i love the voices create a melancholy emotion in the whole piece.
this song is about being rejected and confused.
"thought you'd be looking for the next in line to love then ignore
put out and put away
and so you'd soon be leaving me along like i'm supposed to be tonight, "
means how this person has done this to him, and is now moving on. there are some hostile feelings.
"there's nothing here that you'll miss"
is saying how, he is just agreeing, like saying, "yeah youre better off" even though he is hurt.
this- "you once talked to me about love and you painted pictures of
a never-neverland and i could've gone to that place
but i didn't understand"
is saying how, he must have cared more, and loved this person but now that the relationship is over with, must have not understood the relationship and he is at fault.
this song is about confusion and how the person agrees with his love and then is hostile.
this is my favorite elliott smith song.
i love the voices create a melancholy emotion in the whole piece.
this song is about being rejected and confused.
"thought you'd be looking for the next in line to love then ignore put out and put away and so you'd soon be leaving me along like i'm supposed to be tonight, "
means how this person has done this to him, and is now moving on. there are some hostile feelings.
"there's nothing here that you'll miss"
is saying how, he is just agreeing, like saying, "yeah youre better off" even though he is hurt.
this- "you once talked to me about love and you painted pictures of a never-neverland and i could've gone to that place but i didn't understand"
is saying how, he must have cared more, and loved this person but now that the relationship is over with, must have not understood the relationship and he is at fault.
this song is about confusion and how the person agrees with his love and then is hostile.