Album: Nevermind (1991)

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• I don't care, I don't care, I don't care
  I don't care, I don't care, care if it's old
  I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind
  I don't mind, mind, don't have a mind
  
  Get away, get away, get away
  Get away, away, away from your home
  I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid
  I'm afraid, afraid, ghost
  
  Even if you have, even if you need
  I don't mean to stare, we don't have to breed
  We could plant a house, we could build a tree
  I don't even care, we could have all three
  
  She said, she said
  She said, she said
  She said, she said
  She said, she said
  
  I don't care, I don't care, I don't care
  I don't care, care, care if it's old
  I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind
  I don't mind, mind, don't have a mind
  
  Get away, get away, get away
  Get away, away, away from your home
  I'm afraid, I'm afraid, I'm afraid
  I'm afraid, afraid, ghost
  
  Even if you have, even if you need
  I don't mean to stare, we don't have to breed
  We can plant a house, we can build a tree
  I don't even care, we could have all three
  
  She said, she said
  She said, she said
  She said, she said
  She said, she said
  
  Even if you have, even if you need
  I don't mean to stare, we don't have to breed
  We can plant a house, we can build a tree
  I don't even care, we could have all three
  
  She said, she said
  She said, she said
  She said, she said
  She said, she said
  She said
  
  Said, good Writer/s: Kurt Cobain
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 25

• Luna Loud from Royal Woods, MichiganThis song is so Punk Rock, man! Someone on genius.com had the idea that the lyrics were lines said by a dude had such hots for a chick (or vice versa) that he was like, "I don't mean to stare, we don't have to breed!" and was like, jumbling his words 'cuz he was trippin' over his boner, "We can plant a house, we can build a tree. I don't even care, we can have all three." Ha ha! Zero had a good perspective on it too.
• Zero from Nowhere, NjThis is a little out there but I get from this a little kid/teenager escaping to his/her own little dream world where anything's possible (We can plant a house/we can build a tree) as opposed to the stereotypical American dream of getting married and having kids (we don't have to breed). When you're young you don't really think about that stuff, you just want to have fun. (I don't mind, I don't have a mind) Anyway, that's what I get out of it.
• Michael from Staten Island, NyBest Nirvana song ever. Grohl is awesome with the drums, and Kobain has (well, had) an excellent voice. I never heard "she said" at the beginning of the chorus, but I do at the end of the chorus. So fine, Kobain ain't the greatest gut-busting soloist, but it's still a great song. Nirvana lives on!
• Filthee from Crackville, CoI love Nirvana and they can not and will never be replaced,but I like Otep's version better.
• Joe Flake 2nd from Oklahoma City, OkThese verses are repetitive, but they still rock it! I dig it, i think.
• Chris from Ontario, Canadame thinks justin timberlake helped write this right
• John from Houston , TxGreat song. It's badass.
• John from Pittsburgh, PaKinda sounds to me like this is about not always thinking about sex
• John from Manila, OtherBarry played brilliant drums here. Are you still in Dubai p're?
• Echo from Normalville, MaGo Dave Go
• Zuzana from Bratislava, EuropeWhy do you have to diss Courtney? Whatever Kurt did was his decision and his responsibility. If she made him depressed, he didn't have to be with her. And the songs on In Utero aren't "depressed".
• Gerry from Cooltown, MaThis song is featured on MLB 2k7.
• Ed from Chodania, Fllol @ edwin in costa mesa, and the best version is probably on the Live and Loud show, where he plays this tuned 1/2 a step down.
• Matt from Millbrae, Cathe band fuel did a cover of this. the lead singer sounds amazingly like kurt i suggest you all download it and have a listen.
• James from ShaftesburyMost of the songs that can be linked to relationships on Nevermind were about Tobi Vail, from Bikni Kill, who he went out with for a while. They split up before Nevermind was recorded. The song Aneurysm is also about her.
• John from Millersville, Md"Explore his song writing talents...named after his friend's diarrhea medicine" Wow, what a talented guy. I'll never understand how this sort of pseudointellectual junk got so popular=/.
• Niall from Toulouse, FranceThe verses I think in this song are so repetitive. Mind tearing, I think.
• Matt from Millbrae, CaI agree paula.
• Mario from Riverside, CaThats song ROCKS, whenever he played it. One of my personal fav's.
• Matt from Millbrae, CaBrendans right. Kurt wheels onto the stage in a wheelchair (mocking the press's stories on his bad health) and then he just jumps out of it and rips into the opening chords. Its SOO awesome.
• Brendan from Arlington, MaI applaud the great opening that Cobain plays, watch Live Tonight Sold Out to understand how good it looks when he plays it
• Matt from Millbrae, CaIt's about growing up in white-trash rural america.
• Edwin from Costa Mesa, CaLike Justin said, He wrote this song before Dave Grohl introduced him to Love... How is this post Courtney? He sounds happy!
• Justin from Parma, OhThis song was written before Kurt was with Courtney or Frances was even conceived, as are all of the songs on Nevermind. None of his songs are about Courtney until In Utero, notice how they are all depressed. (Married to her and he's depressed? Shocking...) And also there was no post Courtney, he died married to her.
• Kelly from Houston, TxI hear its about Courtney and about Frances or a child, but I believe this was post Courtney so,

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