What "You Know You're Right" by Nirvana is Really About

[@Lyristoric]

PLEASE NOTE: As there is a passionate, contentious split between Nirvana fans on some of the issues discussed in this video, comments of all opinions will be okayed after review, except those with abusive language or those which lack civility. Play nice, please. ALSO NOTE: Because the leaked isolated vocal tracks have shown the online lyrics sheets to be inaccurate, we'll dissect the lyrics in this video based on what the isolated vocals prove them to be. Also, because I want to avoid copywrite infringement, the isolated vocals are not included in this video. But, I suggest those interested in hearing them firsthand do so by clicking here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnmQfoOre8llpM0si=W0r2k_-u53KM5hOG Enjoy the video! Help out by liking, sharing and subscribing!

[@krisfrederick5001]

Would you consider doing an insight into "Do Re Mi?" Supposedly his last song. It would be interesting

[@Lyristoric]

@@krisfrederick5001 At some point. I love the song and wish it would've been properly recorded. I have a lot of songs on the list to do. A few are Nirvana songs that will be posted sooner than later.

[@renstimpithon1621]

Yes! So obvious once it's pointed out. "She just wants to love herself... never speak a word again... I will move away from here... always knew it would come to this." This is definitely describing the end of a marriage.

[@CoolhandLukeSkywalkr]

Line seems to be "she just wants to love himself." I always heard it as "himself" and upon closely listening to the audio stems of the vocals only, it does appear to be "himself" and not "herself"

[@CoolhandLukeSkywalkr]

In the live version, he specifically mentions that he plans to take on a series of lovers. Essentially, he states an intention to sleep with a bunch of his female groupies while remaining married to Courtney. It's all in the lyrics.

[@livvlife]

It bothers me that Courtney Love tried to block the release when it isn’t her art. It’s Kurt’s, Dave’s, and Krist’s art. If anyone should take money from Nirvana or decide to release certain tracks, that should be from the surviving members of the band!

[@DCfromBC]

This is why CL changed the lyrics when she played it and Nirvana had to sue her to let them release it.

[@comeasyouarent]

I'm surprised that you don't mention the fact that Kurt's singing ends with him morphing "You know you're right" to "You know your rights", reinforcing your claim that this song is, in fact, about divorce.

[@Lyristoric]

Great catch!

[@Rikuyami_x]

The only part of the official lyrics that is ever more so clear. The subtle transition from You Know You’re Right to putting the S in Rights. It’s almost like a quiet tst when Kurt changes the lyrics.

[@s13180sxSR20DET]

You and seemingly everyone missed something critical. Listen to the very end of the song when he is screaming YOU KNOW YOURE RIGHT. It actually changes to YOU KNOW YOUR RIGHTS the last few times he screams it... a common thing that comes up when two parents fight and discuss divorce is 'knowing your rights', in relation to the money and custody of the child. I believe they had a fight and Courtney said to Kurt that she knew her rights. This song is a response to Courtney saying that. Why else would the last few lines of the song change to YOU KNOW YOUR RIGHTS?

[@Lyristoric]

Very interesting!

[@justinknight1209]

Glad someone else pointed this out I was just about to make a comment about this but now I don't have to. 💯

[@misanthropia9726]

Now that you're pointing this out it's suddenly so obvious to me. You Know You're Right is by far the song of them I listen to the most, both the studio and various live versions, because I can relate to it so much. And now reading your comment I'm quite mind blown, it is absolutely, without any doubt or discussion , 100% true that he in fact says "you know your rightS" in the end. Wow, thanks so much for pointing this out, it means a lot to me.

