Elliott Smith -Between The Bars

[satandawn]

I really love this song, and i do love some one sings it to me and he really means that!!!

[jasminelefleur]

who is benji madden? who even cares. this song is way too good to be talking about anyone else but elliott!

[asesinajohnny]

Estoy aquí por Lie to Me *-*

Preciosa canción

[liseehunakele]

The Civil Wars did justice to this song

[mylitlips]

he showed me the face of sorrow. how can one person have so much genious, vitality; and intense suffering all at once? R.I.P Elliott. you could communicate the depths of the oceans with just one note and i know you are in good company, and i hope to meet you one day.

[VertigoCB]

please youtube! add a "repeat button". please

[darkxba]

How I wish if there was a repeat button! I could listen to it all day ! any one knows where to download this version or may send it to my mail please!? thanks

[StableJJ]

turns out i am only able to cry to this song.... doest seem like something to be happy about :D

[maciesnipples]

How an we all love him so much? How does he make us fall. I love elliott so much. I cant help but cry when i hear his voice.

[AnonymousAndFriends]

I hate this song. Not because I think it's bad. It's because this song makes me cry so much.."The potential you'll be that you'll never see"

Why the fuck does it hurt so much?

No song has ever made me feel like this one does, and I don't know if I love that, or hate it. I just want my heart to return beating at a normal pace..

[CuriousWhale]

@AnonymousAndFriends BAAAWWWWW.

[kiasta]

What version is this? Live? I love it!

[GCfan777]

i first heard this song when benji madden covered it(: i love the way benji & elliot sing it(:

[cupcake6259]

The first time I heard this song, I cried myself to sleep. 

[dardardome]

thank you for supplying lyrics.. i love reading them evan though i know them as well as a thing so good and exceptional that it demands my attention and appreciation. in the realm of songs about addiction..this comment on ones relationship to their drug of choice the seduction, struggle & wasted life,.. is so stunning. it sets it's own bar

on a seperate note : it's 'They push and shove and won't bend to your will'

said one record store geek to the other.

[TheKrawallsista]

amazing

[playgr0undl0ve]

Probably one of the most beautiful songs in the world.

[MrSdfksdf]

It's perfect song for rainy day

[tashM90]

how depressing.

r.i.p elliott smith. xx

[phantasmo14]

I love this version so much better than any other i've heard



[saturdaynoodles1]

Who would beilieve if Allison Weiss brought you here? Thumbs up ><

[life7777]

This song is one of my favorite! it's just amazing! <3

[DylanShorkey]

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[beefcakepantiehoes]

i don't understand how even THREE people dislike this song, wtf dude this is real music, real beautiful music.

[AlmightySea]

WHERE'S THE REPLAY BUTTON?

This song is so small, yet so perfect, that I'm every two minutes coming here pressing play.

[Sepia1989]

good cover of this watch?v=IcoHULyRhfo

[heydanielbrou]

daniel brou

[misfitsg17]

You can even compare Elliott with Benji.

Elliott had a beautiful voice!

[beefcakepantiehoes]

he usually plays this down a half step but this is still amazing

[pieterzen]

@jimlad08 this is the original. Peyroux covered it in 2004.

[jaywalker641]

Isn't he lovely? Learn from his mistakes, don't do drugs. They fucked him up and its such a waste of a beautiful person. Miss you elli.

[lisad07]

no this is the key

benji madden did a cover of this and he sang it in this key so its right

[LetsFollowTheDeadEnd]

R.I.P Elliott Smith D:

[okleydo]

wrong key?

[denstertube]

Another Beautiful, heartfelt song that i have found by this guy. Every time i do it makes me sad he isn't here anymore. Lovely song.

[hollsm09]

Absolutely beautiful. One of my favorite songs

And *facepalm* @suissette09

[nugsalad]

Its as if he knew his fate was sealed. He continues to be a huge inspiration for me, and I'm sure many others.

[AlexisKilgannon]

RIP Beautiful <3

[redtailrtmg]

you are a RETARD suissette09, this is not a cover, it is depressing, original, unparalleled, beautiful, melancholy, elliot smith, and if you knew anything about him or his music you'd understand why he sounds depressed, which is the only reason he could have written something so beautiful. would you be happier if britney spears redid it with a lame pop background? what do you expect this song is about that it should be up beat?? maybe you should just sit the next couple of plays out.

[GodBeeGoodHoney]

The only depressing thing about this song is that it ends! I've only just discovered Elliott, and i'm in love already - his lyrics are too beautiful!

