In Utero version
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 (x3)
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 I have a hangover
Have a hangover (x4)
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 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 (x3)
I think I'm dumb (x12)
From Kurt Cobain's Journals (page 19, labeled as "I Think Im Dumb", written under 'not finished',
transcribed by DN member BleachedBlack)
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
My heart is broke but I have some glue
help me inhale & mend it with you
Well float around & hang out on clouds
Then well come down & have a hangover
Skin the sun & fall asleep
breathe away – the soul is weak (cheap scrubbed out)
Lesson learned – (wake me up and roll & luck are scrubbed out, wish me luck written underneath)
Soothe the burn – Wake me up
From Kurt Cobain's Journals (page 193, transcribed by DN member BleachedBlack)
I'm not like them
but I can pretend
I make up words that aren’t ever heard
The sun is gone
but I have a light
The day is done
But Im having fun
I think Im dumb
But I think Im lonely
My heart is broke but I have some
glue help me inhale & mend it with you
Well float around & float up to you You are not dead
but thats how I feel – lying in bed.