I heard rumors that this song is about her murdering Kurt. "Love hates you
I live my life in ruins for you
And for all your secrets kept
I squashed the blossom and the blossom's dead"... but I refuse to believe she killed him.
And I think the lyrics "So sick in his body, so sick in his soul" has something to do how she's always overshadowed by Kurt, even after his death.
@DeliciousDemon It's nearly a decade later and man, listening to this song just now I had the same realization. So many lines are extremely creepy and damning when read through that lens, especially the last verse. Select lines:
@DeliciousDemon It's nearly a decade later and man, listening to this song just now I had the same realization. So many lines are extremely creepy and damning when read through that lens, especially the last verse. Select lines:
"When the fire goes out you better learn to fake" Courtney was never a particularly good songwriter—everyone knows about Cobain's influence on the last album and it was widely reported that Corgan significantly wrote this one. That professional and social insecurity lends some explanatory power to the following...
"When the fire goes out you better learn to fake" Courtney was never a particularly good songwriter—everyone knows about Cobain's influence on the last album and it was widely reported that Corgan significantly wrote this one. That professional and social insecurity lends some explanatory power to the following...
"It's better to rise than fade away." Obviously referring...
"It's better to rise than fade away." Obviously referring to herself in contrast to him. He's dead, she made it.
"Did you freeze? Did you weep?" When whomever it was pulled that shotgun on him, she's wondering how he reacted. Probably the most disturbing line (if interpreted this way).
"Turn to gold, baby sleep" His death granted her the rights to his music and money.
The rest of the verse sounds like she's expressing some guilt but also but also justifying it; like it was something she had to do for herself and her ambitions.
I heard rumors that this song is about her murdering Kurt. "Love hates you I live my life in ruins for you And for all your secrets kept I squashed the blossom and the blossom's dead"... but I refuse to believe she killed him.
And I think the lyrics "So sick in his body, so sick in his soul" has something to do how she's always overshadowed by Kurt, even after his death.
@DeliciousDemon It's nearly a decade later and man, listening to this song just now I had the same realization. So many lines are extremely creepy and damning when read through that lens, especially the last verse. Select lines:
@DeliciousDemon It's nearly a decade later and man, listening to this song just now I had the same realization. So many lines are extremely creepy and damning when read through that lens, especially the last verse. Select lines:
"When the fire goes out you better learn to fake" Courtney was never a particularly good songwriter—everyone knows about Cobain's influence on the last album and it was widely reported that Corgan significantly wrote this one. That professional and social insecurity lends some explanatory power to the following...
"When the fire goes out you better learn to fake" Courtney was never a particularly good songwriter—everyone knows about Cobain's influence on the last album and it was widely reported that Corgan significantly wrote this one. That professional and social insecurity lends some explanatory power to the following...
"It's better to rise than fade away." Obviously referring...
"It's better to rise than fade away." Obviously referring to herself in contrast to him. He's dead, she made it.
"Did you freeze? Did you weep?" When whomever it was pulled that shotgun on him, she's wondering how he reacted. Probably the most disturbing line (if interpreted this way).
"Turn to gold, baby sleep" His death granted her the rights to his music and money.
The rest of the verse sounds like she's expressing some guilt but also but also justifying it; like it was something she had to do for herself and her ambitions.