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| Nirvana – Scoff Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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I read so many weird interpretations of this and it's pretty simple: His partner finds him young and immature and not worth keeping a relationship with. and he doesn't see himself as lazy or that the relationship is over. He does not express the same dissatisfaction as the older partner is exposing and, frustrated or embarrassed by the mentioned faults by the older girlfriend, he rushes for the alcohol. He is bargaining for her love, "give me all your (love)". He screams frustrated and says expletives (F word). For Kurt, his relationship to Tracy had one of the factors that could predict a breakup which is age difference and he seemed to feel incompetent to be reminded of it. That's what I feel here. |
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| Nirvana – Clean Up Before She Comes Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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Some comment below said this song was sexual and I somewhat agree: Kurt may have a juvenile repudiation for dusting and cleaning and loathes his condition as the subject of Tracy's maternal instincts (that he absolutely CRAVES at the same time) but in the end there is the anticipation of every young man that his girlfriend -a woman- might come home soon (he's excited!) so he cleans the house in order not to cause her upset or discomfort. He likes women's eyes and wonders that he might not be polluting them with his presence. So he cleans. For her. He may have a now-famous juvenile repudiation for greens but under the influence of this female companion he ultimately obliges. He protests all these things like a boy but also learns it is beneficial to him and consolidates her female attention ("I must be getting older"). The vocal harmonies are not sung with angst but with rising anticipation and the words "She comes" are elongated and suspended. Something good is coming up, after all, and that is gets excited for. She allows him to create, so he created a clean space for her, unlike their dusty town. That's what I think. |
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