[@darraghmcconn]

Crazy interesting. A good take on it

[@Noobpast2000]

Finally someone spoke about it I thought I missed heard it. I didn't know what it meant however

[@Joker-ig8im]

Kurt was in the process of leaving Courtney and she was furious that she no longer had control over him. She was on the verge of loosing everything. Instead of that happening, Kurt dies and with him out of the way, Courtney gets the half of a billion dollar estate all to herself. If you REALLY want to know what happened to Kurt Cobain, there is a 16 episode video series for free on the KZbin channel "American Spy Fox" called "The Nirvana Series". You have to scroll down and find the first episode called "Courtney Love Lies To Media" uploaded about 4 years ago. The second episode is called "The Rome Overdose". I cannot convey to you how good this series is. It absolutely blew me away. I was 20 when Nevermind dropped and have always been a big Nirvana fan. I saw two of their shows and as a drummer, I can play every note of every song. I lived through the whole timeline, paid attention to everything as it happened and I had no idea all of these things happened in the background. If you watch the series, it will completely change the way you look and think about Kurt's passing. If you do watch it, come back here and tell me so!

[@krisfrederick5001]

"It's your crossword puzzle, you tell me what it means..." "No thought was put into this" is the line, which makes even more sense. The only live performance in late 1993 is so much more powerful sonically and lyrically. I highly suggest it. The chorus was only subliminally changed to "pain" in the video long after Kurt couldn't defend himself. It was absolutely disgusting when Courtney tried to cover this in Holes Unplugged. Further exploiting his death. This is so well done. He was obviously leaving her, not the World.

[@Lyristoric]

Love this! The live version is awesome. I remember having it on an Outsesticide bootleg cassette (remember those!) in the late 90s! However, go to the link for the isolated vocals in my pinned comment at the top, put on headphones, and listen from 1:50. It's 100% "nothin' was put into this." I had "no thought" in the original audio for this video, and in the on-screen lyrics graphics, and I had to go back and change it all when I did a final listen through of the isolated vocals. Verse 2 is when it's absolutely clear, despite the inflection on his pronunciation.

[@sonscompass]

​@@LyristoricHmm. A friend gave me a cassette with tons of b-sides

[@nonamenoone1484]

I lived thru this, during HS and into college. Kurt’s death completely broke my heart. I have the entire Outcesticide series, got them all back in the mid to late nineties as they came out, and they’re by far my most prized Nirvana possessions. They’re comprised of the best Nirvana material hands down, soo many great songs. Your dissection of YKYR is very interesting, great vid man, thanks!

[@animal9191]

The love in"Love and sell" could also be a reference to her ego. She Loves herself so much , she named herself Love.

[@JohnnyFive-rn3xk]

1994 Barrie Ontario Canada Lollapalooza, Kurt is dead, Courtney is riding around the grounds in a golf cart, dressed like Marylin Monroe. When she played people threw shotgun shells at her. She told us off and left the stage. Great times.

[@nancybsyb]

Omg I love this! 😂🤘

[@CoolhandLukeSkywalkr]

I have the Isolated vocals track for the live version. Since I made stems for the live version. Do people want to hear the Isolated vocals on the live version? I don't plan to upload that. But the remastered version of the entire track will be uploaded to KZbin within a couple of months. You can hear Kurt's vocals very clearly on my remastered live version. It only took about 150 hours of work to remaster 😂.

[@jodybaldwin4864]

I have never felt or feel... Pain. My misheard lyrics for 22yrs.. I was mesmerised by this track the very 1st listen. Krist's bass drop, Cobain's gentle then emotionally gritty vocal performance has this as possibly my #1 Nirvana track.

[@sonscompass]

Also, I'll add that Dave Grohl's lyrics for "Let it die" (obviously an ode to Kurt), seemingly refer to a divorce or dying feelings. "A simple man and his blushing bride (Dave was the only one at the wedding), intravenous intertwined (Kurt and Courtney were both on heroin), hearts gone cold, your hands were tied (divorce coming). Obvious.

[@charlesbronson4282]

The song holds a clue to who killed Kurt...

[@WhiskeyBlack777]

I've never not once thought that song was about suicide. WTAF is wrong with people?

[@wingchunkungfuwins]

He didn't choose drugs over his marriage. He chose to live his life free of her, the succubus that latched on to him and sucked his soul. away. Then she had him un-alived. He loved his child, he wouldn't have done this to himself.

[@airysfailure]

I like this song so much more now. I think you're right on with this lyric analysis. When you mention the sarcasm with the line, "hey!, you know you're right," it is similar to the same sarcasm used with the lyrics from ❤ shape box, also using the word 'HEY,""wait, I've got a new complaint, forever in debt to your priceless advice."

