Elliott Smith - Last Call (from Roman Candle) 

"You're a crisis, you're an icicle, You're a tongue-less talker You don't care what you say. You're a jaywalker and you just walk away." Always loved this line.

Soft and gritty at the same time. Elliott Smith was a genius.

I miss you so much Eliott, your heart still shines so brightly

That outro is super duper haunting.

I’ve always been completely obsessed with this song. The guitar is genius, a sense of endlessness like a constant film loop. This whole song is so prismatic. I’ve listened to it god knows how many times and I still feel that surge of excitement as soon as it begins. I miss him, I miss him so much.

I mean, his music is just too good to be true. Like, I can't believe it exists. Elliott, you utter darling, you are a voice for the lost, and you make me ache. :(

my favorite elliot smith song.

Really the best musician of all time. Flawless catalog, such an underrated guitarist and an incredible poet.

By far the best of his generation

Last Call is a bar reference. The bar tender would usually say last call for anyone who wants another drink before closing. It's amazing how Elliott Smith wrote his songs and the titles he gave them.

Interesting perspective shift from third person, to second person, to first person.

perhaps this songwriter's finest moment.

Miss you Elliott

I was playing this song in the car with my kids. They asked me how many times is he going to sing the same line. I responded “not enough, never enough” Rip.

Start to drink and just want to continue

Last call He was sick of it all Asleep at home Told you off and goodbye Well you know one day it'll come to haunt you That you didn't tell him quite the truth You're a crisis You're an icicle You're a tongueless talker You don't care what you say You're a jaywalker and you just, just walk away And that's all you do The clap of the fading-out sound of your shoes Made him wonder who he thought that he knew Last call He was sick of it all The endless stream of reminders Made him so sick of you sick of you sick of you Sick of your sound Sick of you coming around Trying to crawl under my skin When I already shed my best defense It comes out all around that you won And I think I'm all done You can switch me off safely While I'm lying here waiting for sleep to overtake me Yeah yeah you're still here but just check to make sure All you aspired to do was endure You can't ask for more ask for more Knowing you'll never get that which you ask for So you cast your shadow everywhere like the man in the moon You start to drink and just want to continue It'll all be yesteryear soon You start to drink and just want to continue It'll all be yesteryear soon Church bells and now I'm awake And I guess it must be some kind of holiday I can't seem to join in the celebration But I'll go to the service And I'll go to pray And I'll sing the praises of my maker's name Like I was as good as she made me And I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me I'm lying here waiting for sleep to overtake me

Fuck yeah! Brilliant lyrics, so poignant 🎶 'You're an icicle You're a tongueless talker, You don't care what you say, You're a jaywalker and you just just walk away And that's all you do'.... Ultimate rejection and punch in the gut song!

“All you aspired to do was endure. You can’t ask for more” takes the cake for me

I listening to the song on my iPod (with a clickwheel, really old schoo!), and I listen to the song 10 times in a row when I was at my aunt’s house around Christmas. For some reason, it felt really cathartic to hear the song that day! You are deeply missed, Elliott.

One of my favorite songs

I heard of Elliott Smith in the past but I never bothered to listen to his music. Last month I watched a show on Netflix and Needle in the hay was in it. Now I can't stop listening to him. I'm always alone and feel like I don't belong anywhere and I really have no one. So, I don't know, it's like I found (and lost) a friend. I wish he was still around. Thanks, Elliott. You are really precious. (for who read this, sorry for my English . -.)

ive listened to this song a hundred times and i still miss it every time it ends

25 years ago today, this fantastic album was released including one of my favorite Elliott tunes to date

I doubt there'll ever be a song that ever communicates the raw feeling of depression better than this. I mean go for it; but this is the benchmark, for me

Dealing with some heavy shit and I kept hearing this song in my head like I needed to know something. Last call for real

It's such a beautiful if troubling song. Thank you so kindly, Elliott for giving it to humanity and to me to express myself at these especially dark times of life or death protest.

Wonderful Elliot- there's always some comfort for me in your sad songs and this is one of them.

trying to crawl under my skin when I already shed my best defense

You can hear a lot of Heatmiser influence here. He was still singing loud just like in Heatmiser.

I'll sing the praises of my Maker's name like I was as good as She made me and I wanted Her to tell me that She would never wake me...I'm lying here waiting for sleep to overtake me.

How could someone so talented die so young

This song is just so relaxing to me for some reason

this song puts me in a trance i wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me i wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me i wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me i wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me i wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me ... my cheekbones hurt

Anger in this awesome

Easily the best jam off roman candle

Fucking feel his songs so much...

wow. i never heard this song before from him. thanks for sharing ms. globelamp.

3:31- loop this and dive into the harmonies, then go and do the same for Saint Ives Heaven, also by dear Elliott Smith.

