Uploaded by AlternativeUses on Sep 15, 2009
Elliott Smith's "Either/Or" from the New Moon disc set.
A song about what Elliott referred to as the big nothing.
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"Youre strong, youre stubborn now
in an endless symbolic war
brave or bored, either/or
sometimes I ricochet from the past
and at times a future Ive already had before
champion or chore, either/or.
Ill write the pages you rip out
back in their places again
one day youll know what youre talking about
I can hardly imagine until then
Ill be filling in these blanks that you create
every time you win some petty score
posing as hardcore, oh yeah, either/or
look at the spin chief, battered and broken
clutching a plastic rose
were all in the downpour, you carry around for
trashing a lifestyle youve never known
its a useful dream that makes
quite an entertaining show and not much more
up against and for, either/or"
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My teacher directed me here after he saw that I was reading Either/Or
I'm glad he did :)
very nice song
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Beautiful :), almost too cheery for Elliott Smith.
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This is such a great song!!
hellomynameisnancy 2 years ago 10
@MaskFaceDude
Excellent choice of book and I wish I had a teacher that liked Elliott.
rohiogerv22 7 months ago