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Steven Paul Smith was born on August 6, 1969 to Bunny and Gary Smith, who were then living in Omaha, Nebraska. About a year later Elliott's parents decided to divorce. Bunny moved to Texas, taking with her Elliott, who was raised in the Duncanville area (near Dallas). Asked about his earliest memory, he once replied: "Playing on a gravel embankment next to a highway in Dallas. I found a turtle, picked him up and he peed on my hand." Technology was a challenge to which he rose at an early age. "My first memory," he recalled on another occasion, "is of breaking the TV by repeatedly flicking the volume and turning the set on and off. I was three. It was the first piece of electronic equipment I was ever allowed to operate. The first day I was, I broke it." He added More... (Submit New Elliott Smith Lyrics) (Submit New Elliott Smith Lyrics) Review about Elliott Smith too much loss | Reviewer: jess ------ About the song Fond Farewell performed by Elliott Smith this is the 4th year in a row I've lost a friend. it seems to happen around this time of year without fail now. suicide is what took our friend this year. this song came on my last fm quite randomly. it's the only thing that's helped. BA | Reviewer: dmac ------ About the song Needle In The Hay performed by Elliott Smith You all should check out Bad Astronaut's cover of this song, it's pretty good. This song hits way too close to home for a lot of people, myself included. Oddly enough, hearing a song this sad is a real inspiration to stay alive; this song makes me feel a lot less alone. my god | Reviewer: PFC F ------ About the song Needle In The Hay performed by Elliott Smith Everytime I hear it I feel a little dopesick.. those were the worst days of my life.. and everytime I hear this song, I relive it all again from beginning to end.. When I hear him sing it, though, I feel like someone is left dead at the end... fond farewell.. | Reviewer: Jory p. ------ About the song Fond Farewell performed by Elliott Smith i love all of your comments, everyones. i can relate to the people who have lost loved ones to drugs...especially heroin. :( i lost one of my really good friends this past december to the forsaken drug. I myself struggle with addiction still to this day. This song makes me feel a little better sometimes...other times it makes me curl up into a ball and cry my eyes out, while i sit, talking with my friend who is no longer here. is that weird? hmm.. this song as alot of Elliot Smith's other songs has inspired me to create some amazing artwork though. so i guess all in all, all i can say is thanks. he brought us these tragic and twisted lyrics to do as we please and for that i will forever be greatful. why i dream in black and white.... | Reviewer: miss misery ------ About the song Plainclothes Man performed by Elliott Smith Something about these two lines in this song have me just captivated. They pop into my head all the time for reasons i don't understand and i really wish i could ask him what exactly he meant by them.... "And I'm so unsurprised I remember, I remember why I dream in black & white" The ghost of alcoholism | Reviewer: Mostor Astrakan ------ About the song Between The Bars performed by Elliott Smith I agree mostly with Sam's 4/11/09 comment, but instead, I think the speaker in the song is alcohol itself, or perhaps the ghost of alcoholism. Seductive, destructive. Heard from the singing of Madeleine Peyroux. I may want to add it to my own repertoire. Hi Five Dude | Reviewer: Bee ------ About the song Needle In The Hay performed by Elliott Smith We all go sooner or later. Think about Mozart. Who cares how he died, it was so long ago all we have left is his songs. And this track is a keeper along with White Lady Loves You More. But Needle in the hay is brilliant with the way the chords change on the chorus. He rotates between 3 chords but with 4 lines of "Needle in the hay''. It creates a cool double use of one chord at a smart time. The riff on the verse is also hauntingly timeless. And the third verse is such a poetic tribute to buying drugs. I listen to this song constantly and often repetitively. Hold it up and it shines. Sad... | Reviewer: Mason ------ About the song The Biggest Lie performed by Elliott Smith This reminds me of my girl... makes me cry.. :( Elliott was excellent at expressing his feelings through amazing music. R.I.P. "you spent everything you had, wanted everything to stop that bad." :'( infateshand | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Speed Trials performed by Elliott Smith this song goes very deep inside... its like being stuck in one place(not physical but mental... and maybe physically too) and thinking trying but that is not enough. . it requires a sepcial mental state.... its sure as fate and hard as luck. thats the only conclusion maybe. running speed trials standing in place... contradiction maybe irony. just like apinball. nothing changed. whatever just saw this lyric and as it didint have any comments ... some sort of anxiousness to write about it appeared to me. elliott says the truth so read the lyrics again .interpetations are somewhat nonsense perfect | Reviewer: anon ------ About the song Needle In The Hay performed by Elliott Smith I just got this with the Tenenbaums soundtrack (it was the reason I got it) and I just finished watching The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things and I really wanted to listen to this song so I put it on and I started to listen to the words and it felt really strong because it felt like it was coming from me and it was my story and I don't even know anymore. love love | Reviewer: Jason ------ About artist/band Elliott Smith Why, Why? Can anyone tell me? Of course not. Love you, Elliott. Truly, deeply. I know a lot of us feel this way about him but, "We could've been soul friends." I know, just a passing feeling brought on by (recently) the purest and rawest emotion set to f#*oo@&@!