| | King's Crossing Lyrics Artist(Band):Elliott Smith
Dominoes falling in a chain reaction A scraping subject ruled by fear Told me whiskey works better than beer The judge is on vinyl, decisions are final And nobody gets a reprieve And every wave is tidal - if you hang around You're going to get wet I can't prepare for death any more than I already have All you can do now is watch the shells The game looks easy, that's why it sells Frustrated fireworks inside your head Are going to stand and deliver talk instead The method acting that pays my bills Keeps a fat man feeding in Beverly Hills I got a heavy metal mouth that hurls obscenity And I get my check from the trash treasury Because I took my own insides out It don't matter 'cos I have no sex life And all I want to do now is inject my ex-wife I've seen the movie and I know what happens It's Christmas time, and the needles on the tree A skinny Santa is bringing something to me His voice is overwhelming, but his speech is slurred And I only understand every other word Open your parachute and grab your gun Falling down like an omen, a setting sun Read the part and return at five It's a hell of a role if you can keep it alive But I don't care if I fuck up I'm going on a date with a rich white lady Ain't life great? Give me one good reason not to do it (Because I love you) So do it This is the place where time reverses Dead men talk to all the pretty nurses Instruments shine on a silver tray Don't let me get carried away Don't let me get carried away Don't let me be carried away If you find some error in King's Crossing Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Review about King's Crossing Breahttaking | Reviewer: Matt | 3/18/09 I'd like to point the line 'all I wanna do now is inject my ex-wife', I'm pretty certain this line speaks louder than all the rest as a drug refrence. In many of his songs, especially True Love, he uses a romantic relationship to represent his relationship heroin. Since around the time he wrote/ recorded this song he was mostly off heroin it would be his ex-wife and this would be a statement describing how even past withdrawal his heart still belonged to the drugs. Best singer, best songwriter of all time drug references | Reviewer: annonymous | 3/12/09 yes, there are drug references in this song, but there are vague or non-vague drug references in a lot of his songs. most of those referring to heroin or needles in some form. but some of you are way over-analyzing the lyrics. couldn't some of them just be pretty images used as veiled references to drugs in some non-specific way? (thinking of the "skinny santa" lines here) Meaning | Reviewer: Anonymous | 8/23/08 The song is about his addiction to drugs. "The needles on the tree, A skinny Santa is bringing something to me." and "A rich white lady..." There's tons of references to him being a slave to the addiction and how he hates himself for it. Drugz | Reviewer: Anonymous | 8/23/08 It's about Elliott's addiction to drugs and how he hates himself for it. "Needles on the tree, a skinny Santa is bringing something to me..." is obviously about him scoring drugs from his dealer. And him going on a date with a "rich white lady" is also a drug reference... There's actually a lot of them if you look at it. because we love you!!! | Reviewer: Evan | 8/25/08 sometimes i have a hard time believing he committed suicide. the story is pretty sketchy. to bad we'll never know exactly what happened. by far my favorite songwriter. amazing person. im planning on getting XO tattoos on my arms just before my hands. Amazing song, with so many great lines, easily my top 5 of Elliott, i did not know that the "because we love you"was added after his death, thats pretty intense. Talking `bout My Generation | Reviewer: Eva Krämer | 2/9/08 This is going to take a while. Since I was young I had the feeling of being an outast. ot because the chilodren at school where picking on me (which they were), but because I senced that I knew things that others had not discorevered yet. I knew that our western civilasitation was fucked up. It was because, when I was very young, a chang had happened. We were raised in the belief that we were the masters of the world, that we could reach all our aims, and then, when we were just about to finish school, people startet talking about certain necessities that we would have to follow. This is something that affects most of us. But it get's more personal. When I was young, my, parents told me to always think for myself, not to follow the herd, to find my own conclusions. Then, when I was about 17 years old, I found that conclusion in living a life that would not follow the rules of what we call society ("sex work death"). But what was the answer:of course all the instituions that have indoctrinated you with freedom befire (school, parents, friends) tell you that you are a romantic, that your vision is to main a vision and that you should do your best to find your path into the foreformed paths. This leads to schizophrenia. That leads us to this incredible song. I believe that poetry is an art that can tell you what you believe in far better words than your own. And what Elliott Smith tells us here is what we all are obliged to believe, that there is no way out. And there isn't. Ubless all the free souls of the world should somehow bond and rebell. Sad... | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/25/07 I believe the vocals in this song were recorded the day before his suicide...Kind of his suicide note I suppose... Frustrated fireworks | Reviewer: Anonymous | 6/15/07 NO im sorry your wrong the line "because we love you" was never officially in the song but when elliott would perform the song live HIs girlfriend and her friends would always yell out the line. So when they mixed the album as an ode to that they included the line. I remember seeing him live and hearing the line shouted :D lyrics | Reviewer: Josh | 5/12/07 elliott smith is the man did wat he had to do... he is the greatest lyricist i have heard RE: Wonderful | Reviewer: Casey | 5/2/07 Mike, When he died, this album was not complete. His mom and girlfriend had a say in the final production process. This is when they added that line; it wasn't before he died. Also his name is ElliotT. Review By Pages: 1 2 Review the song King's Crossing The area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of the lyrics.  Download "Elliott Smith" Music | |
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