Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Swing swing up and down,
Turn turn turn around,
Round round round and about and over again.
Gun gun son of a gun,
You are the only one,
And no one else can take my place.
The sun shines in the bedroom when you play,
And the raining always starts when you go away.
Turn turn turn around,
Round round round and about and over again.
Gun gun son of a gun,
You are the only one,
And no one else can take my place.
The sun shines in the bedroom when you play,
And the raining always starts when you go away.
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This songs so pretty:)...i think its about like ur first love and the 'Swing swing up and down, Turn turn turn around, Round round round and about and over again.' is a reference to alot of sex, like ina new relationship...the chorus so so sweet
How come nobody said anything about this song??? It´s great, i love it, I can´t help seeing life happier every time i listen to it. If I had my life done in a movie, this song would be in the soundtrack!
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This is yet another example of a good song that most people think Nirvana wrote thanks to unplugged but like most of the songs he covered (especially Plateau by the Meat Puppets) the original is amazingly better (not that I don't love Nirvana.) This song reminds me of my high school sweatheart.
Son of a Gun isn't on Unplugged. Also, Kurt was pretty vocal about his love of The Vaselines; I think most people who have heard the Nirvana version know they didn't write it. I agree with Whiskeyclonehotel, I think it's about sex.
bedroom rockin', perfect amateurism.
could this be about masturbation?
I think the interpretations about the song being about sex and love are probably right. Personally I like to listen to this song interpreted as a making babies song where the sex has actually ended up to a situation where a baby has been conceived, born and is now a toddler turning, swinging, going round, playing in the bedroom. Seen like this it's an extremely joyful song, full of warmth and happiness, joy that one hopefully experiences with one's spouse while making babies, and then when one watches the priceless end result playing and growing. Probably it's just meant to be a song of wild sex, though :)