Nirvana – Downer

My InterpretationPortray sincerity
Act out of loyalty
Defend your free country
Wish away the pain
Hand out lobotomies
To save little families
Surrealistic fantasy
Bland boring plain
(Describes the Kennedy family and Frances Farmer, JFK's death and the need for a Vietnam war to carry out the cold war but not being epic enough)

Hold me down in restitution (Surrendering after a struggle)
Living out your date with fusion (Implies forces at work that are predetermined)
Is the whole fleece shun in master? (A sense of duty from higher power)
Don't feel guilty, master writing (Deism)

Somebody thought that they're not much like I am
I know I can
Make enough of the words you go along
I sing your song
(Trying to empathize and ultimately epitomize with the audience)

Sickening pessimist hypocrite master
(Corrupt Nanny State; do as I say not as I do with a malicious medical theme)
Conservative communist apocalyptic bastard
(An absolute authoritarian state; the mark of the beast is proposing all mankind be connected through implanted scan-able microchips banking and religion)
Thank you dear God for putting me on this earth (damnation)
I feel very privileged in debt for my thirst
(I feel very frivolous. death in mind, Nurse!)

Living in a society where your born into debt is why this song is called downer because a free country wouldn't need defending. An obligation to serve yet the the true purpose is evil

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  @jakelisten Actually a great analysis for once, although you got one lyric wrong, unless the one at the top is wrong "I sing your song". I got Bleach on vinyl and unfortunately like Nevermind, no lyric insert.

  Flag psioniczon December 03, 2016  

General CommentKurt Cobains Attempt at a Political Song.

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  @Stevierrw

General Commentalso frances farmer wrote an essay in school that won her a competition and made people think she was an aetheist and a communist you should read into her very intresting story.

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  @She

General Commentwoooh this song rokks rather lots =)

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  @rokker_fairy

General CommentI think these lyrics are incorrect. Bland, boring, plain - should be the last line of the first paragraph, there are probably more wrong lyrics,but im not goin to point them out. "bad boy, fight." i dont think so.

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  @floppy

General CommentI agree on the lyrics. This was originally one of Kurt's "Fecal Matter" songs, it is the Bleach song with the longest history

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  @RehersedInsanity

General CommentThis is possibly my favourite Nirvana song, but some of the lyrics are definitely wrong. Of course, Kurt's lyrics are ofter hard to decipher. This is an example of his perfect genius.

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  @Lougolas

General Commenti didnt even know the lyrics till i got the book.......good book....i read it in a day......yea the song kicks ass........the way he sings it kinda reminds me of what someone would think an acid trip would be like

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  acid trip...what?

  Flag bombignantson February 23, 2010  

General Commenti didnt even know the lyrics till i got the book.......good book....i read it in a day......yea the song kicks ass........the way he sings it kinda reminds me of what someone would think an acid trip would be like

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  @gimmie an f

General Commentyes, these lyrics are slightly off...
"bland boring plain" and
"make enough of the words for you to follow along, I sink and then some"
should be the right lyrics.

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