Resolve Lyrics
I think its pretty clear that this song is about kurt. 'Swinging from the chandeliers'-Come As You Are video 'All the songs we used to sing, everything was good' - Harking back to the Nirvana days The rest is about losing someone, so it makes a lotta sense.
in reference to what imisskurt said:
while i won't say that this song definitely isn't about kurt, it seems to me that you (among countless others) always want to pigeonhole dave's writing into song's about kurt.
maybe i'm just crazy, but i HIGHLY doubt kurt cobain and whatever "legacy" he left behind have much bearing on the present-day writing of the Foo Fighters.
p.s. foo fighters > nirvana by far.
ok, firstly.... nirvana > foo fighters. you wanna compare them by record sales, festival appearances, singles chart positions, album chart positions, song writing talent, what?
secondly, what do you think this song is about? after all, that is what this forum is about isn't it?
thirdly, have you ever been to a foo fighters concert? the amount of ppl you see at them wearing nirvana tops alone is proof that kurt still has a bearing on their writing. why wouldnt this song be about kurt? what else could it be about?
Im not saying that EVERY song is about kurt, but 'My Hero' and 'Friend of a Friend' DEFINATELY are, Dave said so in interviews.
By Nevermind. Listen to it.
My hero was actually written about complete randomness, and It's NOT ABOUT KURT, don't get me wrong Kurt was an amazing artist but dave tried his best to not show his missing of Kurt, there are a few songs about Kurt, but Dave is the only one to admit it.
My hero was actually written about complete randomness, and It's NOT ABOUT KURT, don't get me wrong Kurt was an amazing artist but dave tried his best to not show his missing of Kurt, there are a few songs about Kurt, but Dave is the only one to admit it.
And Friend of a Friend is though, it's about Dave living with Kurt, and in fact used Kurt's guitar to write it.
And Friend of a Friend is though, it's about Dave living with Kurt, and in fact used Kurt's guitar to write it.
I don’t think Dave’s lyrics are that complex to understand. He gets most of his inspiration from heartache. This song is clearly about Kurt.
It seems to be about missing someone...wishing their presence was still around.
How could the line "Swinging from chandeliers" be interpreted as anything else but being about Kurt Cobain? Of course not every song Dave Grohl writes is about Cobain but have any of you who are saying this song is not about him, in some way at least, seen the music video for Come As You Are? Maybe not the whole song is about Cobain but it definitely has reference to him. "All the songs we used to sing, everything was good"...I would like to know what you think that means.
I think this is deffinately about Kurdt Kobain
i agree with cyrstal rainbow. kurts death still seems to have an effect on dave - its clearly expressed in his lyrics. also, this song was probably written in 2004 - ten years after after kurts death and so it makes even more sense that dave would write a song about him and finally realise that now its time for some 'resolve'. all the references to kurt are there to support that. in fact, i think the album title 'in your honour' is also a reference to honouring kurt - aswell as some other things. and since its the foos ten year anniversary daves obviously got nostalgic and wrote a whole bunch of songs about the most obvious events that happened in the past 10 years - kurts death being one of them.
the kurts death thingy makes loads of sences
My instant reaction on hearing this song was to assume it was about Kurt. But being a keen Nirvana and Kurt fan I am likely to link it with Kurt. Having said that I only did link it because of the lines in the song seemed to fit in with Kurt/Nirvana days. Like the "swinging from the chandielers" line. However after thinking about it I did wonder, if the song is about Kurt, why would the othe band members want to produce and release a song about him? Kurt was and still is important to Dave but Kurt is irrelevant to the rest of the group and shouldn't have any bearing on the songs. But who knows. Maybe Dave himself doesn't even know. That's the beauty of songs and lyrics you can make them what you want. Not all songs have a specific meaning. Like poems, they have a different meaning to all who read them no right or wrong answer. However I would like to point out something (I apologize for the side-tracking. I recognise this is off topic of the meaning of this song but I would just like to point it out) regaurding what another memeber posted way back in June or July time I think about "Dave doesnt sit around moping about Kurt wondering how he died" or something to that effect. In the special edition of Q magazine on the history of grunge there was an interview or an extract from an interview with Dave where it said and I quote "I have dreams about Kurt all the time. He shows up and I'm like: Holy shit! You're not dead, and it's like it was some big joke. Then you wake up." Which to me says it all. Peace out -x-