First, to the person who posted that Smells Like Teen Spirit was patterned after Gouge Away, it was (per Cobain) patterned after U-Mass. Listen to both, the similarities are striking.
About Caribou, I think it is clearly about reincarnation.
I live cement,
I hate this street,
Give dirt to me.
(this life sucks, wish i were dead)
This human form,
Where I was born,
I now repent.
(i was born human, but i wish i weren't)
Caribou
(my choice for my next form)
Give me white,
Ground to run,
And foregone.
(carefree life of animal, nothing is expected)
Lets me knife,
Knife me lets,
I will get
What I like
(either the knife will get me or i will get the knife (suicide))
(either way, i will get what i like (death))
First, to the person who posted that Smells Like Teen Spirit was patterned after Gouge Away, it was (per Cobain) patterned after U-Mass. Listen to both, the similarities are striking.
About Caribou, I think it is clearly about reincarnation.
I live cement, I hate this street, Give dirt to me.
(this life sucks, wish i were dead)
This human form, Where I was born, I now repent. (i was born human, but i wish i weren't)
Caribou (my choice for my next form)
Give me white, Ground to run, And foregone. (carefree life of animal, nothing is expected)
Lets me knife, Knife me lets, I will get What I like (either the knife will get me or i will get the knife (suicide)) (either way, i will get what i like (death))