Released: September 21, 1993

Songwriter: Kurt Cobain

Producer: Steve Albini

[Verse 1]
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
Whenever you get your way
It's so soothing to know that you'll sue me
Starting to sound the same

[Chorus]
I miss the comfort in being sad
I miss the comfort in being sad
I miss the comfort in being sad

[Verse 2]
In her false witness, 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
Leave a blanket of ash on the ground

[Chorus]
I miss the comfort in being sad
I miss the comfort in being sad
I miss the comfort in being sad

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
It's so relieving to know that you're leaving
As soon as you get paid
It's so relaxing to know that you're asking
Wherever you get your way
It's so soothing to know that you'll sue me
It's starting to sound the same

[Chorus]
I miss the comfort in being sad
I miss the comfort in being sad
I miss the comfort in being sad

Nirvana

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.