[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
this is a shitty cover of an elliott smith song called ‘say yes’. it is part of a project I have decided to do where I cover everything off of XO. I only took one take of everything, so I’ll redo this later, this is just a really rough idea of how it might look. anyways, enjoy! or not
in the interest of posterity, this’ll stay here, but I’ll update with a better version later.
where i used to live
Don’t be callin me desperate when i’m knocking down the door
Wake up. Fog and rain. Put clothes on. Go to bathroom. Brush teeth & hair. Apply makeup scrupulously. Check time. Hour has passed. Go downstairs. Drink water. Take vitamins. Go in garage. Open garage door. Take bike outside. Get on. Begin to move. Coffee shop. Pay three sixty-five for a soy latte. Stay in the corner for an hour plus, feeling separate from everybody. Draw people you don’t know. They are sitting together in groups of four. People are constantly moving in and out. The world is spinning. Finally, start to wake up. Text your friends. Laugh. Wish someone was sitting here next to you. Read magazine – short stories. One is about running away, abusive parents. The other one is about sitting next to a celebrity on a plane. Author writes about biting someone’s arm and tasting the salt. Realize you haven’t tasted salt off someone’s body in a long, long time. Start to feel sad. Leave.
see me see me actin’ like you ain’t met me
Start to think about your priorities and goals in your head. This is something you do every day but you never feel like you are getting any closer. You feel like you are trying to get a glimpse of yourself from outside of yourself but can’t move your head around that far, if that makes any sense. Like in a Bowie song: “but I turned myself to face me / but I’ve never caught a glimpse”.
