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In Bloom

Status
Nirvana Song


Song Author
Kurt Cobain


Writing Period


Recording Session(s)
May to June 1991 - Sound City, Van Nuys CA {prod by Butch Vig}

April '90 - Smart Studio, Madison WI. {prod by Butch Vig} "Nevermind Demos"


Notes
Some think this is about Dylan Carlson (one of Kurt's best friends from the band Earth).

In the video, the guy who introduces Nirvana is Doug Llewellyn, from the TV show "The People's Court".

"Knows Not What It Means" is an alternate title that appears on a lyric sheet depicted in Come As You Are pg. 216


 
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Alternate/Working Titles
Knows Not What It Means


Common Mislabels
He knows not what it means
Not what it means


Mislabels in the Bootography
In Broom


Lyrics
"Nevermind" version

Sell the kids for food,
weather changes moods
Spring is here again,
reproductive glands

He's the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it means
And I say
He's the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it means
And I say aahh

We can have some more,
Nature is a whore
Bruises on the fruit
Tender age in bloom

He's the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it means
And I say
He's the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it means
And I say aahh

He's the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it means
And I say
He's the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it means (x3)
And I say aahh


From Kurt Cobain's Journals (page 142, transcribed by DN member BleachedBlack)

Sell the kids for food – weather changes moods
Spring is here again – re – productive glands

He's the one who likes all the pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means
Knows not what it means
And I say AAHH

We can have some more,
Nature is a whore
Bruises on the fruit
Tender age in bloom

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