The White Lady Loves You More

This is my favourite song at the moment. It's incredibly sad, but it speaks a lot about addiction. In this case, I think it's specifically about heroin addiction, but I think it can be applied to other addictions as well. I saw a video of Elliott performing this in the US before he died. People in the audience were close to tears..

Keep your things in a place meant to hide
But I know they’re there somewhere
And I know that’s where you’ll go tonight
I’ll be thrown over just like before
The white lady loves you more
Need a metal man just to pick up your feet
It’s a long time since you cared enough for me to even be discrete
I know what this metal is for
The white lady loves you more
I’m looking at a hand full of broken plans
And I’m tired of playing it down
You just want her to do anything for you
There ain’t nothing that you won’t allow
You wake up in the middle of the night
From a dream you won’t remember flashing off like a cop’s light
You say she’s waiting and I know what for
The white lady loves you more
The white lady

The White Lady Loves You More - Elliott Smith

Sorry, somewhat of a miserable post, but I liked the song and spent a while thinking about the lyrics and why Elliott wrote it.