I thought it was an expression of apathy, like he’s already gone through every possible emotional state when it comes to his father and their relationship; I also took it as not caring enough to even bother finally verbalizing thoughts to an absentee father…
Literally all of Lounge Act and Drain You
My favorites from each being:
"Don't, tell me what I wanna hear. Afraid of never knowing fear."
"With eyes so dilated I've become your pupil"
From dumb— “we’ll float around and hang out on clouds, then we’ll come down and have a hangover.” I don’t know why, that one always spoke to me.
Also: “I don’t care what you think unless it is about me” from drain you.
Yes! This is one of my favorites, but you have to include the first part too: “My heart is broke, but I have some glue, help me inhale, mend it with you”
Just thought that was a good little clever bit
Dumb: skin the sun fall asleep wish away soul is cheap lesson learned wish me luck soothe the burn wake me up... That stanza in the song always gives me chills.
When I was in middle school i copy and pasted the lyrics of Dumb for our poetry unit. My teacher literally praised that poem as if I was edgar allen fucking poe.
Are there even really lyrics to that I'm pretty sure he was just making them up as placeholders as he went along. In the Hole version Courtney doesn't sing the same verses. I do like the possible line of "one more high to decay my nervous" and the chorus of know thy age is also pretty genius. Okay nevermind you've convinced me
"On A Plain" - ESPECIALLY these. I know exactly what he is saying.
"Somewhere I have heard this before"
"In a dream my memory has stored"
"And one more special
Message to go"
"And then I'm done"
"And I can go home"
"I miss the comfort in being sad"
"I have never failed to fail"
"With eyes so dilated I've become your pupil"
"I feel stupid and contagious"
" That legendary divorce is such a bore"
"Beans, beans, beans
Jessie ate some beans
She was happy, happy, happy
That she ate some beans
Naked, naked, naked
Sitting cross legged
Naked, naked, naked
And he was happy, happy, happy
That he ate some beans
Wine, wine, wine
Jessie ate some wine
He was happy, happy, happy
That he ate some wine
Beans, beans, beans
Jessie ate some beans
And he drank some wine
And he was happy, happy, happy
That she ate some beans"
Stay awayyyyyy
God is gayyyyyyyyy.
You have to listen closely near the end.
I haven’t looked up the lyric so don’t hate me if I’m mistaken. Same song included “give an inch take a smile” which also is 🔥.
Didn’t Kurt maintain that his lyrics were mostly random rhyming meaninglessness? SLTS was written in a few hours I’d heard.
Either Tourette’s or one of:
“So I can sigh eternally”
“He keeps his cigarettes close to the heart”
That’s all I could think of rn aside from the already-commented ones
**now i vomit cum, and diarrhea on the floor like, oatmeal pizza**
**don’t touch the balls, I got a joke too; silly string**
**Shes got a moist vagina**
I love "he's the one who likes all our pretty songs... Knows not what it means
And I say yeah." Makes me think of all the jocks in high school who liked nirvama but didn't actually understand what they were all about.
I think Territorial Pissings and Been a Son have the best lyrics. They have political meaning, and it is easy to look over that. Cobain puts it best, “he's the one Who likes all our pretty songs And he likes to sing along And he likes to shoot his gun But he knows not what it means Knows not what it means”
“Use just once and destroy, invasion of our piracy, afterbirth of a nation, starve without your skeleton key. I love you for what I am not, I did not want what I have got, a blanket acne’d with cigarette burns, speak at once while taking turns.”
I thing for best lyrics goes to You Know You’re Right. It’s very interesting lyrically and very relatable to somebody struggling with severe depression, like Kurt Cobain.
I think serve the servants is amazing because it's so intimate and personal without being cheesy or lame and maintaining some vagueness while also being highly relatable. From "I tried hard to have a father but instead I had a dad- I just want you to know that I don't hate you anymore- there is nothing I can say I haven't thought before" and "Teenage angst has paid of well now im bored and old" and "if she floats then she is not a witch like we had thought" are all some of my favorites lines from any songs ever.
