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Ten Years Gone: Elliott Smith

Man time goes fast. Ten years to the day since we lost a very special man and one of the most gifted musicians of our generation. I wasn't fortunate enough to know about Elliott Smith during his lifetime but for the past five years his music has been a constant companion in my life, so much so that I can't imagine where I would be without it. Every one of his six masterpieces has had a major impact on me at one point or another, both overwhelming my senses with utter musical mastery and simply being there as a crutch to lean on through hard times when everything else seemed to lose meaning. It still breaks my heart that Elliott couldn't hold off his own personal demons but his legacy will live on through the thousands of lives he has touched (and undoubtedly saved) with his music. I'd planned to share my twenty favourite ES songs until I realised he has over fifty perfect ones, so here are my five favourites from each album. May he rest in peace.
1Elliott Smith
Roman Candle


ROMAN CANDLE - he could be cool and cruel to you and me / knew we'd put up with anything / I wanna hurt him / I wanna give him pain / I'm a Roman candle / my head is full of flames
2Elliott Smith
Roman Candle


CONDOR AVE - she took the Oldsmobile out past Condor Avenue / cops were running around the scene looking for some kind of clue / they never get uptight when a moth gets crushed / unless a lightbulb really loved him very much / I'm lying down blowing smoke from my cigarette / little whisper smoke signs that you'll never get
3Elliott Smith
Roman Candle


NO NAME #1 - leave alone / you don't belong here
4Elliott Smith
Roman Candle


NO NAME #2 - killing time won't stop this crying
5Elliott Smith
Roman Candle


LAST CALL - church bells, now I'm awake and I guess it must be some kind of holiday / I can't seem to join in the celebration / but I'll go to the service and I'll go to pray and I'll sing the praises of my maker's name like I was as good as she made me
6Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith


NEEDLE IN THE HAY - gonna walk walk walk four more blocks plus the one in my brain / down downstairs to the man he's gonna make it all ok / I can't beat myself I can't beat myself and I don't wanna talk / I'm taking the cure so I can be quiet wherever I want / so leave me alone / you ought to be proud that I'm getting good marks
7Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith


CHRISTIAN BROTHERS - nightmares become me it's so fucking clear
8Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith


SOUTHERN BELLE - I don't wanna walk around / I don't even wanna breathe / I live in a southern town where all you can do is grit your teeth / but I wouldn't have you how you want / how come you're not ashamed of what you are?
9Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith


ST. IDES HEAVEN - I been out haunting the neighbourhood and everybody can see I'm no good / when I'm walking out between parked cars with my head full of stars / high on amphetamines / the moon is a lightbulb breaking / it'll go around with anyone / but it won't come down for anyone
10Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith


THE BIGGEST LIE - oh we're so very, precious you and I / and everything that you do makes me want to die / oh I just told the biggest lie
11Elliott Smith
Either/Or


BETWEEN THE BARS - drink up with me now and forget all about / the pressure of days / do what I say and I'll make you okay and drive them away / the images stuck in your head / 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
12Elliott Smith
Either/Or


ROSE PARADE - the trumpet has obviously been drinking cos he's fucking up even the simplest lines / I'd say it's a sight that's quite worth seeing / it's just that everyone's interest is stronger than mine / when they clean the street I'll be the only shit that's left behind
13Elliott Smith
Either/Or


ANGELES - I could make you satisfied in everything you do / all your secret wishes could right now be coming true / and be forever with my poison arms around you / no-one's gonna fool around with us
14Elliott Smith
Either/Or


2:45 AM - it's 2:45 in the morning and I'm putting myself on warning / for waking up in an unknown place with a recollection you half erased / looking for somebody's arms to wave away past harms
15Elliott Smith
Either/Or


SAY YES - 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 of falling down I'm standing up the morning after / situations get fucked up and turned around sooner or later
16Elliott Smith
XO


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 than dead
17Elliott Smith
XO


WALTZ #2 (XO) - tell Mr Man with impossible plans to just leave me alone / in the place where I make no mistakes / in the place where I have what it takes / I'm never gonna know you now but I'm gonna love you anyhow
18Elliott Smith
XO


PITSELEH - I'm not what's missing from your life now / I could never be the puzzle pieces / they say that god makes problems just to see what you can stand before you do as the devil pleases / and give up the thing you love / but no one deserves it
19Elliott Smith
XO


WALTZ #1 - now I never leave my zone we're both alone I'm going home / I wish I'd never seen your face
20Elliott Smith
XO


EVERYBODY CARES, EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS - you say you mean well / you don't know what you mean / fucking ought to stay the hell away from things you know nothing about
21Elliott Smith
Figure 8


JUNK BOND TRADER - happy holidays sad sick saviour / the leaving lover I still favour / I won't take your medicine, I don't need a remedy to be everything I'm supposed to be
22Elliott Smith
Figure 8


EVERYTHING REMINDS ME OF HER - spin of the earth impaled a silhouette of the sun on the steeple / and I gotta hear the same sermon all the time now from you people / why are you staring into outer space crying / just because you came across it and lost it / everything reminds of her
23Elliott Smith
Figure 8


HAPPINESS - what I used to be will pass away and then you'll see / that all I want now is happiness for you and me
24Elliott Smith
Figure 8


I BETTER BE QUIET NOW - 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
25Elliott Smith
Figure 8


CAN'T MAKE A SOUND - the slow motion moves me / the monologue means nothing to me / bored in the role but he can't stop / standing up to sit back down / or lose the one thing found / spinning the world like a toy top 'til there's a ghost in every town / can't make a sound
26Elliott Smith
From a Basement on the Hill


A FOND FAREWELL - 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
27Elliott Smith
From a Basement on the Hill


KING'S CROSSING - it don't matter cos I have no sex life and all I wanna do now is inject my ex wife / I've seen the movie and I know what happens / it's Christmas time and the needles on the tree / a skinny Santa is bringing something to me / his voice is overwhelming but his speech is slurred and I only understand every other word / open your parachute and grab your gun / falling down like an omen, a
setting sun / read the part and return at five, it's a hell of a role if you can keep it alive / but I don't care if I fuck up, I'm going on a date with a rich white lady, ain't life great? / give me one good reason not to do it
28Elliott Smith
From a Basement on the Hill


TWILIGHT - 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
29Elliott Smith
From a Basement on the Hill


THE LAST HOUR - here's the army that you mowed to the ground and the bodies you left lying around / talking it out, the last hour, I'm through trying now / it's a big relief / I'll be staying down where no one else gonna give me grief / mess me around, just make it over
30Elliott Smith
From a Basement on the Hill


A DISTORTED REALITY IS NOW A NECESSITY TO BE FREE - you disappoint me, you people raking in on the world / the devil's script sells you the heart of a blackbird / shine on me baby cos it's raining in my heart
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