Color Bars
Status
Elliott Smith song
Written By
Elliott Smith
Recording Sessions
July-August 1999 (Capitol Recording Studios - Los Angeles, CA - Primary Figure 8 Sessions)
Availability of Official Release
Figure 8
Lyrics
I see color bars when I come
Sergeant Rock broke the key off in the lock to where I come from
Sir, no sir, we have no power in the air
The battle’s on the ground
Laying low again, high on the sound
Bruno S. is a man to me
You’re just some dude with a stilted attitude
That you learned from TV
You’ll undo, but I’ll be connecting everything
The traffic in my town
Riding high again, high on the sound
Everyone wants me to ride into the sun
But I ain’t gonna go down
Laying low again, high on the sound
Early version from handwritten lyric sheet
what she wants is a mystery
i think i saw this episode on TV
(crossed out: take one night) pass the light, because i could not get to sleep
or think of what to do
i don’t care if that makes sense to you
she saw color bars on his screen
and in tiny voice from way back when he asked her what does this mean?
mind’s gone blank, (crossed out: the sand) because i burned over the past
to make room for something new
i don’t care if that makes sense to you
there’s a promise i can keep
just not to you
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