Smells Like Teen Spirit (Box Set version) Lyrics

Come out and play
Make up the rules
I know I hope
To die the truth
It's all a day
I want from you
I don't know
A light
A way to go
want from you
Hello, hello, hello, how low

I'm a liar
And I'm famous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A libido
An albino
A mulatto
A mosquito
Here we are now
Entertain us
We're so stupid
And I'm famous

Yeah
Hey

Come out and take
A time from you
And no I don't
Mind I do
And I'm away from her
I feel alone and sad
And free from me

Come out and play
Take out your clothes
Forgot the rules
I'll see you in court
Another night
Afraid of you
I'm not a lie
The same as you
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Whoo! First to comment and I actually put this up so yay.

Uhm, this song, if you listen to it, is more garage-sounding and all together WAAAY more awesome and less commercial than the other Teen Spirit. I think it shows way more emotion. To me, it's about people who go crazy at parties, or something like that. Or "scene" people who think they're so awesome, but really, they're just stupid or shallow.

As I said, I think this version of the song better comes through on the actual meanings of the song. If you haven't listened to it, but like the other Teen Spirit, I highly reccomend you listen to this version.

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this version is a better then the studio ver cause this is what kurt wanted the lyrics to be and it wasnt good enough for them bastards sub pop so he had to change them

It wasn't Sub Pop, it was DGC. That's part of the issue: they were on a major label, the label didn't like it, so they had to change it.

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this lyrics are fuckin awsome but a dont have the chance to listen to it please somebody tell me where i can download SLTS with this lyrics!!!!!

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Its about the shallow people who posted the 1000 comments on the other version of SLTS this is about coming out-I.E Kurt was all for gay pride but also coming of corporate America and making up the rules forgetting everything and living life the free way its like Kurt wishes it could be that way for 1 day just a day and he would be happy. Kurt has alot of mixed messages but they are never as deep as they seem.

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I love going, "Wanna listen to Smells Like Teen Spirit?" to all those "Teen Spirit" Nirvana fans and then blasting this one. I think this one is a more real version of what the other one was trying to say and Kurt's view on his own popularity "we're so stupid/ and we're famous" and stuff. But, as the person above me said, he sent a lot of mixed messages but they weren't as deep as people dig them out to be.

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umm im pretty sure your retarded if your not kiddingabout them comming out of retirement. Kurt is dead sadly but his music lives on and they will be one of thoses bands that everyone listens to for generations

One thing about this song tho is after it became soo famous they hated it because thats all people would think of when they heard nirvana so i think they changed it on the box set because they hated how much attention it got before and they wanted to make it saound better so the people who acctualy apreciated there music could enjoy it more

thats what i think anyways

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oh yea and nirnana IS NOT POP!!!!!! they were Grunge or some people call them 90's punk or just rock

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http://www.purevolume.com/_sean_hogan

I figured that true fans of music would search out this version of the song; I hope that you will take what I've made for what it is.

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I like this version of Teen Spirit. This version was played at the OK Hotel in Seattle on April 17, 1991, with Kurt also playing "Come As You Are", alongside Bikini Kill (whose lead singer, Tobi Vail, was Kurt's girlfriend at the time). There are different lyrics in this version, which I like better than the original.

If they took this version and made it studio-quality, it would be twice as better as the Nevermind SLTS.

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i hate u screed