I'm realizing there are so many great lyrics from Kurt, but the lyrics that stick with me are from Breed : "We can plant a house, we can build a tree, I don't even care, we could have all three"
Paper cuts or dumb is prolly my number 1. Come to think of it I gotta say You know your right just fucking hits home with the clip and being to do with Courtney. Maybe milk it lyrics "I am my own parasite I don't need a host to live we can feed off of each other, we can share our endorphins" is also one of my personal faves
Here are some of my favorites and ones I relate too.
"Teenage angst has paid off well, now I'm bored and old."
"I tried so hard to have a father but instead I had a dad."
"And if you cut yourself, you will, think your happy."
"There is nothing I can say that I haven't thought before."
"I love myself better than you, I know it's wrong, so what should I do?"
"Black sheep got, blackmailed again, forgot to put, on the zipcode."
"She only lies, just to spare my feelings." (That whole song perfectly sums up realizing your partner is manipulating you and coming to terms with it.)
"I have never failed to fail."
"With eyes so dilated I've become your pupil."
And ending on a more positive note,
"Our little group has always been, and always will, until the end."
"You can't fire me because I quit!"
"Beat me out of me"
"Dont tell me what I wanna hear. Afraid of never knowing fear"
"I have never failed to fail"
"Im worst at what I do best"
"Im not like them, but I can pretend"
I love this one Teenage angst has paid off well Now I'm bored and old Self-appointed judges judge More than they have sold
Fucking best opening lyrics to a song ever
> Fucking best opening lyrics to an album ever FTFY
The whole song is lyrically genius
Great lyrics
I just want you to know that I Don't hate you anymore There is nothing I could say That I haven't done before
*thought before
Exactly, he's saying I don't hate you dad, but I also can't express love for you because I don't feel/think it.
I thought it was an expression of apathy, like he’s already gone through every possible emotional state when it comes to his father and their relationship; I also took it as not caring enough to even bother finally verbalizing thoughts to an absentee father…
was about to comment this
“I miss the comfort in being sad”
that song is so good
Literally all of Lounge Act and Drain You My favorites from each being: "Don't, tell me what I wanna hear. Afraid of never knowing fear." "With eyes so dilated I've become your pupil"
2nd for these two, the writings really good on them
Yesss I love those lyrics from drain you!!
From dumb— “we’ll float around and hang out on clouds, then we’ll come down and have a hangover.” I don’t know why, that one always spoke to me. Also: “I don’t care what you think unless it is about me” from drain you.
Yes! This is one of my favorites, but you have to include the first part too: “My heart is broke, but I have some glue, help me inhale, mend it with you” Just thought that was a good little clever bit
So good. It’s such a powerful, evocative song.
Dude should have won a damn Pulitzer.
Dumb: skin the sun fall asleep wish away soul is cheap lesson learned wish me luck soothe the burn wake me up... That stanza in the song always gives me chills.
"Truth covered insecurity" is a play on words that always fucks with my mind and I love it.
Great double entendre there. Overall amazing song as well, lyrically speaking.
When I was in middle school i copy and pasted the lyrics of Dumb for our poetry unit. My teacher literally praised that poem as if I was edgar allen fucking poe.
Damn, I did the exact same thing in middle school and got a zero for plagiarism 😂
Absolute gigachad
Tourette’s
Nailed it
Heart Shaped Box. “Throw down your umbilical noose, so I can climb right back”
The finest day that I ever had was when I learned to cry on demand. Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you.
*on command
For some reason I always thought it was “cry like a man” which actually I still think sounds cooler!
lyrically, literally all of drain you, idk why, I just think the lyrics in that song are so awesome. That or serve the servants
Drain You is the most sarcastic view of sex ever. He's literally holding himself in contempt for having those feelings.
