Status

Nirvana Song

Song Author

Kurt Cobain

Writing Period

1991

Recording Session(s)

Autumn - Winter 1990 - 4-track / boombox demos

May to June 1991 - Sound City, Van Nuys CA {prod by Butch Vig}

(Television) November 18, 1993 - Sony Studios NYC "MTV Unplugged"

Notes

The band Killing Joke sued Nirvana over this song, claiming the guitar riff in "Come As You Are" had been stolen from their song "Eighties." Nirvana won the case.

Availability

Releases in the Bootography

Alternate/Working Titles

None Documented

Common Mislabels

CAYA

Mislabels in the Bootography

Come As U R

Lyrics

Nevermind version

Come, as you are, as you were, as I want you to be
As a friend, as a friend, as an old enemy
Take your time, hurry up
The choice is yours, don't be late
Take a rest, as a friend, as an old memoria

Memoria (x3)

Come, dowsed in mud, soaked in bleach, as I want you to be
As a trend, as a friend, as an old memoria

Memoria (x3)

And I swear that I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun (x2)

Memoria (x4)
And I don't have a gun

Well I swear that I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun (x4)

Memoria (x2)



From Kurt Cobain's Journals (page 145, transcribed by DN member BleachedBlack)

Come, as you are – as you were – as I want you to be
As a friend - as a friend - as an old enemy
Take your time - hurry up
The choice is yours - don't be late
Take a rest - as a friend - as an old memoria memory ah
Come dowsed in mud - soaked in bleach, as I want you to be -
As a trend, as a friend, as an old memoriah

You said that I remind you of yourself tomorrow.

And I swear that I don't have a gun