If this is supposed to be about Layne, it's definitely not a tribute. More of a spitting on his grave, for the way he threw his life away with drugs. The sarcastic line "Gonna die young, gonna live forever" and the last verse really laugh in the face of the grunge generation sympathizing with Kurt Cobain's misinterpretation of Neil Young and "it's better to burn out than to fade away".
If this is supposed to be about Layne, it's definitely not a tribute. More of a spitting on his grave, for the way he threw his life away with drugs. The sarcastic line "Gonna die young, gonna live forever" and the last verse really laugh in the face of the grunge generation sympathizing with Kurt Cobain's misinterpretation of Neil Young and "it's better to burn out than to fade away".