[suissette09]

this cover almost ruined the song for me, its well done and everything

but people shouldn't cover elliott smith.

he's too good to be covered.

it ruins everything.

the original is no joke a million times better.

his voice is too upbeat.

it ruins the mood.

ew

[WIIRULESMAN]

@suissette09 This isn't a cover.

[AlexisKilgannon]

@suissette09 This isn't even close to a cover.

[mychocolatemusic]

@suissette09 this isn't a cover, retard.

[jimlad08]

@mychocolatemusic it is a cover of madeliene peyroux

[mychocolatemusic]

@jimlad08 No it's not. 

[misfitsg17]

@mychocolatemusic He did this song like in 1997

Her version was in 2004.

She with along with many artists including Metric have covered this song.

It was written by Elliott Smith.

[mychocolatemusic]

@misfitsg17 i'm aware 

[misfitsg17]

@jimlad08 She covered this from Elliott

[WarmPeachTea24]

@jimlad08 BULL SHIT.

[Liuqahs15]

@suissette09 lol

[kenzzos]

benjie cover is sick

[LRN2T]

I prefer benji's cover! <3

[richardbywater]

Elliott Smith >>>>>>> Benji Madden

[garyhoward52]

rip :'(

[00robseep00]

nice song, thanks to Benji Madden <3

[thani4ever]

@00robseep00 same here

never knew this song until that post =P

to say the least, sounds better with benji singing it

[00robseep00]

yeah (: good charlotte are wonderful :D

[edeneyeblack]

Fuck benji madden. I like him but not when he does this song. Its those bass notes in the chorus. They are amazing and for someone to cover this song and leave them out, it kills it. Sorry, i dont mean disrespect but i disagree 100%.

[00robseep00]

yeah but this version is depressing

[Charlatrone]

@00robseep00 Seriously? This song conveys so much emotion and to perform an "upbeat" version is to change the song completely.

[Jess1222222]

@edeneyeblack well if u like benji why did you say fuck benji madden?

[arcadianskies77]

It's powerful listening to this version. I haven't 'heard him like this very much and I have the vast majority of his released discography.

[AutOmatICa7334]

...nicely...but I enjoy Madeleine Peyroux's version much better.

[lrn2playnub]

no one cares fag

[riffraffrichard]

the vocals are a bit more punchier on this one. He was a hard worker and perfectionist

[jraehol]

does anyone know which version this is?

[zakyahful]

yeah!! haha me 2 i <33 this song

[eccentricity00]

this song is soothing as hell. mmmmm

[finaleofseem]

this song gets in you like the fog in prufrock

[HendrixSpirit]

I think elliott wrote this song to me.

I'm a musician, I showed my new music to one of my friends, and he told me: "Shit, you are playing and singing and writting just like Elliott Smith" So I thought, well let's check his music. And the first song i heard was this. And I was instantly shocked. It's just the way my life is. It make 100% sense, and I feel that i could easily had wrote this lyrics. And also my stile is the same. Love you Elliott, i feel like i knew you.

[berthunsemann]

@HendrixSpirit so just load one of your videos up and show me please

viva la revolution

[DoubleX19]

i don't think he wrote this song to you, sorry. its weird when people want to think they are special when we are really just shits

[DaPillPoppinAnimal]

you spelled style spot-on. but yeah, it's a great song.

[riotact90]

how could he write a song for someone he never knew.

doesn't make sense. plus the fact that his songs are going to relate to ALOT of people.

[Grownupnai]

My favorite Elliott Smith song. Almost brings me to tears.

[elina0720]

this is one of my favourite song. i love him. (LL)

[alightinflesh]

His grace is pursuant to nations. A flattering affidavit holds Christ down on buttons. Urgent need a sacred vow. The belov(e)d unfurled and made manifest. One solid.

[Seol001]

what is that mean? 'between the bars'? somebody explain it please! haha...

[steedr1]

when the person goes into jail.....like the person he loves goes to jail and he wuld have to kiss her between the bars..

[Seol001]

oh now it makes sense. thanks a lot

[gaarasucks]

between the bars has nothing to do with jail

[DjMatthewMcknight]

I don't believe this song has anything to do with jail, though that's an interesting angle.

When analyzing the lyrics, it seems that the song comes from the perspective of alcohol as if the substance has a life of its own and it speaks to alcoholics, and the lyrics express that.

[finaleofseem]

Exactly. It's not about jail, but it does make a clever pun. The actual meaning being bar hopping, the bottle kissing him, out in the parking lot, or in the back seat of a car. The pun being two kissing between jail bars. That is such a powerful concentration of images.

