SONG INTERPRETATIONS
Bleach the album : The band was in California and they
some people in a disease control campaign
encouraging people to bleach their used
needles to sterilize them. The joke was
that Bleach was going to become an invaluable
commodity

Blew : The whole song conveys themes of entrapment

Floyd the Barber : Song about a small town that turns bad,
everyone turns out to be a murderer

About a Girl : song written for Kurt's girlfriend Tracy who
threatened to kick him out if he didn't get a
job

School : A song written about the incestous Seattle scene Love Buzz : Cover song from the group "Shocking Blue" Paper Cuts : Based on a family that Kurt knew as a child.
They used to lock their kids up in a room

Negative Creep : A first person narrative from an antisocial
person

Scoff : A song aimed at people who had no faith in Kurt's musical
abilities

Swap Meet : Battle of the sexes

Mr Moustache : song against the steriotypical 'macho man'

Sifting : Song regarding authority

Downer : Kurt's attempt at a political song

Nevermind, the album : A passive, carefree attitude to things
......."whatever"


Smells Like Teen Spirit : Attack on the apathy of our generation

In Bloom : An attack on people who listen to music for the wrong reasons

Come as You Are : A contradictory song of how we act versus how we think
society thinks we should act

Breed : Growing up and being trapped by middle class America

Lithium : Deals with time in Kurt's life when he was living with family
friends who were highly religious and he had to go to church to
live there

Polly : Based on a 14 year old girl who was kidnapped and tortured

Territorial Pissings : Multi-theme song that attacks macho men

Drain You : A song about love

Lounge Act : A song about having a certain vision and being smothered
by a relationship

Stay Away : An attack on any conformist clique

On a Plain : Poetry having many themes

Something in the Way : An account of Kurt's experiences when he lived
under the North Aberdeen bridge after he had been
kicked out of home

Endless, Nameless : An experimental song created when one of the takes of
Territorial Pissings went wrong

Incesticide : The killing of incestous people Dive : ?

Sliver : A semi-biographical account of being deserted by your parents
Stain : ?

Been a Son : Song about a girl who's parents wanted a girl

Turnaround : Cover of a "Devo" song

Molly's Lips : Cover of a "Vaseline" song

Son of a Gun : Cover of a "Vaseline" song

Polly : See Nevermind

Beeswax : Appears to be about sexuality and confusion

Downer : See Bleach

Mexican Seafood : About a yeast infection

Hairspray Queen : ?

Aero Zeppelin : ?

Big Long Now : ?

Aneurysm : Could be about shooting heroin

In Utero : Named so because of the small "womb sized" studio it was

recorded in

Serve the Servants : An autobiographical account of the whole Nirvana
experience, a sarcastic response to the divorce of
his parents, and about the 'witch hunt' on Courtney Love

Scentless Apprentice : About a perfume maker who kills virgins for their
scent

Heart-Shaped box : Themes of co-dependancy

Rape Me : About how the media won't live Kurt alone

Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle : About Frances Farmer who was
declared insane and lobotomized

Dumb : About drugs

Very Ape : An attack on the stereotypical macho man

Milk It : A song about co-dependancy

Pennyroyal Tea : A song about making a tough decision and the guilt as a
consquence. Pennyroyal Tea is an abortive substance

Radio Friendly Unit Shifter : Bunch of random poetry. title referring to
the slick sound of 'Smells like Teen Spirit'

Tourettes : I dont know the meaning to this song

All Apologies : Is not Actually About Frances and Courtney

Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow through the Strip : A poem