I believe this song is about a lot of different things that Courtney was going through in the early 90's. just my opinion...
I think the first two lines are about Kurt and heroin - 'He shakes his dead rattle
Spittle on his bib'
The lines -
'I'm eating you
I'm overfed
Your milk's in my mouth
It makes me sick'
I think are about being pregnant. Feeling hungry and overfed and sick, defiantly a pregnancy reference.
I think the part -
'And I've stumbled here
Failed to make it mine
They say I'm plump
But I throw up all the time'
I think Is about nothing going right for her in the public's eye. She wanted to be loved more than Kurt, make a better album than Nevermind, instead people hated her for being a junkie, a bad wife and bad mother and all that. She also cares a lot about her appearance, she hated being 'fat' and ugly. So the throwing up all the time may be an eating disorder reference, again this is just my opinion, I could be very wrong.
The 'My baby's in her arms
Crawling up her legs.' Line
Has to be about having Frances taken off of her.
The line -
'Like a liar at a witch trial
You look good for your age.'
Courtney has said she wrote that about Kim Gordon. I do know that Kim told Courtney to not marry Kurt, she said it would ruin her life. In some ways she was right.
I love this song, it's one of my favorites off the album. Shes getting all her anger out.
I believe this song is about a lot of different things that Courtney was going through in the early 90's. just my opinion... I think the first two lines are about Kurt and heroin - 'He shakes his dead rattle Spittle on his bib' The lines - 'I'm eating you I'm overfed Your milk's in my mouth It makes me sick' I think are about being pregnant. Feeling hungry and overfed and sick, defiantly a pregnancy reference. I think the part - 'And I've stumbled here Failed to make it mine They say I'm plump But I throw up all the time' I think Is about nothing going right for her in the public's eye. She wanted to be loved more than Kurt, make a better album than Nevermind, instead people hated her for being a junkie, a bad wife and bad mother and all that. She also cares a lot about her appearance, she hated being 'fat' and ugly. So the throwing up all the time may be an eating disorder reference, again this is just my opinion, I could be very wrong. The 'My baby's in her arms Crawling up her legs.' Line Has to be about having Frances taken off of her. The line - 'Like a liar at a witch trial You look good for your age.' Courtney has said she wrote that about Kim Gordon. I do know that Kim told Courtney to not marry Kurt, she said it would ruin her life. In some ways she was right. I love this song, it's one of my favorites off the album. Shes getting all her anger out.