&ing sublimely intelligent musical ideas. (rant rant, bullshit, bullshit, lunatic) John | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Fond Farewell performed by Elliott Smith I've tried to find a song better than this but to me it does not exist... I'm 7 days deep kicking a 3 year methadome outpatient (im sure you all know how I got there) clinic.. I've been sick everyday in ways I never knew I could, but this one song makes me cry both in joy and fear. I barely know who I am after the years of opiates and this song means more than any earthly object to me. Great song. | Reviewer: Justin ------ About the song Needle In The Hay performed by Elliott Smith I first heard this in The royal Tennenbaums, I really got into elliot smith after that. And by some chance, this song came on when I found out that my best friend killed himself. I cry everytime I hear it now. my own interpretation... | Reviewer: Tim McGraw ------ About the song Amity performed by Elliott Smith My favorite songs seem to make suffering more beautiful because they are written in ways that illuminate upon very specific and varied kinds of suffering. My absolute theory about this song is that perhaps elliott or someone he knew was in love with this Amity character who stayed open all night..like a neon sign. This Amity character walking like a lucky charm and elsewhere on XO seems to be looking for potential customers rather than maybe what elliott might have wanted..real love which is a huge blow to someone who grew up with crazy family relationships...desperately craving real romantic love. Either he figured this out right away and tried to love the person anyway or he slowly realized it. If I remember correctly some of the photos of XO were from the american (neon) sign museum in cincinnatti ohio. My theory is that this Amity character could possibly be a Tristessa type lover...ala Jack Kerouac This word amity means a gesture of goodwill or friendship such as international goodwill....so good to the many different "cultures"... then again who knows... all about his mother | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Waltz #2 (XO) performed by Elliott Smith I think this song is all about his mother. It seems like he's implying his mom's married to some new dude "That's the man she's married to now" and his mom is the girl he takes around town, who's singing the song "Cathy's Clown.' Then she's done singing, and they call someone else -- such a familiar name -- calling him to sing. He's saying he's doing fine but the people in the crowd are yelling "he's no good' at singing. Then he's implying his mom notices he's having a hard time, and he's saying he's trying but he's tired. XO, MOM, is saying he's doing it all for her, and for her not to worry, but to tell his stepdad to f-off and leave him alone, because here at karaoke, at least he's feeling capable. He's never going to figure his mother out, but he loves her anyway. just comenting | Reviewer: anonymas ------ About the song Needle In The Hay performed by Elliott Smith For a long time i was into cutting myself and i can honestly say its better than heroin. The stigma that is comes with cutting is one of simpathy but on the other hand being so self conscious it brings way to much attention to your self. Any how heroin is a lot more disguisable and the feeling is about nine tenths that of cutting but neither is a good choice. The song brought me back and a really good reminder of just how far I've come and I'm still addicted to opiates ( opana,diluadid). Every time i listen to the song it makes me remember reality and dreams the two are pretty similar for me and i love it.The song is great. weird me out, dude | Reviewer: Jason ------ About the song Needle In The Hay performed by Elliott Smith It is oddly transgressive to listen to a dead boy's intimate suicidal rantings. It feels like I'm in a back alley in Bangkok watching somebody cut his own throat for my entertainment. Very like Townes Van Zandt's NOTHING. Nice place to visit if you're feeling too good about life. my take | Reviewer: Sarah ------ About the song Between The Bars performed by Elliott Smith I agree it is a song that is very open to interpretation. When I first heard the song I thought it sounded like a lullaby and that he was singing to a baby, kissing it between the bars (of the crib) and projecting his own grief and problems upon it. It seems to me that Smith intentionally made a double sided comparison with a baby because they are still so innocent and such innocence adds greater contrast to his own situation. r.i.p. elliott smith | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Bled White performed by Elliott Smith it would be too stereotypical for elliott smith to have written a song seemingly about people changing while it is really about a struggle with alcohol. he isn't that mediocre. it is a personal gripe with people he cared deeply for who have disappointed him with time while they were the ones that turned the cold shoulder to him, interprated just as he states it. the alcohol is a passing comment he makes because sometimes it does seem that drinking will resolve the pain, but it doesn't as he is aware of. but if it helps you with your drinking problem (or whatever) then let it mean that to you music is supposed to help heal whatever ails you as long as it seems to work. exceptional | Reviewer: topher ------ About the song Roman Candle performed by Elliott Smith one of the things that makes the greats so amazing is the way their music has such a distinct sound. elliott smith's guitar is unmistakable. It is so fluid and smooth and soft and clever. this song provides some of the best imagery of all of his stuff. The low D he hits near the end of the song really sounds like a candle melting. its unbelievable. when i play this song on my guitar i just hear how empty i sound compared to him. it's beautiful nonetheless. You could review the artist/band Elliott Smith in Biography page You could review Elliott Smith album by visiting Albums page and selecting an album You could review Elliott Smith song by clicking the song which you like  Download "Elliott Smith" Music | |
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