One of the reasons Nirvana was so popular was because of their message. They "speak out" to the youth of their generation and still have a voice in ours.
| "Pick me
pick me yeah, let a long low single, at least at least yeah everyone is
hollow, pick me pick me yeah everyone is waiting."- Dive
Dive is just a whole bunch of lyrics thrown together. It would relate to anyone if they thought about it enough. |
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| "He's the
one who likes all our happy songs and he likes to sing along and he likes
to shoot his gun but he knows not what it means and i say yeah"-In
The Bloom
This song talks about people that listen to music for the wrong reason. Kurt wanted to picture a middle age white male shooting his gun because he is bored. |
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"It isn't
me we have some seed let me clip your dirty wings let me take a ride don't
hurt yourself i want some help to please myself, I've got some rope you
have been told I promise you I have been true"-Polly
This song is based on a fourteen year old girls kidnapping and torture. |
| "Teenage
angst has paid off well now, I'm bored and old self appointed judges judge
more than they sold"-Serve the Servants
This song deals with all of Nirvana's experiences, and the media's "witch hunt" on Courtney Love. |
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"I'm not
like them but i can pretend, the sun is gone but i have a light the day is
done and I'm having fun i think im dumb or maybe just happy" -Dumb
This song deals with some of Kurt's drug problems but for the most part it talks about ignorance being bliss. About being carefree because you are ingnorant. |
| "One more
special message to go and tehn im done then i can go home im on a
plain i can't complain im on a plain i can't complain"-On a Plain
On a plain is a whole bunch of poetry lines that Kurt just put together in a song. None of the lines have any sor of relation. |
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| "I'll
take advantage while you hang me out to dry but i can't see you every
night free"- About A Girl
This song was written about Kurt's girlfriend Tracy when she threattened to kick him out if he did not get a job. |
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"When my
feeding time comes she push food through the door I crawl towards the
crackof light"-Paper Cuts
These lyrics deal with a few things. For the most part it talks about a family Kurt knew growing up. The parents locked their children in the closet, the other half deals with Kurt's parents and their neglect for him. |
| "Load up
on guns and bring your friends its fun to lose and to pretend she
overboard and self assured oh no, I know a dirty word" -Smells
Like Teen Spirit
This song was written to attack a generation. Some people belive it also shows how Kurt was not self confident and how he is suggesting that he has never won anything before. |
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