| Nirvana – You Know You're Right Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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@[kittysixx:48261] I loved this interpretation of the song, its probably the best I've seen and love how deeply you analysed everything I also had my own thoughts about the title that becomes frequently repetitive within the song, I thought it could have meant one of two things, now I know Kurt has said in interviews that many of his lyrics dint have a meaning and that it was often open to interpretation by the listeners of his music but sometimes without the intention he will have reflected his music off his state of mind at the time, so I believe it was either him repeating this phrase trying to reassure himself that killing himself and all these dark thoughts were the right choice and correct path to follow and convince himself that he was in his right mind while choosing his destiny. My other interpretation of the lyric 'You know your right' is that he was telling everyone else: Courtney, his bandmates trying to get him off heroin, the press (who had previously published news that him and Courtney were bad parents to their newborn and that he was unfit to be a parent to Francis - which I dont believe) etc, that they were all right, he sarcastically was repeating this with no genuine reasoning just trying to make them happy and get them off his case and just brush their opinions off as invalid because he knows that they think they right and there's no convincing them otherwise, so he might as well in his final time give them the satisfaction of what could convince those people that all their negative opinions about him were right because he even began to believe them himself. Final comment is that these replies have really shown me other really valid perspectives that I had never thought of but really agree with, for example someone in the comment section brought in the quote 'killing himself to immortalize his music' which is genuinely one of the most valid reasons for why he did kill himself, he had always been depressed, addicted to heroin and had been in a long term (often unstable) relationship with Courtney, the only thing that changed is his popularity from a small cult following who listened to lyrics and liked the music for what it was, to mainstream where people listened to it for the brand and its popularity rather than actually appreciating the music. and mainstream listeners and what they brought to the nirvana following is the exact opposite of what kurt intended with his music (in my eyes at least). proven thru his response in the song in bloom referencing the macho men and jocks who didn't listen or appreciate the music for what it was and instead ignored the meanings and interpretations that Kurt had poured into this passion. I think nirvana's music unfortunately becoming mainstream resulted in Kurt losing the passion he had for music and songwriting which did seem (from research in documentaries and interviews) to be the only thing keeping him alive at times, and once things went south with Courtney and his music became mainstream led him to dark thoughts including the fact he concluded he could not be a good enough father to Francis because of his own upbringing and addiction and how his upbringing made him who he was - which at times he even knew wasnt right or healthy. Anyway whatever the meaning for the song or his death, I will always have the deepest appreciation and fascination for Kurt Cobain and the life and legacy he's lived and left and the immortalisation of his music could keep him alive even after his truly tragic death almost 30 years ago. Rip Kurt :) |
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