"One day it'll come to haunt you that you didn't tell him quite the truth." - Elliott Smith

Just an extreme pouring of emotion in a kinda fractured song, showing his fractured persona. brilliant. sad. But brilliant.

Always loved this song 🎉

love the swirling beatley electric guitar that comes in at the start

Hey KRS - are you guys gonna pull a rabbit out of a hat and release Basement as it was intended (as a double 30 song album with Stickman, Taking A Fall, True Love etc)? I noticed KRS is selling Basement, much to my relief. Thank you for doing such a great job keeping this guys legacy intact. New Moon was a revelation, the revamped either/or and self titled are spectacular... I wish you guys had the rights to all his music. I hate when labels milk one or two extra song on reduxes (cough)Universal/UMG(cough) for decades. I’ll never forget seeing New Moon and wondering “how did they squeeze 24 shoddy tracks out of his catalog? Must be a lot of live stuff....” then I looked at the song listing. Only KRS would release 24 studio tracks like that. Anyways. Thank you.🖤

You can't ask for more, knowing you 'll never get what you asked for

..church bells and now I’m awake so I guess it must be some kind of holiday..CAN ANYBODY OUT THERE SAY GENIUS..

This song says it all. I dedicate to a guy who messed me around. This song is for you L.

Favorite by him

This song is just too perfect 🥲

I wish time machines existed, he left us too soon. Im never gonna know you know you now but im gonna love you anyhow

This is so awesome 😎...

it'll all be yesteryear soon

All you aspired to do was endure You can't ask for more ask for more Knowing you'll never get that which you ask for So you cast your shadow everywhere like the man in the moon You start to drink and just want to continue It'll all be yesteryear soon You start to drink and just want to continue It'll all be yesteryear soon ...

Heartbreaking

3'33" Very intense. This guy is a genius, I love Mc Cartney and Dylan but he is above

Elliott just shat great songs out. He made it sound so easy.

Really? Buono! About time.

R.I.P you utter, utter God.

"Some day it will come to haunt you that you didn't tell him quite the truth.'

So I'm sad again. Oh, lord.

buena cancion este tambien es un temon de los mejores de este genio incomprendido

this was one of his earlier songs. its all about rejection and suicide. the ending he says he cant seem to join in the holiday celebration but that he is going to praise his maker which, turns out to be female. the final stanza where he repeats "and I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me" this she is either god as he knew it or perhaps his mother. either way, he seems to be hoping that either god never wakes him (Death) or his mother (Sleeping in to nurse a hangover). but why would he want his mother to NEVER wake him? the word NEVER implies an eternal request to not wake him, which to me, means death.

Elliott/Steven the sweet guy that loved to get in drunken brawls lol 😂

I hear The Jam toward the end

Beating the goddamn streets again. Keeps my mind off the shit I shouldn't dwell on. So sick of myself. If I do enough morphine i won't care any more.

wow

he remind me Curt Cobain in this song

You won

"One day it'll come to HAUNT you that you didn't tell him quite the truth." - Elliott Smith - nowhere the truth actually you embezzling liars.

Dark af

Personally i want to hear : I want her to tell me that she never loved me.

whole lore 💀

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Why is no one talking about that N BOMB at 3:24

This song sounds so Heatmiser! I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that Elliott stole this little piece of art from Heatmiser's repertoire.

Shouldn't be listening ahahah

So disappointing after hearing Either/Or ;/ Like not even 3 songs are melodic here. My fav: No name no.1

Genius. Real. Kicking,...first from the shit,...them from her.

Last call He was sick of it all Asleep at home Told you off and goodbye Well you know one day it'll come to haunt you That you didn't tell him quite the truth You're a crisis You're a icicle You're a tongueless talker You don't care what you say You're a jaywalker and you just just walk away And that's all you do The clap of the fading out sound of your shoes Made him wonder who he thought that he knew Last call He was sick of it all The endless stream of reminders Made him so sick of you sick of you sick of you Sick of your sound Sick of you coming around Trying to crawl under my skin When I already shed my best defence It comes out all around that you won And I think I'm all done You can switch me off safely While I'm lying here waiting for sleep to overtake me Yeah yeah you're still here but just check to make sure All you aspired to do was endure You can't ask for more ask for none Knowing you'll never get that which you ask for So you cast your shadow everywhere like the man in the moon You start to drink you just want to continue It'll all be yesteryear soon You start to drink you just want to continue It'll all be yesteryear soon Church bells and now I'm awake and I guess it must be some kind of holiday I can't seen to join in the celebration But I'll go to the service And I'll go to pray And I'll sing the praises of my maker's name Like I was as good as she made me And I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me I wanted her to tell me that she would never wake me I'm lying here waiting for sleep to over take me