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What do these lyrics mean?

Posted on 7/31/12 at 1:29 am
Posted by Iona Fan Man
Member since Jan 2006
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Posted on 7/31/12 at 1:29 am
quote:


I wish I was like you
Easily amused
Find my nest of salt
Everything is my fault
I'll take all the blame
Aqua sea foam shame
Sunburn with freeze burn
Choking on the ashes of her enemy





always wondered this part. Any ideas?
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 7/31/12 at 1:41 am to
Posted by lv2bowhntAU
God's Country,a.k.a N. Alabama
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Posted on 7/31/12 at 2:13 am to
heroin is a helluva drug especially with a whore wife.
This is what Kurt was trying to say
Posted by Tha Herg
Herget Dorm
Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 7/31/12 at 8:29 am to
Salt is know to kill vegetation, like he killed the relationship.

Aqua seafoam shame-drugs

Sunburn and freeze burn sounds pretty damn painful, like their relationship breakup.

Choking on the ashes of her enemy means despite conquering previous demons, the couple is still feeling the effects of said demons.

Eh eh?
Posted by Kayhill Brown
Member since May 2010
940 posts
Posted on 7/31/12 at 9:19 am to
Nice interpretation!

I picture Kurt as more of a free-form/stream of consciousness writer. In my experience writing lyrics, sometimes you honestly just write down what's on your mind and make sense of it later.
Posted by Iona Fan Man
Member since Jan 2006
27462 posts
Posted on 7/31/12 at 10:33 am to
I read that the song was about the 80's

quote:

Find my nest of salt


I thought the rise in Cocaine usage of the 80's drug.

quote:

Aqua sea foam shame


the embarrassing new Teal 80's color that permeated fashion, signs, the entire decade

ie



also seen in "retro" 80's



quote:

Sunburn with freeze burn


Tanning beds and Air Conditioning

quote:

Choking on the ashes of her enemy


cigarettes?

Posted by bobbyray21
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 7/31/12 at 1:14 pm to
I thought it was "choking on the ashes of a runaway"

oops.
Posted by Kayhill Brown
Member since May 2010
940 posts
Posted on 7/31/12 at 1:16 pm to
quote:

I thought it was "choking on the ashes of a runaway"



I thought it was 'renegade'
Posted by LoveThatMoney
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Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 7/31/12 at 5:53 pm to
I'm no Nirvana expert, but I'm pretty sure "Aqua sea foam shame" is "I'll proceed from shame" and "sunburn with freeze burn" is "sunburn with freezer burn."

It's about his marriage to Courtney Love if I'm not mistaken. I guess "find my nest of salt" could be taken in a number of ways, but given Cobain's deep depression, I'll assume it means that he'll make a home out of (a) his tears or (b) a substance that exacerbates the pain from wounds. In other words, he'll endure the shite that Courtney Love is putting him through. "Everything is my fault" is obvious. "I'll take all the blame" is obvious. "I'll proceed from shame" means that he'll be the one to get over the shame that results from his arguments with Love. "Sunburn with freezer burn" means that Love has burned/hurt him in every way. "Choking on the ashes of her enemy" is a play on the "burn" image from the previous line and, I suppose, suggests that Courtney Love will choke on him being the bigger man?

I don't know. That's the only sense I can make out of it.
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