I chose the song In Bloom by Nirvana to analyze. I decided to analyze these lyrics because they might not make sense to someone listening to it the first time. The song starts out with a simple but catchy guitar riff followed by the verse accompanied by the base line. The very first line is "sell the kids for food" which I believe means that teens are replaceable and invaluable so you're better off getting rid of them for something you can actually use. The chorus is basically describing kids who listen to songs, mess things up ("likes to shoot his gun") and they generally don't have any idea what's going on around them ("don't know what it means") which in a way could make them seem self centered. The next verse goes like this; "we can have some more; nature is a whore". This is very similar to the first verse because again Cobain is exclaiming how you don't need teens/ kids because you can always make more if you really need to. The rest of the song consists of the chorus, a guitar solo, and the chorus again. Basically the entire meaning of this song has to be the misunderstanding of teenagers value and worth in society. Yes they can be juvenile and violent, but they do serve a purpose. I don't think Cobain is against his generation in this song I just think he is expressing how others view him and other kids.
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