[@rangerwhite5165]

As a fan, since I bought Nevermind, I think this is his best song.

[@caupain66]

I have a lot of respect for you! The way you bring this subject to light without getting into ANYTHING other than THE SONG!❤

[@evsrax9556]

What sucks is that is a major issue nowadays is that lyric sites are highly inaccurate on most well written songs so you have to actually listen with and without the presented lyrics

[@macgyvershe]

Your deep dive into the music is much appreciated

[@Lyristoric]

Thanks!

[@everythingdope1977]

Very well done. Makes sense.

[@dereksendrak]

Excellent video!! Exactly what I had always thought too! Great work here🤘🏻

[@grungegazer]

Nirvana - "On A Mountain" lyrics I don't need to love again I won't sigh and mope again I don't need to love again I just don't think it's worth it I don't really love her I don't think I want her Ain't gonna take to love again It's the way your love hurts It's the way your mad again I don't think I'll love again I won't ever promise her I don't think I want her This time no one else I don't bear to follow you I don't ever promise you Sometimes I don't love you Think I'm tired of loving her I don't really want love Hey, hey, hey, hey You know you're right You told me to follow him Teach him that I loved him I won't ever promise you I won't even bother to You gave me my first kiss I don't think I want it now I don't ever want again It's all that I had to have It's all that I wanted It's all that I had to I don't think I'll miss her I don't think I want her

[@89schofe]

I think there's more insight to be found here in the first draft of the words, I feel it records the raw emotion of what he was trying to capture

[@ljrees1721]

'No thought was put into this' & 'I have never failed to feel, pain'

[@whitestratman3158]

I agree 100% The word Pain is even in the video. To me it's obvious when he switches from Pain to Hey in the song.

[@Smokinjoewhite]

Yeah, these lyrics are not correct. It absolutely is not nothin' and is no thought. They say they are discussing the lyrics from the vocals, not the incorrect transcriptions online, but these lyrics themselves are incorrect. Kurt VERY clearly says no thought.

[@JesterBeats]

Whatever the case this is their greatest song next to “drain you”

[@lucutsa]

also both songs were about things he loved

[@LaurieValdez-zk3dy]

Kurt knew an awesome way to vent his feelings ❤

[@ChrisCovers78]

In verse 2, I hear this: “I’m so warm and calm inside I no longer have to hide There’s talk about someone else Stinging soup begins to melt Nothing really bothers her She just want to love him, so I will move away from here”

[@ChrisCovers78]

Oh.. and I hear “no thought was put in to this, always knew it’d come like this”

[@sonscompass]

I heard it as "let's talk about someone else, steaming soup against the mouth". Women heal sick kids by feeding them soup, but the kids usually aren't wanting to eat hot soup when they're sick. I'm guessing he was referring to Courtney talking about other people to get his mind off of their sick and dying relationship. Just my 2 cents.

[@RajHK8]

I hear this: I’m so worn and calm inside I no longer have to “Hi” Let’s talk about someone else Steaming, Sue begins to melt Nothing really bothers her She just wants to love her cell So the real question is: who was Sue? Could she have been the girl Kurt was going to leave Courtney for?

[@John__Dough]

It’s “Sterling Silver begins to melt” As in a wedding band

[@andrewaldridge5516]

This is most likely what he says.

[@crush3095]

this video is so fkng great I've tried to understand nirvana lyrics my whole life there is a LOT of meaning in there

[@Brooke-de6df]

Thank you so much! I finally understand what he’s saying/singing.

[@liamm3171]

great video! this channel is awesome 🤩

[@carlaallen548]

Hits the nail right on the head. Kurt says in the song he's 'moving away' from a woman who 'just wants to love herself'. The nanny, Kurt's grandfather, his best friends, and even Courtney say they were teetering on divorce. The meaning of this song is undeniable and obvious to anyone who's not a Courtney Love simp.

[@ohwellwhateverr]

The nanny, Kurt’s uncle, Courtney’s dad, Rosemary Carroll etc have all also stated that they don’t believe Kurt killed himself.

