Nirvana - In Utero ----------------- 1993 GEFFEN Kurt Cobain: lead vocals, guitar Krist Novoselic: bass Dave Grohl: drums, background vocals SERVE THE SERVANTS Teenage angst has paid off well Now I'm bored and old Self-appointed judges judge More than they have sold If she floats than she is not A witch like we had thought A down payment on another One at Salem's lot Serve the servants - oh no Serve the servants - oh no Serve the servants - oh no Serve the servants That legendary divorce is such a bore As my bones grew they did hurt They hurt really bad I tried hard to have a father But instead I had a Dad I just want you to know that I Don't hate you anymore There is nothing I could say That I haven't thought before Serve the servants - oh no Serve the servants - oh no Serve the servants - oh no Serve the servants That legendary divorce is such a bore Serve the servants - oh no Serve the servants - oh no Serve the servants - oh no Serve the servants - oh no Serve the servants - oh no Serve the servants - oh no Serve the servants That legendary divorce is such a bore SCENTLESS APPRENTICE Taken from "Perfume" a novel by Patrick Suskind Like most babies smell like butter His smell smelled like no other He was born scentless and senseless He was born a scentless apprentice Go away - get away, get away, get a-way Every wet nurse refused to feed him Electrolytes smell like semen I promise not sell your perfumed secrets There are countless formulas for pressing flowers Go away - get away, get away, get a-way I lie in the soil and fertilize mushrooms Leaking out gas fumes are made into perfume You can't fire me because I quit Throw me in the fire and I won't throw a fit Go away - get away, get away, get a-way Go away - get away, get away, get a-way HEART-SHAPED BOX She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box for a week I was drawn into your magnet tar pit trap I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black Hey Wait I've got a new complaint Forever in debt to your priceless advice Hate Haight I've got a new complaint Forever in debt to your priceless advice Hey Wait I've got a new complaint Forever in debt to your priceless advice Meat-eating orchids forgive no one just yet Cut myself on angel's hair and baby's breath Broken hymen of your highness I'm left black Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back Hey Wait I've got a new complaint Forever in debt to your priceless advice Hate Haight I've got a new complaint Forever in debt to your priceless advice Hey Wait I've got a new complaint Forever in debt to your priceless advice RAPE ME Rape me Rape me, my friend Rape me Rape me again I'm not the only one I'm not the only one I'm not the only one I'm not the only one Hate me Do it and do it again Waste me Rape me, my friend I'm not the only one I'm not the only one I'm not the only one I'm not the only one My favorite inside source I'll kiss your open sores Appreciate your concern You'll always stink and burn Rape me Rape me, my friend Rape me Rape me again I'm not the only one I'm not the only one I'm not the only one I'm not the only one My favorite inside source I'll kiss your open sores Appreciate your concern You'll always stink and burn Rape me Rape me Rape me Rape me Rape me Rape me Rape me Rape me Rape me Rape me Rape me Rape me Rape me Rape me Rape me Rape me Rape me FRANCES FARMER WILL HAVE HER REVENGE ON SEATTLE It's so relieving to know that you're leaving as soon as you get paid It's so relaxing to hear that you're asking wherever you get your way It's so soothing to know that you'll sue me, this is starting to sound the same I miss the comfort in being sad I miss the comfort in being sad I miss the comfort in being sad In her false witness we hope you're still with us, to see if they float or drown Our favorite patient, a display of patience, disease-covered Puget Sound She'll come back as fire, to burn all the liars, and leave a blanket of ash on the ground I miss the comfort in being sad I miss the comfort in being sad I miss the comfort in being sad It's so relieving to know that you're leaving as soon as you get paid It's so relaxing to hear that you're asking wherever you get your way It's so soothing to know that you'll sue me, this is starting to sound the same I miss the comfort in being sad I miss the comfort in being sad I miss the comfort in being sad DUMB I'm not like them But I can pretend The sun is gone But I have a light The day is done But I'm having fun I think I'm dumb Or maybe just happy Think I'm just happy Think I'm just happy Think I'm just happy My heart is broke But I have some glue Help me inhale And mend it with you We'll float around And hang out on clouds Then we'll come down And have a hangover... Have a hangover Have a hangover Have a hangover Skin the sun Fall asleep Wish away The soul is cheap Lesson learned Wish me luck Soothe the burn Wake me up I'm not like them But I can pretend The song is gone But I have a light The day is done But I'm having fun I think I'm dumb Or maybe just happy Think I'm just happy Think I'm just happy Think I'm just happy I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb I think I'm dumb VERY APE I am buried up to my neck in Contradictionary flies I take pride as the kind of illiterature I'm very ape and very