Portray sincerity
Act out of loyalty
Defend your true country
Wish away the pain
Hand out lobotomies, to save little families
Surrealistic fantasy
Bland boring plain

All we have is restitution
Living out your date with fusion
Is there hope? Please show me faster
Don't feel guilty, master writing

Somebody said that they're not much like I am
I know I can
Make enough up the words as you go along
And sing your song

Sickening pessimist hypocrite master
Conservative communist apocalyptic bastard
Thank you dear God for putting me on this earth
I feel very privileged in debt for my thirst

All we have is restitution
Living out your date with fusion
Is there hope? Please show me faster
Don't feel guilty, master writing

Somebody said that they're not much like I am
I know I can
Make enough up the words as you go along
And sing your song


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Downer Lyrics as written by Kurt Cobain

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    Amen to fuhgawz...the lyrics are a bit off! Also, "defending your true country" should be "defend your true country." I don't think Kurt was trying to use big words at all as (it seems) some of you think. He actually said that he just wrote down a bunch of things he was thinking of in no particular order when reffering to this song. However you want to interpret those words is a different story.

    Teen Spirit 87on July 07, 2003   Link

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