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What’s in the cup? In keeping with the surface level story of the song, it could well be Methadone for which everyone is lined up, at a clinic. It could also be another literal or metaphorical medication that temporarily alleviates symptoms without fixing the underlying problems, and ongoing theme in Smith’s work.
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In keeping with the drug metaphor, this person may be waiting for another fix. Or that could be the narrator’s projection.
People wait a lot in Elliott Smith songs– for the F-train, a phone call and especially to see if shitty situations can get better
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In keeping with the drug addiction (heroin, specifically) theme of the album, these “scars” could be seen as track marks, with addiction defining the characters (from the narrator’s perspective).
On a deeper level, the scars likely refer to shared or similar emotional damage.
In a Rocket interview, Smith said:
[Elliott Smith] wasn’t specifically about dope, but I used dope as a vehicle to talk about dependency and non-self-sufficiency. I could have used love as that vehicle, but that’s not where I was. During all the interviews for the last album [Elliott Smith], everyone read the songs at a very surface level. They wanted to know why there were so many songs about heroin…
Debbie Gibson, tell me that you think we're all alone Weezer – Heart Songs
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Popular musician Cat Stevens of “Peace Train” fame converted to Islam in 1978 and changed his name to Yusuf Islam.
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The third track off Weezer’s classic debut. Comedian and enormous Weezer fan Hari Kondabolu says of this song:
I wouldn’t say its “completely sexist” he’s clearly just insecure and doesn’t want his lady to laugh or give attention to other guys because he’s afraid he’ll lose her. he wants her makeup on her shelf when shes away because he doesnt want her to look as “pretty” to impress other guys. this may be slightly sexist but more than anything this song shows the feelings of an insecure boyfriend that fears his girl’s attention towards other men. not exactly chauvinism in my opinion.
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Rivers in a Billboard interview mentioned how this was explicitly meant to portray him as ugly and possessive.