Clean Up Before She Comes Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Motega 

Cover art for Clean Up Before She Comes lyrics by Nirvana

I know you want to talk about this song but if you have nothing new to add, don't waste a post. If there gets to be too many, people wont read the gems in the middle, like this one:

Clean up before she comes could refer to 'cleaning up' after sex, especially since men are notorious for cumming first. Have sex, clean up in the bathroom, come back to a disappointed girl. More generally, it refers to the monotony of adult life, like this is how it always happens, and Kurt doesn't like being an adult...

But it happens anyway. I'm starting to eat my vegetables. Clean up the dusty town, his world that has become unmoving with monotony. Unmoving collects dust.

And finally, I think that I'm getting older. Said in a tone that is slightly eerie the first time you hear it.

This whole thing was spawned by the haunting last line, which is sung with a note of bitter, world-weary resent.

The voice shakes a little bit as acceptance sets in.