nice If you ever need anything please don't hesitate To ask someone else first I'm too busy acting like I'm not naive I've seen it all I was here first Out of the ground Into the sky Out of the sky Into the dirt If you ever need anything please don't hesitate To ask someone else first I'm too busy acting like I'm not naive I've seen it all I was here first Out of the ground Into the sky Out of the sky Into the ground Out of the ground Into the sky Out of the sky Into the dirt MILK IT I am my own parasite I don't need a host to live We feed off of each other We can share our endorphins Doll steak, test meat Look on the bright side is suicide Lost eyesight I'm on your side Angel left wing, right wing, broken wing Lack of iron and/or sleeping I own my own pet virus I get to pet and name her Her milk is my shit My shit is her milk Test meat, doll steak Look on the bright side is suicide Lost eyesight I'm on your side Angel left wing, right wing, broken wing Lack of iron and/or sleeping Doll steak, test meat Look on the bright side is suicide Lost eyesight I'm on your side Angel left wing, right wing, broken wing Lack of iron and/or sleeping Protector of the kennel Ecto-plasma Ecto-skeletal Obituary birthday Your scent is still here in my place of recovery PENNYROYAL TEA I'm on my time with everyone I have very bad posture Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea Distill the life that's inside of me Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea I'm anemic royalty Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld So I can sigh eternally I'm so tired I can't sleep I'm a liar and a thief Sit and drink Pennyroyal I'm anemic royalty I'm on warm milk and laxatives Cherry-flavored antacids Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea Distill the life that's inside of me Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea I'm anemic royalty RADIO FRIENDLY UNIT SHIFTER What's your name Do you like me Use just once and destroy Invasion of our piracy Afterbirth of a nation Starve without your skeleton key I love you for what I am not I do not want what I have got A blanket acne'ed with cigarette burns Speak at once while taking turns What is wrong with me What is wrong with me What is what I need This had nothing to do with what you think If you ever think at all Bi-polar opposites attract All of a sudden my water broke I love you for what I am not I do not want what I have got A blanket acne'ed with cigarette burns Second-rate third degree burns What is wrong with me What is wrong with me What do I think I think Hate, hate your enemies Save, save your friends Find, find your place Speak, speak the truth What is wrong with me What is wrong with me What is what I need What do I think I think Use just once and destroy Invasion of our piracy Afterbirth of a nation Starve without your skeleton key What is wrong with me What is wrong with me What is what I need What do I think I think What is wrong with me What is wrong with me What is what I need What do I think I think TOURETTE'S Cufk, Tish, Sips (Fuck, Shit Piss) Moderate Rock "I just babbled" "I didn't make any sentences or any words, I just screamed" -Kurt Cobain (thoughts on tourette's lyrics) "An early lyric sheet for the song merely printed the words `Fuck shit piss'." -Mike Azzerad (Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana pg. 328) ALL APOLOGIES What else should I be All apologies What else could I say Everyone is gay What else could I write I don't have the right What else should I be All apologies In the sun In the sun I feel as one In the sun In the sun I'm married buried I wish I was like you Easily amused Find my nest of salt Everything is my fault I'll take all the blame Aqua Seafoam Shame Sunburn with freezerburn Choking on the ashes of her enemy In the sun In the sun I feel as one In the sun In the sun I'm married married married buried All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are All in all is all we all are GALLONS OF RUBBING ALCOHOL FLOW THROUGH THE STRIP It hurts when you have to press that dull little thing that you're only supposed to use once and then discard Where do you put it In the garbage, in my harness, in my chain, just let her flow (?) She's only been five months late Even though we haven't had sex for a week A milliday, a millisecond, Fires make my (?) Somebody else already used the word Aurora Borealis She was tied up in chains and Sam had helped her in the freezer She's only five weeks late and I haven't had a date forever Ever Ever Forever I Wish I had more More opportunity More chances to remember some things So I couldn't have so much pressure on my my on my, um on my, um um, I forget We'd have so much more diversity and so much more input So much more creative flow if we had someone in school, a GIT GIT... geeks in town Come on David, think of one Dave: (?) It should be GIC, geeks with ______ (?) No, GWC Fuck man, this is a waste of time One more solo Yaaa! Yaaa! You're personally responsible for, the entire strip, to be washed away Cleansed, as if gallons of um, rubbing alcohol flowed through the strip And were set on fire It didn't just singe the hair, it made it straight And then Perry Ellis came along with his broom And his... silk And he... he erected a beautiful city A city of stars