The Litebrite's now black and white
'Cos you took apart a picture that wasn't right
Pitch burning on a shining sheet
The only maker that you want to meet
A dying man in a living room
Whose shadow paces the floor
Who'll take you out in the open door
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
It's not what I'm like
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Who couldn't get things right
A fond farewell to a friend
He said really I just want to dance
Good and evil match perfect, it's a great romance
And I can deal with some psychic pain
If it'll slow down my higher brain
Veins full of disappearing ink
Vomiting in your kitchen sink
Disconnecting from the missing link
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
It's not what I'm like
I'ts just a fond farewell to a friend
Who couldn't get things right
A fond farewell to a friend
I see you're leaving me
And taking up with the enemy
The cold comfort of the in-between
A little less than a human being
A little less than a happy high
A little less than a suicide
The only things that you really tried
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
It's not what I'm like
It's just a fond farewell to a friend
Who couldn't get things right
A fond farewell to a friend
This is not my life
It's just a fond farewell to a friend [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/e/elliott_smith/a_fond_farewell.html ]
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by Unregistered on Jan 24th 2012 2:40 am
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I always thought it was his dialogue with himself about his struggle with heroin and trying to quit. The song acts out his two selfs, on heroin and not.
by Unregistered on Jan 24th 2012 12:45 am
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I think his meager existence(during the songs writing) was saying goodbye to the best part of his life, which was simply a picture that wasn't right, in hindsight
by Unregistered on Jan 3rd 2012 2:17 pm
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I think he means he is saying goodbye to a bad part of his life. "this is not my life" he is choosing to take control of who is wants to be.