Elliott Smith - Pictures of Me

Elliott Smith: "Pictures of Me", from the album Either/Or.

Lyrics:

Start stop and start
Stupid acting smart
Flirting with the flicks
You say it's just for kicks
You'll be the victim of your own dirty tricks
You got yourself to tease and displease
Doors swinging wide
You walked in to hide
Looking at your feet
Failure's complete
Saw you and me on the coin-op tv
Frozen in fear every time we appear
I'm not surprised and really, why should I be?
See nothing wrong
See nothing wrong
So sick and tired of all these pictures of me
Completely wrong
Totally wrong
Go walking by
Here come another guy
Jailer who sells personal hells
Who'd like to see me down on my fucking knees
Everybody's dying just to get the disease
Hey hey hey hey
I'm not surprised and really, why should I be?
See nothing wrong
See nothing wrong
So sick and tired of all these pictures of me
Completely wrong
Totally wrong
I'm not surprised and really, why should I be?
See nothing wrong
See nothing wrong
So sick and tired of all these pictures of me
Oh everybody's dying just to get the disease
Everybody's dying just to get the disease
Everybody's dying just to get the disease

Category:

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• Either/Or
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[Trumpour93]

Isn't it ironic how in this particular song, he's stating that he's fed up with pictures of himself. Yet, in his memory, we put up a slideshow of him to commemorate him, as an artist and a person. I understand completely though... we can't help ourselves - an absolutely extroardinary musician.

Excellent work, excellent choice of song.

[openorclosed]

come back

[annieeeedotcom]

@Trumpour93 Just about to say that. Ah Elliott Smith, the world needs him alive.

[IMNOTAPOLICEOFFICER]

@TheTvrulesthenation kurt cobain the best songwriter ever? hell no. who said that?

[TheTvrulesthenation]

IMNOTAPOLICEOFFICER

I've got to completely disagree, Cobain sure did know the art of writing lyrics well. But to call him the best songwriter ever i think is ridiculous, I wouldn't even say Elliott was the best. He however was like R.Frost the poet in that his works were straightforward but subtle at the same time & appeals to everybody.

Some photos here that i wouldn't even recognise was Elliott

[Trumpour93]

@pr0dd2k9 I agree it's not intended to be taken as literally as tangible photographs - I think those "Pictures" of Elliott represent his insecurity and vulnerability to others perceptions. And that symbolism is the very same that anyone feels, really. It's just human nature, I guess. Anyways, I just couldn't help note the irony and commend who has become one of my favourite musicians and poets of all time.

[LrdAsmodeous]

@pr0dd2k9 Pretty much, it's about how people project what they want a person to be on a person, as compared to what they are.

[pr0dd2k9]

@Trumpour93 I believe what Elliott meant by "Pictures of Me" was a thought of a person, not literally pictures of him, I'm sure he had no problems with photos of himself, I mean theres one on the album cover.

[betterthansuperman12]

Elliot Smith was definitely one of the most influential musicians ever. He saved me. Too bad he couldn't save himself.

[IMNOTAPOLICEOFFICER]

@PostmodernBeatnik

makes perfect sense..

[toastylettuce45]

@charleysaysrawr no ur right but almost nobody actually looks deep enough into his lyrics and actually interprets them correctly like the two of us...

[IMNOTAPOLICEOFFICER]

@EdenTheoryRocks

kurt cobain is definitely one of the best songwriters ever, and i'm not even a huge nirvana fan.