It’s said that Blake wrote this song about Elliott Smith after he died. The two were supposedly close friends.
pull the ripchord
the ship has lost its sail
your mama’s got a new man
your daddy always fails
and you’re eating again
at them
’cause nobody loves you
and even fancy things
have finally lost their charm
wine and diamond rings
they never get you anymore
you’re sleeping again
alone
’cause nobody loves you
they should have seen you
should have known you
should have known what it was like
to be you
so come on kid
look at what you did
I don’t know if you meant it
but you did yourself in
and I was even having a good day
when I’d found out we lost you
she said it was in the singing and the strumming
oh man I even saw it coming
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you made me like a rilo kiley song. PLUS i now feel a little bit like i’m sittin on a beach in H’awaii…