I think it has to do with her emotions towards Kurt's suicide. I think frustration with people she was with after Kurt's death influenced the beginning of the song:
"Love hangs herself, With the bedsheets in her cell"
Also with that particular line I feel like she's saying "She hurts herself in Love (referring to herself 'Courtney Love' and her love for Kurt) by continuing to be with guys who get into bad shit again and again. I remember Courtney saying something about picking bad boyfriends after Kurt's death. Maybe attempting the same thing over & over again expecting different results.
I think the song started as frustration with her love life & ended with her pain of Kurt's death. The music in the song sounds that way too. It starts off in an almost angry tone & by the end it has a melancholic tone to it. I agree with that_sullen_girl about Courtney starting out with one topic and it changes.
and I agree with ThePersianRose about Courtney quoting Kurt's suicide note. I actually read a speach she made on a tape that was played at some public memorial ceremony after his death and she said in it something like "and don't remember this because it's a fucking lie. It's better to burn out than fade away. God you [Kurt] asshole!"
That wasn't word for word. But she was reading part of his suicide note to the public and that was one part she read & commented on.
@meggawesome I read a biography on Courtney once and she was arrested for something (maybe shoplifting). I think the charges were going to be dropped but she destroyed the sheets in her cell and was charged with that instead (destruction of property). I always just assumed thats what the first line was about - her - and making things more difficult for herself.
@meggawesome I read a biography on Courtney once and she was arrested for something (maybe shoplifting). I think the charges were going to be dropped but she destroyed the sheets in her cell and was charged with that instead (destruction of property). I always just assumed thats what the first line was about - her - and making things more difficult for herself.
I think it has to do with her emotions towards Kurt's suicide. I think frustration with people she was with after Kurt's death influenced the beginning of the song: "Love hangs herself, With the bedsheets in her cell"
Also with that particular line I feel like she's saying "She hurts herself in Love (referring to herself 'Courtney Love' and her love for Kurt) by continuing to be with guys who get into bad shit again and again. I remember Courtney saying something about picking bad boyfriends after Kurt's death. Maybe attempting the same thing over & over again expecting different results.
I think the song started as frustration with her love life & ended with her pain of Kurt's death. The music in the song sounds that way too. It starts off in an almost angry tone & by the end it has a melancholic tone to it. I agree with that_sullen_girl about Courtney starting out with one topic and it changes.
and I agree with ThePersianRose about Courtney quoting Kurt's suicide note. I actually read a speach she made on a tape that was played at some public memorial ceremony after his death and she said in it something like "and don't remember this because it's a fucking lie. It's better to burn out than fade away. God you [Kurt] asshole!"
That wasn't word for word. But she was reading part of his suicide note to the public and that was one part she read & commented on.
@meggawesome I read a biography on Courtney once and she was arrested for something (maybe shoplifting). I think the charges were going to be dropped but she destroyed the sheets in her cell and was charged with that instead (destruction of property). I always just assumed thats what the first line was about - her - and making things more difficult for herself.
@meggawesome I read a biography on Courtney once and she was arrested for something (maybe shoplifting). I think the charges were going to be dropped but she destroyed the sheets in her cell and was charged with that instead (destruction of property). I always just assumed thats what the first line was about - her - and making things more difficult for herself.