 Genius Lyrics
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Nirvana – Downer
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Kurt said about this song:
I was trying to be Mr. Black Flag punk-rock guy… I didn’t know what I was talking about.
“Downer” is actually the only song to emerge from his Fecal
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Nirvana – Downer (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Portray sincerity / Act out of loyalty / Defend your true country / Wish away the pain / Hand out lobotomies / To save little families / Surrealistic fantasy / Bland
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The Saddest Landscape – Downer
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[Verse 1] / Portray sincerity / Act out of loyalty / Defend your free country / Wish away the pain / Hand out lobotomies / To save little families / Surrealistic fantasy / Bland
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Nirvana – Aneurysm
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“Aneurysm” was recorded on November 9, 1991, on BBC Radio 1 with Mark Goodier. According to LiveNIRVANA.com, these lyrics allude to the first time Kurt Cobain hung out with Tobi
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Nirvana – Aneurysm (B-Side)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Pre-Chorus] / Come on over, do the twist, aha / Overdo it and have a fit, aha / Come on over, Shoot The Shit! aha / Love you so much, it makes me sick, aha
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Nirvana – Drain You (Demo)
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One baby to another says I'm lucky to have met you / I don't care what you think unless it is about me / It is now my duty to completely drain you / I travel through a tube and end
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Nirvana – Blew
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“Blew” is the first ever original single released by the hit grunge band, Nirvana. The song was written and recorded in 1988 and was often performed live. It quickly became a
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Nirvana – Sliver
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“Sliver” is about a child whose parents are going to a show, so they drop him off at his grandparents' house. It features drummer Dan Peters of Mudhoney, while the music video
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Nirvana – School
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The fourth track on Nirvana’s debut album Bleach, “School” masterfully infuses simplistic yet all-telling and somewhat indulgent lyrics and a hard hitting riff with an unmistakable
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Nirvana – Do Re Mi
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“Do Re Mi” is one of the last-known songs written by Kurt Cobain before his death in April 1994.
Cobain’s widow, Courtney Love, described the song in a 1994 Rolling Stone
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Nirvana – Even In His Youth (Demo)
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Even in his youth / Even in his youth / Even in his youth / He was nothing / Kept his body clean / Kept his body clean / Kept his body clean / Going nowhere / Daddy was ashamed
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Nirvana – Serve The Servants (Solo Acoustic)
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[Mid-Chorus] / Serve the servants, oh no / Serve the servants, oh no / [Post-Chorus] / If I see you're moving me / You'll kill me / [Verse] / If you need to set me be / You lost to
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Nirvana – Aero Zeppelin
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This song’s title fuses the name of two huge hard rock bands of the 70s: Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin. The lyrics are mainly about the trendiness of big showy metal acts, making fun
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Nirvana – Dive
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“Dive” was the second song on the setlist Nirvana played during the Smart Studio sessions from April 2 to 6, 1990. It was planned to be released on Sheep, which would have been
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Nirvana – Beeswax
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“Beeswax” was recorded on January 23, 1988 in a recording session for Nirvana’s first studio demo tape.
The lyrics are not only utterly bizarre, filled with violent sexual imagery
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Nirvana – About a Girl
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According to Chad Channing, Nirvana’s drummer around the time of Bleach, Cobain didn’t have a title for the song when he first brought it into the studio. When asked what it was
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Nirvana – Very Ape (Solo Acoustic)
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[Verse 1] / It's your heaven / It's your oven / It's your tired / It's a new way to make things used / It's in heaven if you never can find out / [Refrain] / Haven't you seen / I
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Nirvana – Dive (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Pick me, pick me, yeah / Let along your signal / At ease, at ease, yeah / Everyone is hollow / Your glass, I gasp, yeah / Everyone is playing / Pick me, pick me, yeah
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Nirvana – Dive (Live at Pine Street Theatre)
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A slightly earlier/ live version of the “Dive” you hear in Incesticide where this one seems to have this Lisa person that was completely absent from the Incesticide version.
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Nirvana – Intro (Live at Pine Street Theatre)
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Good Evening! / We're Nirvana / It's great to be in the wonderful town of Portland Oregon! / Yeah!
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Nirvana – Pennyroyal Tea (Solo Acoustic)
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[Verse 1] / I'm on my time with everyone / I have very bad posture / [Chorus 1] / Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea / Distill the life that's inside of me / Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
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Nirvana – Lithium - Live Solo Acoustic
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[Verse 1] / I'm so happy 'cause today I found my friends, they're in my head / I'm so ugly, that's okay, 'cause so are you, we broke our mirrors / Sunday mornin' is every day for
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Nirvana – Blew - Live At The Paramount/1991
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[Verse 1] / Now if you wouldn't mind I would like to blew / And if you wouldn't mind I would like to lose / And If you wouldn't care I would like to leave / And If you wouldn't
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Nirvana – About a Girl (Live & Loud)
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[Verse 1] / I need an easy friend / I do, with an ear to lend / I do think you fit this shoe / I do, but you have a clue / [Chorus] / I'll take advantage while / You hang me out to
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Nirvana – Blew (Live at Pine Street Theatre)
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[Verse 1] / Now If you wouldn't mind I would like to blew / And if you wouldn't mind I would like to lose / And If you wouldn't care I would like to leave / And If you wouldn't
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Nirvana – Scoff (Live at Pine Street Theatre)
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[Verse 1] / In my eyes, I'm not lazy / In my face, it's not over / In your room, I'm not older / In your eyes, I'm not worth it / [Chorus] / Gimme back my alcohol / Gimme back my
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Nirvana – Been A Son (Live at Pine Street Theatre)
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[Verse 1] / She should have stayed away from friends / She should have had more time to spend / She should have died when she was born / She should have worn the crown of thorns
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Nirvana – Floyd The Barber (Live at Pine Street Theatre)
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[Verse 1] / Bell on door clanks, come on in / Floyd observes my hairy chin / Sit down chair, don't be afraid / Steamed hot towel on my face / [Chorus] / I was shaved / I was shaved
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Nirvana – About A Girl - Live At The Paramount/1991
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[Verse 1] / I need an easy friend / I do, with an ear to lend / I do think you fit this shoe / I do, but you have a clue / [Chorus] / I'll take advantage while / You hang me out to
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Nirvana – About A Girl (Home Demo)
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Oh / I do / Don't pin a note to me / I do promise to agree / I do live in constant fear / I do wonder why I'm here / And if you say I'm right / You'll hang me out to dry / But I
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Nirvana – Sappy
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“Sappy” appears to be a feminist song criticizing traditional gender roles in romantic heterosexual relationships. Some fans claim it is about a turtle as Kurt Cobain’s pet
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Nirvana – The Other Improv
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“The Other Improv” was recorded on January 19 to 21, 1993 while Nirvana was on tour in Brazil.
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