song of the day

Today's song is A Fond Farewell To a Friend, by the amazing, talented Elliott Smith. The song was released on the From A Basement on A Hill album, which was released posthumously in 2004. Elliott is and always will be my absolute favorite artist, so I picked this song so I could share a little bit of Elliott with everyone who reads this. Every song on every one of his albums is truly beautiful. He was a quiet, humble musical genius with an amazing ability to compose songs and write deep, poetic lyrics. Go listen to his albums ... you will fall in love with his music. And I'm sure this isn't the last time you will see me writing about Elliott :)

The Lite Brite's now black and white
Because they took apart a picture that wasn't right
Pitch burning on a shining sheet
The only maker that you'd want to meet
A dying man in a living room
Whose shadow paces the floor
He’ll take you out any open door

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
Fond farewell to a friend

He said really I just want to dance
Good and evil matched perfect, it's a great romance
I can deal with some psychic pain
If it'll slow down my higher brain
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
Fond farewell to a friend

I see you're leaving me and taking up with the enemy
The cold comfort of the in-between
A little less than a human being
A little less than a happy high
A little less than a suicide
The only things that you really tried

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
Fond farewell to a friend