Lyrics for A Living Will as interpreted by dragonflower44

A Living Will Lyrics
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

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brokenspoons
01-07-2005

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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

I can't believe no one has commented on this yet?

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lisalynn
01-09-2005

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now that i know exactly what a living will is, this song makes me very sad.. it reminds me of the times he talked about trying to kill himself but not succeeding.

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lost_in_twlight
04-12-2005

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the first lines aren't here.....they are:

"time to kill, wrote a living will
and gave it to the man in the moon"

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lowerfield
01-18-2006

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yet another beautiful song about trying to stay off drugs.

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joe2000
04-04-2006

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A living will, also called will to live, advance health directive, or advance health care directive, is a specific type of power of attorney or health care proxy or advance directive. It is a legal instrument that usually is witnessed or notarized

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joe2000
04-04-2006

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A living will, also called will to live, advance health directive, or advance health care directive, is a specific type of power of attorney or health care proxy or advance directive. It is a legal instrument that usually is witnessed or notarized

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giv_emhellkid
08-02-2006

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i dont this song is about drugs (shoot me)...for some reason every song seems to be percieved to be about drugs (not saying that alot arent its just alot of them have NO referance) i personally think this song is about a suicide note....as its kinda like a living will

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myxangelxelliott
09-06-2006

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i still don't know what a living will is, i've gone around asking and asking but i still don't get it..
can someone give me a summed up, dumbed down version?

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rollercoastersonja
02-03-2007

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a mole in a cake?
I think it's 'animal in a cage'

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muzakgeek
02-03-2007

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Yea - that's a pretty obvious typo… Why didn't someone catch that before now? Still can't believe that he killed himself by stabbing himself in the freakin' heart.

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raukoiel
02-06-2007

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a Living Will is a will enacted while the subject is still alive, but incapacitated. it's most often brought up in terms of whether or not to keep someone on life support- a person can dictate whether they'd prefer to be kept alive, or let die naturally. This can be contested by families, who can keep a basically dead person aliva against their will. No pun intended.

This is a sad son,g but it really isn't about drugs. Not every Elliott Smith song is about drugs.

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maddilne
04-24-2007

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one of the happier tunes, not particularly in keeping with the lyrics
Just a memory of love I was shown
A vision that turns to stone
quite obvious its meaning and its put v.v.well

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DMV666
12-07-2007

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I think this is more accurate for the third verse, but I'm not 100% sure of it.

"Timeless, I was a wired animal in a cage,
First it's all the reaction, now it's all the rage"

Great song though.

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ferrit4739
07-07-2008

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such a beautiful song, and kind of a poor recording. this is a recently-appreciated favorite for me.

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)

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lemonade_stan
01-13-2009

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upbeat tune, but the lyrics really make up for that for me.

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.

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Sinfantile76
02-03-2009

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This song sounds like it's about a person refusing to die in the hospital and in the arms of well-wishers. The narration, the verses are sequential and begins with a decision, the preparation and leaving, and falling asleep on a train on his route out of town.

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charcoalsketch
02-08-2009

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he was murdered by his dumb girlfriend. no one could stab themselves TWICE in the heart.

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bomb20
10-26-2009

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and reality's invading my brain...

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

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