[@gianlucacupo533]

I think You nailed it ! Great job mate !

[@karlimo4034]

It's about you knowing you are right.

[@matthewmesser]

PLEASE DO ALICE IN CHAINS ”RAIN WHEN I DIE”!!! They’ve been my favorite band of all time since I was in the first grade when Dirt came out. They were one of my favorites before that with Facelift but Dirt took it to another level

[@4everdirt33]

I always thought it was “she just wants to love herself”, but I’ve listened to the isolated vocals probably a hundred times now and to me it now sounds more like “she just wants to love him sell”. There’s no “F” sound at the end to be either herself or himself and there’s no “and” between “love” - “sell”, it sounds like “him” instead. So now I think it’s referring to CL just loving him when he sells records or sells himself on tour and makes money. “Nothing really bothers her, she just wants to love him sell”. Idk, just what I’m hearing! Kurt has a tendency to mumble and run words together, so it’s always been hard to decipher some of his lyrics, especially before there was help from the internet!

[@bio-plasmictoad5311]

I remember Kurt saying, let it mean what you think it means.

[@89schofe]

It was noted by some at the time that Kurt & Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff were in love & planning to run away together, there is a record of Kurt having purchased two plane tickets before his death. Kristen would be found dead two months later from an overdose. Anyone else heard that?

[@89schofe]

I should add nobody at the time knew who the second plane ticket was for

[@SurnaturalM]

As you pointed out, nobody knew for who the other ticket was.

[@ledganache]

I think you're right. I think he played on the ambiguity between a romantic relationship and his own addiction several times. After that it is almost just an interpretation, but it tells something that has been verified by facts. There's his song "aneurysm" and I always see the interpretation that he's talking about his current relationship with a musician, evoking the anecdote that he got sick during their first date. But it may also be the effect of denial. Denial that he was already addicted and sick from heroin at the time (before nevermind). The allusions seem quite obvious to me, and I believe that the romantic relationship inspired the form, but its dependence is the underlying reflection. A confidence from another (short) relationship he had with a musician, shortly after the production of nevermind, tells the same thing. As they both walked, Kurt had to stop several times because of his stomach ache. And then I hear another denial, that he was taking heroin to cope with stomach aches that medicine couldn't cure. I'm willing to believe that's what Kurt might have said. But I also know that these kinds of stomach aches are typically symptomatic of heroin withdrawal, and that heroin addicts at their worst are prone to terrible lies. And I have no difficulty imagining that a competent doctor would tell him that treating his stomach aches would first require treating his addiction. A heroin addict who heard that could quite easily understand that medicine does not know how to treat him (without magic, without miracles). He just needs a little denial for him to be convinced of it himself. In one of his last filmed interviews, Kurt said that after 6 months any drug is as boring as breathing.

[@dylancooper3690]

It's about Kurt wanting to leave Courtney. Two months after recording this, Kurt was dead.

[@ufotofu2644]

It's 100% "She just wants to love himself" in reference to Kurt himself

[@synthoelectro]

When I first heard this song come to light years ago I knew what it was about right off. There is so much passion going on in that song that it's quite obvious. Fans of Nirvana knew.

[@bobjoachim9710]

I knew this song was about Courtney, but I didn’t figure about the drugs sometimes it’s hard to understand him so thanks for pointing those lyrics out, man

[@mozthoven2414]

Keep going with this channel!!! Feel like this niche is missing on KZbin. Maybe some sleep token? Deftones? Anything you choose to do, I’ll be here for it!!

[@Lyristoric]

Many thanks! Deftones are on the list.

[@whitestratman3158]

The word Pain is in the video, and there's an obvious difference when he switches from screaming Pain to Hey in the song right before he sings you know you're right.

[@Lyristoric]

The isolated vocals are in the pinned comment at the top. There is no "pain" in the song at any point.

