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'''Dumb''' is a song by [[Nirvana]] first played as as a demo featured on [[With The Lights Out|''With The Lights Out'']] in 1991 and released in 1993 as the 6th track on Nirvana's third and final album [[In Utero|''In Utero'']]''. '' |
'''Dumb''' is a song by [[Nirvana]] first played as as a demo featured on [[With The Lights Out|''With The Lights Out'']] in 1991 and released in 1993 as the 6th track on Nirvana's third and final album [[In Utero|''In Utero'']]''. '' |
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== Lyrics == |
== Lyrics == |
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| − | I'm not like them |
+ | I'm not like them<br> |
| − | But I can pretend |
+ | But I can pretend<br> |
| − | The sun is gone |
+ | The sun is gone<br> |
| − | But I have a light |
+ | But I have a light<br> |
| − | The day is done |
+ | The day is done<br> |
| − | But I'm having fun |
+ | But I'm having fun<br> |
| − | I think I'm dumb |
+ | I think I'm dumb<br> |
| − | + | Or maybe just happy<br> |
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| − | My heart is broke |
+ | My heart is broke<br> |
| − | But I have some glue |
+ | But I have some glue<br> |
| − | Help me inhale |
+ | Help me inhale<br> |
| − | And mend it with you |
+ | And mend it with you<br> |
| − | We'll float around |
+ | We'll float around<br> |
| − | And hang out on clouds |
+ | And hang out on clouds<br> |
| − | Then we'll come down |
+ | Then we'll come down<br> |
| − | And have a hangover |
+ | And have a hangover<br> |
| − | Have a hangover ''[x3]'' |
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| − | Fall asleep |
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| − | Wish away |
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| − | Wish me luck |
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| − | Wake me up |
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| + | I think I'm just happy<br> |
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| + | I think I'm dumb<br> |
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== Meaning == |
== Meaning == |
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Latest revision as of 06:49, 21 June 2022
Dumb is a song by Nirvana first played as as a demo featured on With The Lights Out in 1991 and released in 1993 as the 6th track on Nirvana's third and final album In Utero.
Lyrics[]
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
I think I'm just happy
I think I'm just happy
I think I'm just happy
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 have a hangover
We'll have a hangover
We'll have a hangover
We'll have a hangover
Skin the sun, fall asleep
Wish away, 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
I think I'm just happy
I think I'm just happy
I think I'm just happy
I think I'm dumb
I think I'm dumb
I think I'm dumb
I think I'm dumb
I think I'm dumb
I think I'm dumb
I think I'm dumb
I think I'm dumb
I think I'm dumb
I think I'm dumb
I think I'm dumb
I think I'm dumb
Meaning[]
From an interview with Melody Maker on August 21st, 1993:
Melody Maker: "The lyric for “Dumb” seems peculiarly direct, a song about life’s simple, silly little pleasures. Like “I think I’m dumb/Or maybe just happy.” Is it intended to reflect that new-found optimism you’ve mentioned, or should we be reading it ironically?
Cobain: “That’s just about people who’re easily amused, people who not only aren’t capable of progressing their intelligence but are totally happy watching 10 hours of television and really enjoy it. I’ve met a lot of dumb people. They have a shitty job, they may be totally lonely, they don’t have a girlfriend, they don’t have much of a social life, and yet, for some reason, they’re happy.”