[spiralisedcat]

Ive always understood it to be about addiction,alcohol.But sometimes its better not knowing the meaning only the one your own head cunjures up.Its a beautiful song.

[spiralisedcat]

a beautiful compilation to a beautiful song :)

[blackmarymcr]

C'est magnifique ! A faire rever

[IDCFFSGTFO]

is this a cover?

i mean it just doesnt sound like elliot smith, just sounds like a really good cover

then again im an elliot smith noob, I've only heard one other recording of this song.

[TylerSmythe]

this is him, it sounds EXACTLY like his other vocals.

[fjkblar]

this is him. maybe the other recording you heard was a cover :P

[azrial4421]

Beautiful

[alotofcheese76]

yeah he wont,

Bright Eyes just sounds ultra depressed at times, I highly doubt he fully is to the extend of kiling himself

[jayemveeaydee]

@alotofcheese76

serious!

[wargames1983]

wow

[alotofcheese76]

i hope bright eyes dosent end the same way

[JMascisIsMyHero]

he is pretty GOD

[Deav27]

wow. this song is so fucking touching.and at the moment. i cant wait to talk to you andrew. i miss you. monday babee. i hope =[ tell ur mom im sorry.

[TheClique86]

Hey, this is Andrew, stop callling already, enough is enough!

[SkyPaintedSilver]

Aahaha, 'cause a guy would have the name 'TheClique' x]

[Carlomagnus333]

This song is definitely gonna be on my funeral .

[jayemveeaydee]

@Carlomagnus333

damn...so emo

[Vamphaery]

What version of the song is this? It sounds like it's a studio recording, but it's not the version from Either/Or. It it a demo? A very convincing cover (doubt the latter)? A really, really well done live performance that was fully recorded and mixed?

[LPbReAkFM]

Depressing. Addictive. Beautiful.

[Hamsaouahamsine]

Wonderful!

This is an unknown version to me. Where does it appear?

Anyway, thankyou, thankyou, thankyou, thankyou, thankyou, thankyou, thankyou.

[theashtabulaspirits]

Eliot Smith is a genre i.e. you can pick his phenomenal chord changes and genius lyrics. Still can't believe his has gone.

[BOREDproductions00]

this song is so moving!

i could die to this song

RIP Elliott

we miss u

[judgeyrself1]

I fucking wanna die hearing all his music on and on and on, until my eyes close. Forever.

[vavavera]

Who stabs themselves in the heart??? Elliot Smith, that's who.

[Ch1ka]

what i love about his lyrics is, they are so meaningful. He gets it all to sound so perfect and even rhyme! and it never sounds cheesy, because its so genuine. I only just discovered him, im such a sad person

[SinAvarice]

That was really beautiful~ <3

[Doomincognito]

Omg, Elliot Smith was amazing.

Rest his soul, he was a lose to the world. I love his music, and may he rest in piece.

[RJTheDestroyer21]

Nice song.

[AlexStevens42]

it's amazing that someone could have created music like this

[IronJimmy3]

for whatever reason whenever i healr this song i think of prettily colored stain glass windows

[jessefriesen]

i think it would be healthy for you to hang out with some girls. just a suggestion.

[Nora1989Nora]

Love this song... it's so beautiful

[fashion30mb]

gosh! why should always the good singer be dead!:( I know I'm exagerating but anyway ... this song is incredible.

[seanobrien321]

because most good singers live fast and die young :(

[callmemister]

great music, great texts, great man

[BUNNI3LUVZKiTTi3]

Elliott Smith is amazing

His music is amazing

I wish he was still around he has inspired me so much

R.I.P Elliott

Imy

[thaunalan]

Perfeita, melhor versão dessa música. Pena esse poeta ter morrido tão cedo.

[killthebuttercup]

i absolutelly love this amazing song

[kuksoolwon88888]

this song is beautifully moving

[treadstoneoperation]

Great song but nice clip too, I wish have known him still alive, I think he was very lonely

[NancyLaceGarbage]

I've fallen in love...

This song.. Is so beautiful.

[WhereAreYouArienette]

I never thought I would relate to or like a band/artist more than Bright Eyes. Elliott Smith proved me wrong.

[Zr02nRetsu]

R.I.P , my fav song from u!!!

[Vibestation]

rip bby xo

[CrappyPR]

Your my Hero Elliot!

Missing you!

RIP my friend.

[Threedeehoo]

what a beautiful version. sounds early, like 1994-97 or something.

[ModestMousekateer]

Is this live? or an early version?

Either way, it's great. Thanks for posting.

[sydjones77]

we miss you,sweet angel

[mymayapapaya]

I love you Elliott. RIP.