this is our last goodbye
i hate to feel the love between us die
but it's over
just hear this and then i'll go
you gave me more to live for
more than you'll ever know
this is our last embrace
must i dream and always see your face
why can't we overcome this wall
baby, maybe it's just because i didn't know you at all
kiss me, please kiss me
but kiss me out of desire, baby, not consolation
oh you know it makes me so angry
cuz i know that in time, i'll only make you cry
this is our last goodbye
did you say "no, this can't happen to me"
did you rush to the phone to call
was there a voice unkind in the back of your mind
saying maybe you didn't know him at all
you didn't know him at all, oh, you didn't know
you didn't know
well, the bells out in the church tower chime
burning clues into this heart of mine
thinking so hard on her soft eyes
and the memories, offer signs that it's over
over...
ok first let me start by saying i love this green shirt jeff wears, i've seen it in pics/vids a few times before and i just love the green on him lol. i'm also a huge fan of his dyed black hair with the brown overgrown roots.. ughh so dreamy. anyways, i was lucky enough to get this cool grace promo vhs on ebay for 99 cents a few months ago (technically $4.20 with tax and shipping loll) except i got the "long version" which i don't seem to see an entry for at all ?? and even then i'm confused cuz the version i got is about 16 mins long, but then there also seems to be an even longer version posted in parts on the jeff buckley youtube page ?? idk but i compiled all the parts together onto a playlist here for easiest watching. my fav is part 2 which has this good little scene of jeff rocking out to "cherub rock" by smashing pumpkins soo sick i didn't know he was a pumpkins fan lol
anyways, this song tears me apart.. such a happy sounding heartbreaking song ughh. i think my fav line is "kiss me, please kiss me / but kiss me out of desire, baby, not consolation" freaking tormenting. also if yr new to the blog, please check out this post from march 2020 (one of the first posts i ever made on here :0) it has a great vid of him performing "last goodbye" and "so real" acoustic on a chicago radio show in 95.
and don't think i forgot...click here for lou barlow's website, where he has an elliott smith page with a pic of elliott and jeff together believe it or not hehe.... and lastly, i'm starting to make a "jeff's page" with tons of good pics of him but i'm struggling with coding the layout rn tbh loll so stay tuned for that one day...
i don't come around
never call or let her know
i got a life of my own
you know i hate to be around her
when she's like that
i wrote a song once about her
called "the brides have hit glass"
you know it just won't last
to be on top of your own world
with no guardrails to cling to
you fall so very fast
it's very odd to find her up again
staking out expansion
seeking new exposure
and when she holds out an empty glass
and she comes for a handout
i ask for the same thing-it's sad
and i hold on so sure i can take all she can
just to be around her
just to feel bad
one day i will know
that's it's a waste of time
and there's a better road ahead of me
i just don't know how to make it there
so i'll just hang around and take my chance
once again i'll roll the dice
and try to hang on to my shrinking paradise
and i'll hold out an empty glass
and i'll come for a handout
and i'll ask for the same thing-it's sad
and i'll hold on so confident
that's it all i can give
to try to find my way back
just to hit glass
for their second major label release on tvt records (after working with legend ric ocasek producing their first), who else are they to recruit for production other than the other legend rob schnapf himself (of xo, figure 8, and mic city sonsfame in my eyes lol). and of course with rob in the mix, somehow elliott smith ended up there playing piano and organ for a few tracks on the record ("skills like this", "how's my drinking", and "fine to see you") !! in a 2001 interview with rolling stone when asked how it was to work with elliott, robert pollard said:
"he’s a shy guy, he didn’t say much, but he came in and did a few things on piano and organ. it’s good to have him on it."
i wasn't able to find too much promo or anything for this record, kinda surprisingly, you'd think with it being a major label release there would be plenty, but perhaps it's all been lost... but i did like the ad i found up above. pretty cool that they made a "bootleg website" with exclusive tracks and live footage on it, that you could only get the link for when buying the cd. i've never really heard of something exactly like that before lol
