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All my life I've been searching for somethin'
Somethin' never comes, never leads to nuthin'
Nothin' satisfies, but I'm gettin' close
Closer to the prize at the end of the rope

All night long I dream of the day
When it comes around, and it's takin'away
Leaves me with the feelin' that I fear the most
Feel it come to life when I see your ghost

Calm down, don't you resist
Your such a delicate rist
And if i give it a twist
Somethin' to hold when I lose my grip

Will i find something in there,
to give it just what it needs
another reason to bleed
One by one, Hidden up my sleeve

One by one, Hidden up my sleeve

[3x]
Hey, don't let it go to waste
I love it but, i hate that taste
Weight keeping me down

Will I find the believer
Another one who believes
Another one to decieve
Over and over, down on my knees

If I get any closer, I
And if you open up wide
And if you let me inside
On and on, I've got nuthin' to hide

On and on I've got nuthin' to hide

[3x]
Hey, don't let it go to waste
I love it but, i hate that taste
Weight keeping me down

All my life I've been searching for somethin'
Somethin' never comes, never leads to nuthin'
Nothin' satisfies, but I'm gettin' close
Closer to the prize at the end of the rope

All night long I dream of the day
When it comes around, and it's takin'away
Leaves me with the feelin' that I feel the most
Feel it come to life when I see your ghost

Done, done; on to the next one
Done, done, and I'm on to the next one
Done, done, and I'm on to the next one
Done, done, and I'm on to the next one

Done, done, and I'm on to the next one
[2x]
Done, done, and I'm on the next one
Done, i'm done, and I'm on to the next

[3x]
Done, done; on the next one

Done, I'm done; i'm on to the next one

[3x]
Hey, don't let it go to waste
I love it but , i hate that taste
Weight keeping me down

[2x]
Done, done; on the next one

Done, I'm done; i'm on to the next
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Bmg Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Writer
Taylor Hawkins, Christopher A. Shiflett, David Eric Grohl, Nate Mendel
Duration
4:23
Submitted by
jrodfoo182 On Aug 29, 2002
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Interview 1 "You've been around a lot of hard drugs. Have you ever been tempted to try coke or heroin?"

Grohl: "No. It was wasn't my thing. I had a friend who OD'ed on coke when we were 18 years old. Most of us didn't have the money. In suburban Virginia, it was acid and whisky. It wasn't cocaine and tits. I'll never forget the first time I sat around a back lounge of a bus watching people do cocaine. Nobody took their eyes off the tray of coke. Urgh. They were vultures. It just seemed dark and fucked-up to me. I know that the day I get my face in a pile of cocaine is the day that it all goes straight fucking downhill."

Interview 2 "Is the line "I love it but I hate the taste" from All My Life about oral sex?" Grohl: "It is, actually. That song is a little dirty. Use your imagination, but good call - you're the first person that's ever asked that. From experience? Many. I'm very fond of giving oral sex to women. It's a pleasure-giving experience - giving someone something that they'll remember for the rest of their lives, and if you do it right they will."

From Grohl's mouth himself... He does not do drugs, he likes pleasuring women.

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@hollyfrances, in his book, "The Storyteller," which was released in 2021, Dave grohl admits that, while touring with Scream, and later, Nirvana, he and his bandmates smoked marijuana. cocaine it is not, but a drug, nonetheless.

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According to songfacts.com "Dave Grohl has said that this is about cunninglus, which is the female equivalent of fellatio. Listen to the lyrics, and you'll hear all of the hidden innuendoes."

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its about going down on a girl!! so obvious!

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I thought this song over more - I still think it was meant to be about oral sex, but it could easily about suicide, SI, etc. heres my analysis...

"All my life I've been searching for somethin' Somethin' never comes, never leads to nuthin' Nothin' satisfies, but I'm gettin' close Closer to the prize at the end of the rope"

Continually searching for something to stop the pain, can't ever find something that satisfies, but he's resorting to more extreme methods, getting closer to death, the "prize at the end of the rope."

"All night long I dream of the day When it comes around, and it's takin'away Leaves me with the feelin' that I fear the most Feel it come to life when I see your ghost"

He still has dreams of a better future, but every day he feels like it's stolen from him again, leaving him depressed, and he thinks about someone close to him who had committed suicide (the ghost) or maybe seeing his own ghost, thinking about suicide.

"Calm down, don't you resist Your such a delicate wrist And if i give it a twist Somethin' to hold when I lose my grip"

OK this is cheesy but thinking about personal experience it seems simple, he's thinking about slitting his wrists, and he realizes he's left little cuts in one from the nails of his other hand...well thats what it means to me as ive done that tons of times.

