 Genius Meanings
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Nirvana – Pennyroyal Tea
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“Pennyroyal Tea” was due to be released as the third single from In Utero in April 1994. However, after the death of Cobain in the same month, the planned release was abandoned
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Nirvana – Pennyroyal Tea (Live In Los Angeles, Great Western Forum - December 30, 1993)
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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 – Pennyroyal Tea (Rehearsal)
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[Intro] / Kurt, we have to do that, uh, power chord version again / [Verse 1] / I'm on my time with everyone / I have very bad posture / [Chorus] / Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
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Nirvana – Pennyroyal Tea (MTV Unplugged)
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The Steve Albini-recorded studio version of “Pennyroyal Tea” was originally released on 1993’s In Utero, Nirvana’s final studio album before Cobain’s death, and had been set to
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Nirvana – Pennyroyal Tea (Live & Loud)
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[Verse 1] / I'm on my time with everyone / I have very bad posture / [Chorus] / Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea / Distill the life that's inside of me / Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
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Heart-Shaped Tracks (Ft. Bananeira Brass Band & Tuyo) – Pennyroyal Tea
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I'm on my time with everyone / I have very bad posture / Sit and drink pennyroyal tea / Distill the life that's inside of me / Sit and drink pennyroyal tea / I'm anemic royalty
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Nirvana – Dumb
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Melody Maker, in their August 21, 1993 interview with Kurt Cobain, explained:
The lyric for “Dumb” seems peculiarly direct, a song about life’s simple, silly little pleasures
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Nirvana – I Hate Myself and Want to Die
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The original name for In Utero was in fact “I Hate Myself and Want to Die,” which was Kurt’s typical response to those asking him, “How are you?” However, before the release
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Manic Street Preachers – Penny Royalty
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I'm on my time with everyone / I have a very bad posture / Sit and drink pennyroyal tea / Distill the life inside of me / Sit and drink pennyroyal tea / I'm anemic royalty / Give
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Nirvana – Moist Vagina (2023 Remaster)
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[Verse 1] / She has a moist vagina / I particularly enjoyed the circumference / [Pre-Chorus] / I've been sucking walls of her anus / Anilingus / I prefer her to any other / [Chorus
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Nirvana – Moist Vagina (2023 Remaster)
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[Verse 1] / She has a moist vagina / I particularly enjoyed the circumference / [Pre-Chorus] / I've been sucking walls of her anus / Anilingus / I prefer her to any other / [Chorus
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Nirvana – Serve The Servants (2023 Remaster)
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Teenage angst has paid off well / Now I'm bored and old / Self-appointed judges judge / More than they have sold / If she floats then she is not / A witch like we've thought / A
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Nirvana – The Man Who Sold the World
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A song originally by David Bowie that Kurt Cobain and Nirvana played at their famous MTV Unplugged show. The song’s main character, a man who felt like he had sold his soul and
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Nirvana – Milk It (2023 Remaster)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / I am my own parasite / I don't need a host to live / We feed off of each other / We can share our endorphins / [Pre-Chorus] / Doll steak! / Test
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Nirvana – On A Plain (Live In Seattle, Seattle Center Arena - January 7, 1994)
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[Verse 1] / I'll start this off without any words / I got so high, I scratched 'til I bled / Love myself better than you / I know it's wrong, so what should I do? / The finest day
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Nirvana – Breed (Live In Seattle, Seattle Center Arena - January 7, 1994)
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[Verse 1] / I don't care, I don't care, I don't care / I don't care, care, care if it's old / I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind / I don't mind, mind, don't have a mind / Get
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Nirvana – Marigold (2023 Remaster)
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[Pre-Chorus] / He's there in case I want it all / He's scared 'cause I want / He's scared in case I want it all / He's scared 'cause I want / [Chorus] / All in all the clock is
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Nirvana – Sappy (2023 Remaster)
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[Verse 1] / And if you save yourself / You will make him happy / He'll keep you in a jar / And you'll think you're happy / He'll give you breathing holes / And you'll think you're
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Nirvana – Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip (2023 Remaster)
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[Verse 1] / It hurts when you have to press that dull little thing / That you're only supposed to use once and then discard / Where do you put it? In the garbage can, my honest
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Kurt Cobain – Rhesus Monkey
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Why does Leoda swing and straddle the tired little rhesus monkey? / Collecting figurines with long John Silvers / Shish Kabobs in the relatives of rhesus Monkey / Who are see, here
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Nirvana – Lake of Fire
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A song originally written and performed by the Meat Puppets. Nirvana covered it while performing at MTV unplugged in New York.
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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 – All Apologies - Original Steve Albini 1993 Mix
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[Verse 1] / What else should I be? All apologies / What else could I say? Everyone is gay / What else could I write? I don't have the right / What else should I be? All apologies
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Nirvana – Anorexorcist
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“Anorexorcist” was recorded on May 6, 1987 at Nirvana’s first radio session.
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Nirvana – Dumb - 2013 Mix
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[Verse 1] / I'm not like them / But I can pretend / The sun is gone / But I have a light / The day is done / But I'm having fun / I think I'm dumb / [Chorus 1] / Or maybe just
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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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