[@hoboringmaster8029]

I always heard "Hey!" and then i recently looked up the lyrics and saw "pain", thought to myself "Makes sense" lol

[@aleimran685]

Love your video. I almost couldn’t find the subscribe button lol

[@jesusivanledongarcia]

He also sings "you know your rights" three times at the very end of the song... It is said that they had a prenup when they got married in order to protect Courtney's assets since she's known to have more money when they got married. Also, in one of the recorded conversations Courtney had with Tom Grantt, she says that the only way the divorce was going to happen was if she bust him on infidelity. So, I think this song is the representation of what someone said: "He wasn't going to kill himself. He was just going to take all of his and Courtney's money and disappear".

[@tempestblack3840]

Thanks for the video. A small correction: it’s “no thought was put into this” and I am quite confident the soup was STEAMING and not stinging, although he does kinda mumble that one pretty badly. If you have any doubt that Kurt was murdered, I suggest watching Soaked in Bleach and American Spy Fox’s Nirvana Series (both available on KZbin) and reading “Love & Death” by Halperin and Wallace (particularly the chapter on drug tolerances).

[@Lyristoric]

Thanks for the comment! I actually had "no thought" in the audio and visuals for this video, and had to change it all upon a final listen through of the isolated vocals. They're linked in my pinned comment at the top. Go to the 2nd verse, at about 1:50, and listen with headphones a few times. It is an inflected "nothin'". The word no doubt ends with an "N". I honestly would've preferred "no thought." But it is "nothin'".

[@John__Dough]

The correct lyric is “Sterling Silver begins to melt”

[@NateMcCannon]

RIP Steve Albini may he rest punk

[@dirkjewitt5037]

I know he says "hey", but I always hear "pain". It also fits the song better.

[@jeffjefferson8137]

its hard for me to blame kurt or anyone who uses for their heroin use. i haven’t used heroin but I’ve been hooked on other opiates. i felt the same exact way, just wanting, thinking, and caring about being high. its so sad how much it rewires your brain to think that way. i still think about that warm feeling in my legs all the time.

[@millennialanimal]

I think the second verse could be about a conversation with Kristen Pfaff, her a Kurt got close before they both died and they both knew Courtney, she was the bass player in hole for a while.

[@xv1distort]

Makes it pretty wild that she covered the song for Hole Unplugged

[@sonscompass]

The themes of the song are: 1. He speaks to "pain" like it's a person he's been fighting. 2. He wasn't feeling Courtney anymore, and that wasn't something he was happy about. Source: I've pondered these lyrics since the song released and I'm a semi-intelligent person who thinks outside the box. Now, I'm going to watch the video and see if you agree. 👍

[@RSBurgener]

He was way out of her league. I think time has made that apparent.

[@AsterixInOz]

I have always thought of it as a dis track for Courtney. Simply a "taking the piss", out of her, griping his complaints and "Hey, You know You're Right"!

[@yanisamari]

Well , got into nirvana when I was much younger , back then I didnt speak english , but I always heard the chorus as "hey" and not pain , so when I started learning english and read the lyrics as "pain" I thought that I misheard the lyrics

[@Lyristoric]

Damn! Misprinted lyrics are more detrimental than we could've ever guessed!

[@BeigeRecluse]

I never thought that it was about anything other than the demise of his marriage -as well as- his desire to get away from the whole fame scene that she was ravenously both pursuing and pushing on him. Further, how much he’d rather hide away and get high than deal with his current circumstance. I never looked up the lyrics.

[@sambajane]

It's also important to note that songs are often written at the time a feeling is felt -- the writer may not fully agree with the sentiment of the words later. I agree with the video but it should also be said that people tend to biographize another artist's lyrics too much. It's even worse when they go on crusades about it, or change their belief systems because of it.

[@agentshillbot]

It's "Sterling Silver begins to melt". Silver Wedding rings melting symbolises divorce. Courtney probably propogated the wrong lyrics online as that's the most damning line.

[@RajHK8]

LOL

[@CoolhandLukeSkywalkr]

No, "steaming soup begins to melt." Is 100% the lyrics. Likely a reference to heron.

[@o0Donuts0o]

It’s “Steaming suit begins to melt”. Clearly a reference to a polyester three-piece being melted at the cleaners. Connect the dots!!! 🙄

[@johnstoner666]

Very interesting. Well done.

[@jebstuart4004]

Not just the end of his mariage but his own end.

