Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands Lyrics - Elliot Smith

Everybody cares, everybody understands 

Yes, everybody cares about you 

Yeah and whether or not you want them to 

It's a chemical embrace that kicks you in the head 

To a pure synthetic sympathy that infuriates you totally 

And a quiet lie that makes you wanna scream and shout 

So here I lay dreaming looking at the brilliant sun 

Raining, it's guiding light upon everyone 

For a moment's rest you can lean against the banister 

After running upstairs again and again 

From wherever they came to fix you in 

But always fear city's finest follow right behind 

You got a pretty vision in your head 

A pencil full of poison lead 

And a sickened smile illegal in every town 

So here I lay dreaming looking at the brilliant sun 

Raining, it's guiding light upon everyone 

Here I lay dreaming looking at the brilliant sun 

Raining, it's guiding light upon everyone 

You say you mean well, you don't know what you mean 

You fucking ought to stay the hell away 

From things you know nothing about