"Will i find something in there, to give it just what it needs another reason to bleed One by one, Hidden up my sleeve"

In there...the blood vessels, trying to find something he needs in cutting, addicted to that now and it's just another stress that makes him need to cut more, "one by one up my sleeve" is the little scars from cutting

"Hey, don't let it go to waste I love it but, i hate that taste Weight keeping me down"

This doesn't fit really with a guy, but if u consider it from a girl's perspective it would work fine, but since i've been using a guy as the narrator ill continue with the guy. its about bein bulemic, another form of self mutilation - just think about it its obvious if u take those 3 lines by themselves.

"Will I find the believer Another one who believes Another one to decieve Over and over, down on my knees"

Trying to find other people in the same situation, that "believe" in cutting - I've seen tons of these sad individuals, was one for a while.

"If I get any closer, And if you open up wide And if you let me inside On and on, I've got nuthin' to hide"

This is the most obvious looking oral sex reference, but it could just mean spilling ur guts to someone, or maybe religion, giving yourself to God. Religion could be the thing he needs.

"Done, done; on to the next one Done, done, and I'm on to the next one"

The song is what he's thinking about while he's cutting himself...he's done with one slash, and he goes on to do it again.

There ya go...im a twisted freak.

I totally agree. I used to think this song was about going down on a girl, but I don't see that at all anymore. IMHO, it's about self-harm--or more specifically, cutting.

"All my life I've been searching for something Something never comes, never leads to nothing"

He's feeling lost and empty. A common reason for inflicting harm upon yourself is to feel something instead of emptiness.

"Nothing satisfies, but I'm getting close Closer to the prize at the end of the rope"

He can't get satisfaction from anything. Even cutting is loosing its edge. He cuts...

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@uberchicken good interpretation. Unfortunately I think it's about adrenochrome. It's the only thing that combines something like suicide, sex and "believers". I'm disgusted tbh I didn't think Dave Grohl would be involved in it but it's just dawned on me this is the only thing this song could be about. Every line equates to it. Apologies if this has landed a bomb. Don't look adrenochrome up unless you can stomach it

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Woo-hoo! First to post since the site came back up! Anywho, I dout that this song is about doing coke. In an interview Dave said that he hasn't so much as smoked a joint since he was 20 and even then he only did pot and acid and said even then it was too much for him and he'd just end up buggin' out. I agree that its about eating pussy, I mean its all there! Its masterfully done though. Its a song about going down but it sounds so badass! The riffs rock harder than most of the sh*t they play on the radio these days and Taylor Hawkins is indisputably one of the best drummers out there. Props to Chris Shifflet and Nate Mendal for holding the rest down, thy really don't get enough credit. Definitely the highlight of the song is Dave screaming "DONE, DONE ON TO THE NEXT ONE!" That will be etched in my mind for years. Oh well, I've rambled for long enough. Foo Fighters Rock! Peace!

I sat in my chair and Lol'd at the "Dave said that he hasn't so much as smoked a joint since he was 20 and even then he only did pot and acid and said even then it was too much for him and he'd just end up buggin' out." truly is funny, and I agree with you lol.

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NO, you are all wrong. This song is clearly about the singer secretly enjoying giving blow jobs. And before you write this off as some troll post, read on for the evidence.

  • entire first verse - realising that, despite not being gay, his biggest satisfaction is when he gives another man oral sex

  • the third verse, especially the line "Something to hold when I lose my grip"

  • it is the chorus that holds the full meaning: "Hey, don't let it go to waste, I love it but I hate the taste" -- he is saying that he loves giving oral sex but hates the taste of semen

  • finally he sums it up "Then I'm done, done, on to the next one, Done, done and I'm on to the next one" -- he is now addicted to it and goes on an oral sex rampage, just handing out blowjobs to every guy he meets

@dsfuhg He's addicted to adrenochrome

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its about cocaine, i just wrote a massive explanation then my computer screwed up and i can't be arsed to type it all up again. Figure it out yourselves.

anyone who actually thinks this song is about drugs is a complete moron. Not every band rights songs about doing drugs. Think outside the normal lyrical box for once. Dave even admits its a song about girls

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What the hell rogerlee? Do you actually think Dave killed Kurt? Come on, let's be serious... Kurt WAS mentally capable of killing himself, but i don't know if he actually did... maybe Courtney did, but we shouldn't just throw around accusations when we don't know all the facts... it's not going to bring Kurt back, so we might as well just consider it suicide because he would have done it anyway... ~Candice~ RIP Kurt

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when I heard this song the lyrics reminded me of Smells Like Teen Spirit, go figure with David Grohl and all. But the forum for Smells Like Teen Spirit had people saying it was about a blowjob, well look at this now we are talking about eating out! Coincedence? I think not! Let's ask David about it.......... None of them are coke heads I don't think it would be about that becuase none of the band members have been (recent) coke addicts. Self injury? I don't think so because only part of it sounds like self infliction.

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I agree with ubberchiken...and guys you see, he mention Kurt, ' this feeling comes alive when i see your ghost'... ubberchiken... its kurt this ghost!

Its almost about kurt