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I can't say everything about it
In just one single song
I can't put how I feel in a package
And sell it back to everyone

But wait
There's another boy genius who's fucking gone
I hope the food tastes better in heaven
I know there's lots of rad queer boys up there
I hope every time they talk to you
They know they're lucky to be yr friend

Cause look
There's another boy genius who's fucking gone
And I wouldn't be so fucking mad so fucking
Pissed off if it wasn't so fucking wrong
It's all fucking wrong
It's not fair, it's not fair, it's not fair

But no one said life was easy
Yeah, but no one said, no one said
Nothing's supposed to happen right?
No, no one told me anything
To prepare me for fucking this

There's another boy genius who's fucking gone
Don't tell me it don't matter
Don't tell me I've had three days to get over it
It won't go away
It just won't go away
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Submitted by
brick On Dec 18, 2001
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Cover art for R.I.P. lyrics by Bikini Kill

kurt cobain maybe? I really have no idea. I've never heard it and I don't know much about the band.

Cover art for R.I.P. lyrics by Bikini Kill

this song was written about Gene Barnes, aka portia manson who died from aids related menengitus in 1996. R.I.P. stands for rest in pissed-off ness.

Cover art for R.I.P. lyrics by Bikini Kill

obviously not every song about someone dying is about kurt cobain. but THIS song could definately be about him, because kathleen was friends with him

Cover art for R.I.P. lyrics by Bikini Kill

who was this written about?

Cover art for R.I.P. lyrics by Bikini Kill

Does anyone know what "rad queer boys" is? Someone who's just regular gay or does it mean something more?

Gene was a member of the Radical Faeries (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_Faeries for more background information, or http://www.radfae.org/ancestors/ for a picture of Gene).

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Cover art for R.I.P. lyrics by Bikini Kill

"rad queer boys" doesn't it mean like the same as.. cool gay boys or ect.

Cover art for R.I.P. lyrics by Bikini Kill

Incredible song! I still like to imagine it's about Kurt Cobain...suuuch a good song. p.s. "rad queer boys" basically means cool gay guys...you know. rad?

@fugazi what other type of gay guys are there?

Cover art for R.I.P. lyrics by Bikini Kill

i always though it was about kurt cobain.

[@cruel to be kind:2001] I always thought it was when it came on my sonos. That's why I looked it up.

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Cover art for R.I.P. lyrics by Bikini Kill

Yeah, I always assumed this was written about Kurt... Kathleen was a good friend of his, after all

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hmm.. odd, not once did it occur to me this could have been about Kurt before I read these comments or that it was written about Kathleen's friend with AIDS.

"I hope the food tastes better in heaven"... great line.