NIRVANA LYRICS EXPLAINED!

Smells Like Teen Spirit
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Load up on guns <Guns n Roses?  Bill of Rights allusion?  The jury 
                 is still out>
Bring your friends <Pull a train?>
It's fun to lose  <no shame in it, though.  Karpov's good. 
DAMNGOOD!> 
And to pretend <let's go the land of MAKE-BELIEVE!> 
She's overboard <Goldie Hawn?  Bad career move...bad>
Myself assured <If you say so>
I know I know <Cogito>
A dirty word <Fuck>


hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello
hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello
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hi
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With the lights out it's less dangerous <well, no wonder it's "hard 
                                         to find"                 
                                         as we will see later> 
Here we are now <No.  Over here, you goof.>
Entertain us <...the idol of my age...like another can of beans...>
I feel stupid and contagious <this, we feel, is an allusion to the 
                             very rare South American Spotted     
                             cuerme bug, the bite of which causes 
                             a kind of brain fever.  corroborating 
                             evidence to follow>
Here we are now <No!  Over *here*!>
Entertain us <See above>
A mulatto <Jasmine Guy>
An albino <Johnny Winter>
A mosquito <See?!>
My Libido <No comment>
Yea <Yup.>


I'm worse at what I do best <Well, keep at it and one day you may 
                             really suck>
and for this gift I feel blessed <If you say so>
I met a group that's always been <The Stones?  The Kinks?? The
Dead???> 
And always will until the end <The Kinks it is.>

hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello
hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello
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um, hi.
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Chorus


And I forget <that brain fever again>
Just what the taste <Like chicken, you sillybilly>
And yes I guess it makes me smile <and laugh uncontrollably.  Yup, 
                                   it's that brain fever all right>
I found it hard <Calculus?  Fourier transformations?  Non-Euclidian
                 geometries??  What???>
Its hard to find <Not in Seattle it ain't.>
Oh well, whatever, nevermind <Ah, fuggedaboutit>

hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello
hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello
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um, hi.
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Chorus
A denial A denial A denial A denial A denial
A denial A denial A denial A denial
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No.
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