[@IloveKurtCobain-z5k]

#justiceforKurt. It is coming soon.

[@IloveKurtCobain-z5k]

He was leaving her to date Kristen Plaff who was a smart beautiful trained musician. He gave her a copy of his favorite book Perfume.

[@mikoajdariuszmackowiak2141]

Is it truth that CL tried to stop this song being released? I would say that everything is clear if she did it...

[@sabbatopuella6733]

She did. You can look it up. Dave and Krist even release a public letter about how Courtney was an issue when it came to Nirvana. Since Frances has inherited her rights, everything now seems smooth. The live version of "You know You're Right" clearly speaks of Courtney's cheating rumor whispers, their drug use and his frustration. It's sick to know that Courtney only knew Kurt on a personal level less than three years inherited everything and has the ability to say whatever she wants about him despite blatant bullcrap and contradictions you can catch her in. Such as this song being recorded two weeks before he died. Not two months.

[@MusicalSavior23]

One way or another, however you interpret it, you're right.

[@xWESTICLESx]

I always hear “she just wants to love herself.”

[@mikoajdariuszmackowiak2141]

It's like... Your wife is not your friend anymore, you don't want to be punk anymore, but your band and your fans expect it from you, you don't want to be just the man who sells, but your editor and most of people around you expect it from you, you just want to be warm and calm inside, but everybody want you to go for treatment, and after all you see that your love is not love anymore...

[@NintenDub]

But what about "you know your right" as in, to oneself? Kurt telling kurt he knows hes right. Or "ykno....your right!"

[@jensalley36]

I think so too. Poor Kurt!

[@codymcgrew4015]

He does say “no thought was put into this,” not “nothing was put into this.”

[@Lyristoric]

You know, I had it as "no thought" and had to go back and change all the graphics and audio for those parts before posting the video, because on a closer listen I decided it's definitely "nothin'". Go to the link in my pinned post at the top of the isolated vocals and listen closely to the second verse at 1:50. It is 100% "nothin'". A little inflection in his pronunciation, but the word definitely ends with an 'N' not a 'T'. That was the clencher for me. Let me know what you think after you listen a few times.

[@GaslightCatalyst]

​​@Lyristoric No thought was put into this is correct. "She just wants (him) to love himself." And "Sterling silver begins to melt" referencing wedding rings.

[@deletedhero5579]

The song title is 'You know You're right', but I think its supposed to be 'You Know your Right' or rights as in legal rights then the rest of the lyrics become much more obvious. Im pretty sure Courtney Love at the time tried to stop the song being released but was overturned by the rest in the Nirvana camp

[@Lyristoric]

Very, very interesting proposition! I'm disappointed I didn't think of that. It belongs in the video.

[@RlsIII-uz1kl]

Kurt stood up for the things that despised and ultimately took him. What's to be learnt? Never buy into the garbage because pain confusion despair nihilism and much worse is its fruits.

[@erikastoncius6560]

I definitely hear she just wants to love and sell! And I hear the you know your rights at the very end, thats crazy! I just kinda got chills, I think she may have been involved in his death.

[@222Lightning]

I like how the lyrics are written. Almost a rhyme to them. I wonder if he took notes from Anthony Keidis but then he was already Dead when "HEY" by RHCP was "made up". The most clever break-up lyrics song I've ever heard. Seemingly written from experience it seems...of warning his lover he's going to have to end it....if she keeps on with her nagging ways. NOT THE (SNOW HEY OH) song.......just (HEY). Part of the appeal of rock music to me is the vagueness of the lyrics. "All along the watchtower" could be about whatever you mean it to be. Sometimes it's one lyric that has a personal meaning....however then some songs it's obvious it's about something like falling in love or love gone wrong. I think this is an example that Kurt's lyric wasn't a scramble of whatever came to mind. Sort of a collage of imagery. He is definitely talking about someone close to him and wanting to end that relationship. He's like "you know what......you were right 100%...........and I was 100% wrong......the whole time.....I mean from the first moment I even blinked. So I'm going to do what I got to do to remedy the situation. Talk to some lawyers about getting that pre-nup canceled......and taking me and my money somewhere else!

