Nirvana: In Bloom Meaning

Song Released: 1992

In Bloom Lyrics

Sell the kids for food
--weather changes moods
Spring is here again
--reproductive glands
yeah!
(chorus)
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 don't know what it...

1. anonymous

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   Feb 2nd 2007 !⃝

   What's so great about being Picasso if the world is blind lol.
2. anonymous

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   Jan 29th 2007 !⃝

   this was one of the plainly put songs. No metaphors, no figurative language..it's NOT about the matrix. I am like 14 LOVE NIRVANA and when I hear crap like "It's about the matrix, it shames kurt." The song was set around the period when Nirvana's fame skyrocketed. I think Kurt may have foreseen that. He therefore added this song, a righteous opinion saying "If you don't know what the hell we're talkin about, don't listen to us! Be your own person!" The chorus is the core of the song
3. anonymous

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   Jan 22nd 2007 !⃝

   it is about nirvana POSERS.Who likes Nirvana just because they are on MTV.i mean it is right there in
   the chorus:
   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 when I say aahh ...
   
   
   
   THANK GOD FOR IN BLOOM
   
   RIP KURT
4. anonymous

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   Jan 14th 2007 !⃝

   Okay the first guy was right and Kurt Cobain only went hunting once with his dad and some of his dads buddy's he stayed in the truck.
5. anonymous

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   Dec 14th 2006 !⃝

   WOOT my 5 star rating put hopelesserik up to 2 stars.
   I admit you sound crazy but it looks like you went to a lot of trouble diggin that info up.
   But most of all very funny. Had a really good laugh. XD
6. anonymous

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   Oct 1st 2006 !⃝

   The chorus of this masterpiece is quite obviously about people who said they loved certain types of music just because they thought it was cool but I think the verse an title are about puberty and loss of virginity
7. anonymous

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   Aug 30th 2006 !⃝

   I think this song was written in response to guns and roses request for them to go on tour together ...
   
   "sell the kids for food" (appetite for destruction)
   
   "hes the one who likes all our pretty songs and he likes to sing along and he likes to shoot his guns" --- (axel rose from guns and roses said they were big fans of nirvana what they didn't know and would have if they listened to the lyrics is that nirvanas songs were making fun of people like him)
   
   other reference can be found through out the song "sweet child of mine"
8. nirvanakicksass

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   Aug 18th 2006 !⃝

   Ok you retarded idiot this song is not about the matrix you've out shame to kurts name by saying this
9. hopelesserik

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   Aug 9th 2006 !⃝

   Although the song may seem to be putting down people who only listen to music to be "cool" I think their is a much stranger interpertation.
   
   I think that the wachowski brothers modeled the 1999 cult classic the matrix and its two sequels after this song.
   The wachowski brothers took 90% of their influence from the comic book, but lets look at the lyrics.
   
   Sell the kids for food
   -in the matrix morpheus talks about how the robots were turning babies into energy supply
   
   weather changes moods, spring is here again
   -at the end of the 3rd matrix film, it starts to rain and then everyone turns into an agent, but then, when the sun comes out they are back to normal
   
   reproductive glands
   -trinity and neo have sex in the matrix 2
   
   alright, this is where it gets really specific
   
   he's the one
   -throughout the duration of all 3 films they continuously discuss and argue about whether or not neo is "the one"
   
   who likes all our pretty songs and he likes to sing along
   -shock rocker marilyn manson contributed "this is the new $hit" to the soundtrack, and manson has a song titled "the beautiful people
   
   
   and he likes to shoot his gun
   -there is a lot of violence involving guns, particularly on neo's part, in the movie
   
   but he don't know what it means
   -in the first movie, neo asks morpheus "what is the matrix?"
   
   and I say... Yeaahh
   -when Kurt sings these lyrics it sounds like he's saying "and I see you", like the monitors that stay back out of the matrix and watch the main characters on the computer in the matrix or like the architect who watches neo from a tv
   
   we can have some more -- nature is a whore
   -talking about how the humans didn't know babies were being used to create their energy so they used it gluttonfully
   
   bruises on the fruit -- tender age in bloom
   -again, talking about the babies being turned into energy
   
   
   you may think I'm crazy but I think this song and the matrix are connnected in some way, note also in all photographs and videos of the wachowski brothers they are wearing plaid over shirts

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
10. anonymous

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    Aug 7th 2006 !⃝

    It's about people that are complete posers. The kind of people who listen to a certian kind of music just to get the image of the people who actually do listen to it.
    And I think that the verses are about his hatred for his stomach disorder; "nature is a whore" and " bruises on the fruit" refer to his stomach and his how he hates mother nature for doing this to him.
11. anonymous

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    Jul 14th 2006 !⃝

    I agree I think it's about how people listen to music (their's) and are just listening to be cool, they don't really understand the messeges.
12. anonymous

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    May 11th 2006 !⃝

    My interpretation is that Kurt was singing and mocking the jocks who only listened to his music because it was cool. Not because they realy liked it.
13. nirvanalover

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    Apr 17th 2006 !⃝

    The song is about his friend who uses to go hunting with Kurt (Kurt would never kill any animals but sometimes shoot at cans) the song also refers to how kids listen to whatever not really knowing what the song is about or just clinging to what's new and cool to fit in.
14. anonymous

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    Apr 12th 2006 !⃝

    He might be hot, but he's dead you dumb broad.
15. anonymous

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    Mar 25th 2006 !⃝

    Ummm, it's about his chronic stomach disorder, get your facts straight.

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway

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