Nirvana

Songwriter: Kurt Cobain

Producer: Kurt Cobain

[Verse 1]
And if I may
And if I might
Lay me down weeping
And if I say, what is life?
I might be dreaming
If I may, what is right?
Summertime, see me yield

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Those years in his body
A phrase from his pocket
In chains from the no-end, lifelong dream

[Chorus]
Re mi
Re mi
Well, do re mi
Do re mi

[Verse 2]
If I may
And if I might
Wake me up and see me
If I do, and if I lie
Find me out, to see me

And if I'm made, cold as ice
I may have to see me heal

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Raised in his own care
Erased from this moment
The change from his socket
That I may need...

[Chorus]
Re mi
Re mi
Well, do re mi
Do re mi
Do re mi
Do re mi

[Bridge]
Wish me good
And wish me life
Find me out, to see me
In your way
Just be quiet
Follow pain and be me
Yell or wail and if I sigh
Stake me out the TV
And if I may
And if I might
Got a gun
To bleed me..

[Pre-Chorus 3]
Crazed in this gossip
Erased from his woman
And chains from his knowing
In my tea....

[Outro]
Re Mi
Re Mi
Re Mi
Do Re Mi
Do Re Mi
Do Re Mi
Do Re Mi
Do Re Mi...

Nirvana was arguably the most successful act of the early 1990s grunge movement that originated in Seattle, Washington. Formed in 1987 in the neighboring city of Aberdeen, they were catapulted into the spotlight four years later with the release of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and their second studio album, September 1991’s Nevermind.

They are credited with bringing alternative rock to mainstream attention and putting a nail in the coffin of ‘80s hair metal, which was dying a slow death on the charts at that point. In early 1992, Nevermind managed to knock Michael Jackson’s Dangerous from the #1 position on the Billboard charts, cementing their place in American music history.

The band’s career was suddenly cut short in April 1994, when iconic frontman Kurt Cobain was found dead from an apparent suicide. Drummer Dave Grohl has since become a hugely successful frontman in his own right with the band Foo Fighters. Nirvana has gone on to enjoy a musical afterlife in the hearts and ears of successive generations of fans comparable to that of The Beatles and Black Sabbath.

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