[@ScentIessApprentice]

Great analysis. A lot of people don't know but Kurt wasn't a heavy user in the last years of his life. The doctor that examined him during the coma in Rome, said that there were no signs of heroin in his system at the time, which means he wasn't addicted atleast physically to heroin. otherwise he couldn't survive without one day of using. He got his stomach fixed mid '92 and with his daughter soon to be born, he really had no reason to be a heavy user anymore but like any other addict he relapsed plenty of times and that resulted in several overdoses in '93. Generally he knew heroin is no good for him and was really trying to quit it until he was basically dead for 20 hours in Rome and suddenly started using on a daily basis.

[@Squirrelarmy6014]

Nice that people get this. The first time I heard this I thought another song about divorcing CL, like more than a few off of in utero

[@math4581]

Fantastic video, i never have thought about the lyrics, other than what was written.. But i would say "D". My only evidence is that i that it sounds like there's an m in the middle of it. It cold also be "B" Cause we cant hear the "f" in himself, but both would sound right. I also think that he says "Hey, Pain" in the chorus.

[@johanburger4454]

"no thought was put into this" I'm sure this is correct

[@Lyristoric]

The isolated vocals are in the pinned comment at the top. Listen to the second verse especially (around 1:50). It is surely "nothin'," not "no thought," as I had previously thought it was, too.

[@johanburger4454]

@@Lyristoric damn that sux, I always loved no thought. Indicating a spontaneous action upon something or reaction to something. Actually why I hate finding our lyrics most of the time 😂

[@Lyristoric]

@@johanburger4454 I totally agree. It would've been the better line. I had "no thought" in the audio and visuals for this video and had to go back and change it all when I took a last close listen.

[@thomasmcintosh2931]

He was reliving the past life with his parents divorce at the time he wrote these lyrics. I think Kurt didn’t want his daughter to live that messy divorce and to come out on MTV. He was singing a song like it could have been the last song on MTV unplugged. Where did you sleep last night Kurt’s way of being smug to Courtney. I bet Kurt knew his last song was going to be played after his death or after a divorce. That’s why these lyrics explain what I could imagine he was feeling about how exactly he felt months before his death. Kurt was a plan ahead guy a genius. He lived a very full rock life. All though it was a short time. He was really that amazing musically. More back to the point. The title of this song I feel says. I am a junky and you know your right i will die a junky. Go love yourself I hate myself and I want to die.

[@Teekay617]

She was against it she said it was an ugly song, poor man, he deserved better...

[@TreborPaulson]

I always thought he said Sterling silver begins to melt As in his wedding band

[@poetsdreamsatc]

If you Google the lyrics to “All Apologies” incorrectly have them as “All in all is all we are”. The CORRECT lyrics are “All alone is all we are”. Watch the live MTV unplugged concert and see it for yourself. Many of Kurt’s lyrics are inaccurate.

[@Webedunn]

Kurt was surely depressed but I suspect he was Arkansided. Such a shame. Here is this beautiful man, talented AF, down to earth but tortured by evil.

[@raddastronaut]

Yeah, once you know. You know why Courtney’s unplugged version was: “You Got No Right”. Nah, B. He should have gotten away from her sooner.

[@jensalley36]

She ruined his life literally

[@Rikuyami_x]

Speaking of another song involving Courtney Love and Heroin as another user already stated. Aneurysm - “Come on over and shoot the shit” could be regarding shooting heroin into his veins, and “She Keeps it pumpin’ straight to my heart” (Possibly involving Courtney Love, giving Heroin or administering Heroin to Kurt Cobain.)

[@chilledtorsion]

aneurysm is from 1990

[@Rikuyami_x]

@@chilledtorsionooh mb then

[@nonnayoubuzinnes1669]

Nobody mentions the fact Courtney admitted to thinking about having an affair in 1994 which she says "got back to Kurt" who was in Europe. Courtney was in London at the time. It wasn't long afterwards that he attempted the first suicide. She said she had flown out to see him and "he just wanted to get laid but I was too tired". That night he took the pills.

