I'm surprised nobody else came up with this, but the opening line could be a reference to those little glass tubes with fake roses in them that are sold in convenience stores and used as crack pipes. Not that thats necessarily what he intended, it just makes me think of those, and it kinda fits.
Also Elliott Smith was a fan of Neil Young, who has a song called "Love is a Rose".
I'm surprised nobody else came up with this, but the opening line could be a reference to those little glass tubes with fake roses in them that are sold in convenience stores and used as crack pipes. Not that thats necessarily what he intended, it just makes me think of those, and it kinda fits.
Also Elliott Smith was a fan of Neil Young, who has a song called "Love is a Rose".