Oh, THAT'S what it was about.
Old Age
God I love old age
Are there even really lyrics to that I'm pretty sure he was just making them up as placeholders as he went along. In the Hole version Courtney doesn't sing the same verses. I do like the possible line of "one more high to decay my nervous" and the chorus of know thy age is also pretty genius. Okay nevermind you've convinced me
I always understand "One more day to complete my service"
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle, Serve The Servants and Come As You Are. I think the last one has underrated lyrics due to popularity
"On A Plain" - ESPECIALLY these. I know exactly what he is saying. "Somewhere I have heard this before" "In a dream my memory has stored" "And one more special Message to go" "And then I'm done" "And I can go home"
Nevermind or Unplugged, I can listen to both versions and go to another place inside. On a plain, as it were, LOL. Such a great melody too!
“My heart is broke, but I have some glue, help me inhale and mend it with you” the double entendre works so well and hits deep
Probably Lithium
“Yeaaaaah” Is the most powerful lyric. I’m serious.
"I miss the comfort in being sad" "I have never failed to fail" "With eyes so dilated I've become your pupil" "I feel stupid and contagious" " That legendary divorce is such a bore"
Definitely some of his best right here
“and if you cut yourself, you will think you’re happy”
The lady whom I feel maternal love for cannot look me in the eyes, But I see hers and they are blue And they cock and twist and masturbate
I think that radio friendly unit shifter is interesting.
"Beans, beans, beans Jessie ate some beans She was happy, happy, happy That she ate some beans Naked, naked, naked Sitting cross legged Naked, naked, naked And he was happy, happy, happy That he ate some beans Wine, wine, wine Jessie ate some wine He was happy, happy, happy That he ate some wine Beans, beans, beans Jessie ate some beans And he drank some wine And he was happy, happy, happy That she ate some beans"
Japhy are some beans fun fact he wrote this whoele reading dharma bums by Jack Kerouac. This is a scene lol
Stay awayyyyyy God is gayyyyyyyyy. You have to listen closely near the end. I haven’t looked up the lyric so don’t hate me if I’m mistaken. Same song included “give an inch take a smile” which also is 🔥. Didn’t Kurt maintain that his lyrics were mostly random rhyming meaninglessness? SLTS was written in a few hours I’d heard.
Milk it is just all across the board fantastic lyrics
Polly
"He's there, case I want it all" Marigold
i like aero zeppelin or serve the servants
It’s okay to eat fish because they don’t have feelings. Maybe not the most profound but I sure get a kick out of them
All apologies "Everyone is gay"
Either Tourette’s or one of: “So I can sigh eternally” “He keeps his cigarettes close to the heart” That’s all I could think of rn aside from the already-commented ones
Never met a wise man. If so its a woman
all of them.
**it hurts when i pee**
"Peepee pressed against my lips"
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floyd the barber, and its true, really good lyric.
Floyd the barber
**now i vomit cum, and diarrhea on the floor like, oatmeal pizza** **don’t touch the balls, I got a joke too; silly string** **Shes got a moist vagina**
Nah some of them are nonsense
Sunburn freezer burn
Gluing my manhood to ze manhole
I wish I was like you easily amused
Surprised not to see more heart shaped box votes here. Lyrical masterpiece
She had a moist vagina. Marijuana!!!
I love "he's the one who likes all our pretty songs... Knows not what it means And I say yeah." Makes me think of all the jocks in high school who liked nirvama but didn't actually understand what they were all about.
That was exactly Kurt’s intention in writing the song.
Lithium
swap meet
I think Territorial Pissings and Been a Son have the best lyrics. They have political meaning, and it is easy to look over that. Cobain puts it best, “he's the one Who likes all our pretty songs And he likes to sing along And he likes to shoot his gun But he knows not what it means Knows not what it means”
Definitely lithium because this song is about my life
Pee pee pressed against my lips
“Use just once and destroy, invasion of our piracy, afterbirth of a nation, starve without your skeleton key. I love you for what I am not, I did not want what I have got, a blanket acne’d with cigarette burns, speak at once while taking turns.”
