Nirvana – Pen Cap Chew

General CommentThere was a longer version, it is mentioned in kurt cobain's jurnals (worth buying btw), and the lyrics according the his writings are:-

oh lesser god, oh loathe me
oh lesser god, oh you're lonely
oh lesser god, oh bore me
oh lesseer god, oj

you get you get you get, you get to me
holy is the time, it's such an easy way to go
you get you get you get, you get to be
hide the struggle in the skin under a fingernail

oh lesser god, oh loathe me
oh lesser god, oh lonely
oh lesser god, oh loathe me
oh lesser god, oh lonely

waste your time by saving worthless gullibles
kill a politician and then wear his clothes
this decade is the age of re-hashing
protest and then go to jail for tresspassing
go home (x4)

(verse not included)

can you see the reason for my entropy
is there something wrong without society
has your conscience got to you for building trends
is that why unnoticing you eat your pens?
go home (x8)

It's on page 57 of my version of "Journals" if you have it, very useful for cleareing up lyrics

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  @liam_hunt

General CommentPen Cap chew--has your conscience got to you for building trends, is that why unnoticing you eat your pens. once again about the human condition. People pick up habits (trends) from other people. Thats why those who realize that they can control/manipulate people are good at advertising and creating clothing styles. People are so....retarded. We wear stuff cause people say it's cool. I'm not sure what the lesser God he is talking about, does anyone know? It could be a number of things. Kurt was always an independent thinker and a rebel. He just wants to be set apart from society. In the early 90's there was alot of protest and riots, thus "this is the decade for rehashing, protest then go to jail for tresspassing" and "kill a politician then wear his clothes".

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  @Nitty

General Commentyeah, I agree with everyone who says it's "kill a politician and then wear his clothes... like even before I saw the lyrics, its sounds too much like that.. but I could see how they made the mistake.

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  @jkcclarkie27

General Commenti think it could be about stress. coz lotsa ppl (like me) chew their pens or whatever they can find when their stressed, it could also be about him being stressed about having to write another song and hes chewing his pen cap coz hes fustrated

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  @themuffinmankills

General CommentI don't have this song, but it's the only one with zero replies and I just took any chance of anyone else being first. Win.

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  @BeatJunkie08
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  poser. at least i can say i have this song.

  Flag feminist92on September 24, 2010  

General CommentThe lyrics are defenatly wrong. The verse is -

"Ooooo lesser god oooooo I"

And the 2nd chorus is -

"Waste your time by saving worthless gullibles,
Kill a politician and then wear his clothes,
This decade is the age of rehashing,
Protest and then go to jail for tresspassing".

The "Two minutes slow...slow...slow...oh" part is correct though.

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  @imilktjesussnipples

General Commenti think the song is about a bad relationship with someting
but thats just my opinion

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  @Kurdt-Kobain

General CommentNirvana was once called Pen Cap Chew in their early days. This song is awesome, I love it.

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  @subterranean_summer

General Comment*gulp gulp*
Oh, lies again (alt. lesser god)
Oh, lies (alt. less)

You get, you get, you get, you get to me
Holy is the time its such an easy way to go
You get you get you get you get to be
Hide the struggle in the skin under a fingernail

Oh, lies again (alt. lesser god)
Oh, lies (alt. less)
Oh, your lonely

Waste your time by saving worthless gullables
Kill a politician and then wear his clothes
This decade is the age of re-hashing
Protest and then go to jail for trespassing
Throw me inside

Oh

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  @withthelightsout

General CommentI heard that there was a longer version to this song, that it fades away because they ran out of tape.

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  @imilktjesussnipples
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  well spotted! you're right it does fade out unnaturally ay the end, and what's more i read this quiz question in the paper and it said "Which rock/pop artist or band is the only one in history to have never ended any of their songs in a fade-out?" and Nirvana was the answer (i dispute this because i have a version of "Negative Creep" that fades out; or maybe i just have a different version). this must have been the last song they recorded on their '88 demo if that's the case, and it must be the reason why it wasn't included on either Bleach or Incesticide along with nearly all the other demo tracks. Love the choppy guitar and Kurt's vocals are so unique.

  Flag feminist92on September 24, 2010