i'm only upvoting for elliott's original version. garneau just doesn't cut if for me on this one, even though he sounds like St. Vincent when he sings in falsetto (which i actually think is kinda creepy)

My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--
It gives a lovely light!

- First Fig, by Edna St. Vincent Millay.