Everything Means Nothing To Me
Status
Elliott Smith Song
Written By
Elliott Smith
Recording Sessions
July-August 1999 (Capitol Recording Studios - Los Angeles, CA - Primary Figure 8 Sessions) - two versions recorded, one uncirculating
Availability of Official Release
Figure 8
Lyrics
Someone found the future as a statue
In a fountain at attention looking backward
In a bowl of water wishes with a blue
Songbird on his shoulder
Who keeps singing over everything
Everything means nothing to me
Everything means nothing to me
Everything means nothing to me
I picked up the song
And found my picture in the paper
The reflection in the water shouted
Are you men still trying to salute
People from a time when he was
Everything he’s supposed to be
Everything means nothing to me
Everything means nothing to me
Everything means nothing to me
Note
Sam Coomes provided bass on the album version of this song.
Audio
Album version
Live acoustic guitar version, performed on December 30, 1999 in Hoboken, NJ