two minutes she liked you
but the fix is in
you’re all pretension
i never pay attention
nobody broke your heart
you broke your own because you can’t finish what you start
nobody broke your heart
you broke your own because you can’t finish what you start
nobody broke your heart
you broke your own because you can’t finish what you start
nobody broke your heart
if you’re alone it must be you that wants to be apart
~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
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"For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
I Better Be Quiet Now
wish you gave me your number
wish i could call you today, just to hear a voice
i got a long way to go
i’m getting further away
if i didn’t know the difference living alone’d probably be ok
it wouldn’t be lonely
i got a long way to go
i’m getting further away
alot of hours to occupy, it was easy when i didn’t know you yet
things i’d have to forget
but i better be quiet now
i’m tired of wasting my breath
carrying on and getting upset
maybe i got a problem, but that’s not what i wanted to say
i’d prefer to say nothing.
i got a long way to go
i’m getting further away.
had a dream as an army man with an order just to march in my place
while a dead enemy screams in my face
but i better be quiet now
i’m tired of wasting my breath
carrying on, not over it yet
wish i knew what you’re doing
and why you want to do it this way, so i can’t go the distance
i got a long way to go
i’m getting further away
i got a long way to go
i’m getting further away
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
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