Lyrics: Blew - early studio demo (1988)

[rocknroll1968]

Blew (11 Jun 1988)
Lyrics: Kurt Cobain

We were in a garden wastin' time
And we were in our love and we like to blew
We were in a garden, like to use
And if you wouldn't mind I would like to spew

Seen it, believe it, need it, is it sane?
Is there another reason for a man?
Is there another, horny, next to me?

And if you wouldn't mind I would like to blew
And if you wouldn't mind if we overdo
Let me sit it down I would like to use
And if you wouldn't mind I would like to grew

Is there a reason you never seem insane?
Is there another madness? To make you mine
Is there another reason for your stain?

Is there a meaning for this? I'm insane
Is there another time for most to fade?
Is there another madness for this soul? / meaning for this song?

You could be anything x3
You could do anything x5

Archivist's notes: This recording was opened in Audacity and the vocal was isolated, making the words easier to understand and transcribe. "Spew" and "grew" were both quite easy to hear with the vocal isolated, and note the use of "overdo", which also appears in Aneurysm, revealing the sexual nature of both songs. "Overdo it and have a fit" = "Fool around too much and have an orgasm"

For two other songs that use the word "faded", click here and here. Kurt and Krist seem to have had their own special meaning for the term, which appears to be used as slang for orgasm.

Quote: Nirvana or die (1995)

[rocknroll1968]

"I remember one time during their [Nirvana's] 1992 Australian tour and we were in the tour bus. Everyone was drinking wine and Dave Grohl took out a notebook. Dave Grohl had a diary or journal of some sort, whatever it was, and during that tour he wrote in it everyday. He might have written in it afterward, too, but I wouldn't know.

Dave started writing and Krist Novoselic asked him what he was doing. Dave ignored him and Kurt Cobain became curious, too. Kurt grabbed the journal and picked a random page from it and read it out loud. This journal entry described Kurt Cobain in somewhat interesting detail.

Dave called Kurt Cobain his best friend and said getting that call from Kurt and Krist was the best day of his life. The journal entry also said Kurt Cobain saved his life because he felt very confused, or lost, while in Scream and contemplated life-threatening situations, if you know what I mean.

Kurt Cobain gave the book back to Dave Grohl, took another sip of wine, and hugged him. He told Dave Grohl that he is his best friend and asked him to never leave the band no matter what, because he couldn't do this [the band] without him. Krist shook his head in agreement. Dave Grohl said he would die before that happened and they smiled. Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain, and Dave Grohl had a group hug.

I laughed hysterically at them with warmth in my heart. The next day Kurt Cobain said it was just the wine talking, but I know he meant what he said. You can't fake a moment like that."

-Youri Lenquette, 1995

Archivist's note: I'm gonna fucking cry