Just because it's not about winning
Doesn't mean that you're never gonna win
Just because it's not about money
Doesn't mean that you'll never get rich
Winning's just the beginning
Of learning how to win
Some of them will love you and
Some will just pretend
They tell you not to try and be famous
But that don't mean that you won't love the fame
There's something in the heart of a prophet
That wants you to remember his name
Winning's just the beginning
It's what you do with it that counts
Will I bite the bullet, baby?
Or catch it in my mouth?
Winning and dying
Twenty-seven
How can I be like him?
Starting where it ends
Winning's just the beginning
Of learning how to win
Some of them will hate you and
Some will just pretend
Doesn't mean that you're never gonna win
Just because it's not about money
Doesn't mean that you'll never get rich
Of learning how to win
Some of them will love you and
Some will just pretend
But that don't mean that you won't love the fame
There's something in the heart of a prophet
That wants you to remember his name
It's what you do with it that counts
Will I bite the bullet, baby?
Or catch it in my mouth?
Twenty-seven
How can I be like him?
Starting where it ends
Of learning how to win
Some of them will hate you and
Some will just pretend
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I would have to guess that this song is about Club 27, the group of musicians that have died when they were 27 years old.
Maybe it's about one of these musicians specifically, because of the line, "How can I be like him?".
Makes sense. Cobain seems a likely candidate, if in fact it's about one particular person.
Makes sense. Cobain seems a likely candidate, if in fact it's about one particular person.