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Time to kill, wrote a living will
And gave it to the man in the moon
But I'm on a get well soon
This happy face is watching me die
Elevate me to another world
All that I can do on my own
Is leave well enough alone
Leave well enough alone
Leave well enough alone
Circumstance dropped by uninvited
And demanded to be fed
But I've already gone to bed
There's nothing you can see from inside
My spirit arose and put on my clothes
And helped me disconnecting the phone
To leave well enough alone
Leave well enough alone
Leave well enough alone
Time was I was a wire, then an animal in a cage
First it's all the reaction, now it's all the rage
Waking up at a station stop
And reality's invading my brain
The cops want to search the train
They'll take away whatever they find
But I don't have the thoughts you want
Just a memory of love I was shown
A vision that turns to stone
Leave well enough alone
Leave well enough alone
And gave it to the man in the moon
But I'm on a get well soon
This happy face is watching me die
Elevate me to another world
All that I can do on my own
Is leave well enough alone
Leave well enough alone
Leave well enough alone
Circumstance dropped by uninvited
And demanded to be fed
But I've already gone to bed
There's nothing you can see from inside
My spirit arose and put on my clothes
And helped me disconnecting the phone
To leave well enough alone
Leave well enough alone
Leave well enough alone
Time was I was a wire, then an animal in a cage
First it's all the reaction, now it's all the rage
Waking up at a station stop
And reality's invading my brain
The cops want to search the train
They'll take away whatever they find
But I don't have the thoughts you want
Just a memory of love I was shown
A vision that turns to stone
Leave well enough alone
Leave well enough alone
Lyrics submitted by dragonflower44
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"But I wanna get well soon"
"There's nothing you can see from insight"
"Time was always a wired/wild animal in a cage"
its soo elliott...i love him for that kind of crap ;-)
its also always the same about the meaning...you make your own thing...the music/lyrics are just one...
i really miss him...but he's still HERE
let it be.
I don't think it's fair for people to say that a song isn't about drug use only on the basis that people believe a lot of Elliott Smith's songs are about drugs. I think this particular song is about dealing with addiction. It's safe to say if a songwriter is addicted to heroin, his music is going to reflect that.
The first verse sounds like he was referencing being in the hospital (for suicidal behaviors/ideation or detox/rehab, I suppose), surrounded by tokens from well-wishing loved-ones that are not having the intended effect: "this happy face is watching me die" (possibly a balloon or a card) & "I'm gonna get well soon" (I know this is not the lyric as it reads above, but i think it makes more sense)
"Timeless, I was a wired animal in a cage,
First it's all the reaction, now it's all the rage"
Great song though.
Just a memory of love I was shown
A vision that turns to stone
quite obvious its meaning and its put v.v.well
This is a sad son,g but it really isn't about drugs. Not every Elliott Smith song is about drugs.