Friend Of A Friend

So many of these comments seem overly focused on Kurt Cobain and the writers personal opinion of the relationship between Kurt and Dave, or the 'way Kurt was'. This to me is overanalysing. I understand that Dave wrote the song about how it was to join the band but that doesn't mean the song is about Kurt. The lyrics strike me as being autobiographical. 'He' in the song is Dave himself. He describes a feeling a lonliness and isolation while playing a borrowed guitar (Kurt's guitar). The fact that 'no one speaks' when he makes observations of himself could mean that his friends silently agree. It also serves to heighten the lonley mood of the song - there is a lack of connection between him and his friends in the song.

In addition, it seems artificial to apply the lyrics to Kurt in retrospect. Yeah Kurt was tortured but who isn't? Not having been in love but knowing what love is... this line is so personal I cannot buy that it is an observation of Kurt but rather Dave's personal experience with love and lonliness.