Rape Me

Nirvana

Rape me, rape me my friend
Rape me, rape me again
I'm not the only one, ah-ah
I'm not the only one, ah-ah
I'm not the only one, ah-ah
I'm not the only one

Hate me
Do it and do it again
Waste me
Rape me, my friend
I'm not the only one, ah-ah
I'm not the only one, ah-ah
I'm not the only one, ah-ah
I'm not the only one

My favorite inside source
I'll kiss your open sores
Appreciate your concern
You're gonna stink and burn

Rape me, rape me my friend
Rape me, rape me again
I'm not the only one, ah-ah
I'm not the only one, ah-ah
I'm not the only one, ah-ah
I'm not the only one

Rape me (rape me)
Rape me (rape me)
Rape me (rape me)
Rape me (rape me)
Rape me (rape me)
Rape me (rape me)
Rape me (rape me)
Rape me (rape me)
Rape me


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    My Interpretation

    It is blatantly obvious that this song is about drugs.

    "Waste me. Rape me, my friend." What happens to your body when you take that amount of drugs? They rape your body. They waste your body. The drugs were his friend, he needed them to keep him from feeling down and depressed. It was his artificial happiness.

    "Hate me" He knows that no matter how much he loves the drugs. The drugs don't love him back.

    "Do it and do it again" Because it was an addiction, he kept taking drugs excessively and couldn't stop. The drugs kept raping him over and over again.

    "Appreciate your concern" He's referring to everyone who was concerned for him, knowing he was a heroin addict. This lyric in itself makes it obvious that he's saying it in a careless manner. That he appreciates everyone's concern for him, but he's not going to take it with a grain of salt because the drugs have become a routine to him that he knows he doesn't want to/can't change.

    "I'm not the only one" He knows that he's not the only one in the world that is being raped by the drugs because of an addiction.

    This is one of the many songs that Kurt wrote where the lyrics were based on drugs and nothing other than. Keeping in mind that not only was Kurt depressed, he was a drug addict. And majority of the time he spent writing lyrics, he was on drugs. Therefore, I guess it only makes sense that at least 80% of his lyrics were about drugs.

    Other Nirvana songs that were written about drugs are:

    1. Dumb My heart is broke. But I have some glue. Help me inhale. And mend it with you We'll float around. And hang out on clouds. Then we'll come down. And have a hangover

    2. Lithium I'm so happy cause today I've found my friends. They're in my head. Light my candles, in a daze. Cause I've found god.

    3. Drain You With eyes so dilated. I've become your pupil. You've taught me everything. Without a poison apple.

    4. On A Plain I'll start this off without any words. I got so high that I scratched till I bled.

    5. Aneurysm Come on over and do the twist. Over-do it and have a fit Love you so much it makes me sick. Come on over and shoot the shit

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