Sorry My Mistake
Status
Elliott Smith Song
Written By
Elliott Smith
Recording Sessions
November 29, 1998 (NOB Audiostation 1, Hilversum, Netherlands - 2 Meter Sessies) - unofficially circulating
August 1999 (Sunset Sound Recorders - Los Angeles, CA - Figure 8 B-Sides Sessions) - only the instrumental is unofficially circulating, vocals are uncirculating
Availability of Official Release
N/A
Lyrics
A frozen tear melted here
To flood the man made lake,
I didn’t mean to make
A drowning note fury wrote
That caused the earth to quake
Confidence to shake
Sorry, my mistake
The sun rose high
And went screaming by
And the moon surveyed the scene
Silent and serene
While cops set cones
Around broken bones
Saying, “For heaven’s sake
What an obvious mistake”
Up came back down
While I was sewing up my stitch
And dreaming in the ditch
So sick of my sweet self
And everything I made
A friendly flare
Flashed mid-air
There was a twinkle in your eye
A smoke signing in the sky
And I feel deep in love
Asleep, looking wide awake
Like a wave that wouldn’t break
Sorry, my mistake
Audio
(From live performance on December 5, 1998 at Leadmill in Sheffield, UK)
(Studio Instrumental unofficially circulating)