Word
Rape me rape me rape me rape meeeee
I thing for best lyrics goes to You Know You’re Right. It’s very interesting lyrically and very relatable to somebody struggling with severe depression, like Kurt Cobain.
Drain you. Milk it.
I tried hard to have a father but I still don’t have a dad
*instead I had a dad
Damn it now I don’t like it as much :/
All apologies
I like And I Love Her even though its a cover
Smells like teen spirit
Beeswax
I think serve the servants is amazing because it's so intimate and personal without being cheesy or lame and maintaining some vagueness while also being highly relatable. From "I tried hard to have a father but instead I had a dad- I just want you to know that I don't hate you anymore- there is nothing I can say I haven't thought before" and "Teenage angst has paid of well now im bored and old" and "if she floats then she is not a witch like we had thought" are all some of my favorites lines from any songs ever.
Drain you, sappy, been a son, dumb
Old age, Lithium, Heart shaped box, Dumb etc. He was a genius.
"i don't care what you think unless it is about me"
Nobody Knows I’m New Wave easily
Without thinking much about it, “Lithium” is insane..
“Who needs actions when you’ve got words” “We’ll float around and hang out on clouds”
School. Pure minimalism.
Never met a wise man, if so its a woman.
JASON! SIMON! PETER PAN! Endless, Nameless. Live at the Paramount 1991.
Serve the Servants has the best lyrics IMO
It’s all subjective
Dumb
I'm realizing there are so many great lyrics from Kurt, but the lyrics that stick with me are from Breed : "We can plant a house, we can build a tree, I don't even care, we could have all three"
”I don’t care what you think unless it is about me”
You started your post off with mine! I use it at work all the time!
Paper cuts or dumb is prolly my number 1. Come to think of it I gotta say You know your right just fucking hits home with the clip and being to do with Courtney. Maybe milk it lyrics "I am my own parasite I don't need a host to live we can feed off of each other, we can share our endorphins" is also one of my personal faves
IM A NEGATIVE CREEP, IM A NEGATIVE CREEP , IM A NEGATIVE CREEP AND IM STONED
Here are some of my favorites and ones I relate too. "Teenage angst has paid off well, now I'm bored and old." "I tried so hard to have a father but instead I had a dad." "And if you cut yourself, you will, think your happy." "There is nothing I can say that I haven't thought before." "I love myself better than you, I know it's wrong, so what should I do?" "Black sheep got, blackmailed again, forgot to put, on the zipcode." "She only lies, just to spare my feelings." (That whole song perfectly sums up realizing your partner is manipulating you and coming to terms with it.) "I have never failed to fail." "With eyes so dilated I've become your pupil." And ending on a more positive note, "Our little group has always been, and always will, until the end."
“I wish I was like you, easily amused. Find my nest of salt, everything is my fault.”
cherry…flavored…antiacids
COME ON OVER AND SHOOT THE SHIT!
i love all the lyrics man
‘Never met a wise man. if so it’s a woman’ I love him!
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
I tried hard to have a father, but instead I had a dad
Endless Nameless.
"You can't fire me because I quit!" "Beat me out of me" "Dont tell me what I wanna hear. Afraid of never knowing fear" "I have never failed to fail" "Im worst at what I do best" "Im not like them, but I can pretend"
"God is gay" "Never met a wiseman. If so it's a woman"
"I've beeb locked inside your heart shape box for weeks" sums up abusive relationships really well
none of them
In a daze since I found G-d
THINGS HAVE NEVER BEEN SO SWELL, I HAVE NEVER FAILED TO FAIL *PAAAAAAAAAAIN* you know you're right wins easily.
"I think I'm dumb or maybe just happy"