[@SurnaturalM]

I thought it was obvious. I never thought it was about his demise, it's a breakup song. Knowing many people who unsubscribed from life, I assure you that when someone does it it's impulsive. Not thought many months in advance. "It's sterling silver begin to melt" And let's not change the lyrics on baseless assumption. The line "she just want to herself" make sense.

[@Lyristoric]

Thanks for your comment! It's much appreciated. Now, while it may very well be, "She just wants to love herself," it is debatable based on the isolated vocals - though I lean that way myself. EDIT: I will add, these lines are not proposed upon "baseless assumption". They are the product of using state of the art audio equipment in a recording studio and analyzing the isolated audio of the vocals numerous times at varying speeds to translate each word extremely carefully, and then making conclusions based on the evidence, rather than making conclusions and bending the lyrics to fit those preconceived notions. Moreover, it is definitely not "sterling silver begins to melt." That is 8 syllables and the line is only 7. You're adding a syllable that simply isn't there. "Sterling silver" phonetically doesn't fit, nor does it sound like that at all, and I implore you to listen, with headphones, to the isolated vocals at 1:36 to confirm this. It is, for sure, "stinging soup begins to melt." It is clear as day when the music is stripped away. I listened over 100 times, at slower speeds, with multiple people to confirm it myself. The link is in my pinned comment at the top. Listen to both lines. Crank the headphones. Count the syllables.

[@denofcool]

I would say it’s loosely about least stage drug addiction, and depression, which are obvious choices when you’re talking about Kurt Cobain

[@thepangwin902]

I think he meant to write stinging snow begins to melt.

[@sanpedro1337]

I always hear Pain!!!!

[@Lyristoric]

I still can't help singing it that way when I'm meandering around the house. Then I'll think, wait, that's not it! 20+ years of singing it a certain way will do that to ya, I guess.

[@stitchgrimly6167]

I used to think it was 'she just wants him to love himself'. But that seems super corny so I think it's just 'she just wants to love herself' but mumbled because he probably hated the line.

[@AphelionBeach]

Kurt was sooo closeted bout being homosexual.... Pat Smear knows Kurts secrets 😮

[@joejones9520]

i wish there was a filter for all these type comments

[@DCfromBC]

CL did that ish

[@alexallen934]

Kurt stated what his songs were about when he was asked.

[@kurtmatejkowski1232]

Leaving the music industry and Courtney which is why Dave and Courtney got together to have him killed to further their careers.

[@christyamar]

the CL is obvious but the Dave involvment I haven't heard many mention him. I dont like him and Ive always thought he was involved. Im not the only one who thinks so!

[@jepryx]

New subscriber

[@ericlee8231]

Courtney did it.

[@jeremyshanemcgowan5949]

Not all songs, he talks about what certain songs meant

[@skyewilliams4866]

I have this theory that certain lines are about Kristen Pfaff, who he was purportedly in love with and was going to basically run away with and who was probably murdersd by courtney. "I’m so warm and calm inside I no longer have to hide Let’s [There’s] talk about someone else Steaming soup against her mouth Nothing really bothers her She just wants to love herself" Kristen was very different from Courtney and provided a complete alternative to the abusive 'wife' he was often seen physically hiding from. "Lets talk about someone else" BESIDES COURTNEY! As in, heres some lines about someone else for once, an alternative, a better girl. "Nothing really bothers her/she just wants to love herself" doesnt sound likd Courtney at all, it sounds like a gentle person he is contrasting Courtney with, a someone else! It also sounds like something you might say after spending hours venting about how much you hate your psychotic wife who makes everything about her. "Im so warm and calm inside" sounds like double reference to the fake feeling of love from heroin and the real feeling of love he had found with Kristen, which is why he no longer has to hide. Shes easygoing and just wants to love herself and isnt focused on manipulating him and terrorizing people! He literally doesnt have hide from her! Theres a specific feeling of venting about a horrifically abusive person to someone is not like them that is an exciting safety. Warm and calm. The real deal, versus the fake whore that is heroin and Courtney.

[@joejones9520]

nobody was mrdrd, it's silly to promote that

[@geclay]

my favorite song, but i call it "last rite`s"