너바나의 `In cesticide`는 생물학적인 주제와 관련된 용어를 앨범 타이틀로 정했다. 데뷔에서 2집 앨범 까지의 타이틀은 기성사회에 대한 강한 조소와 야유, 거부의 몸짓이 뚜렷하게 부각되었던 것들에 반해 `In cesticide`부터는 상징적인 용어를 타이틀로 사용하여 매스컴의 조롱거리나 꼭두각시 노릇을 벗어났다. 4집 `In utero`도 자궁과 관련된 생명의 신비를 앨범의 타이틀로 정하고 더 극단적으로 치닫는 외침을 적나라하게 내뱉고 있다. 대부분 이 앨범 타이틀을 놓고 비슷한 시기에 결혼과 더불어 아버지가 되는 커트의 입장과 관련이 있다고 판단하지만 그것보다는 점차 자유로움에서 구속으로 치닫고 복잡해지는 커트의 심정과 관련된, `도피 심리`인 것 같다. 앨범의 전반적인 사운드는 `Serve the servants`처럼 초강력 메탈을 뿜어대는 것도 있으나 대부분은 매우 고전적인 스타일을 유지한다. 기타를 비롯한 각 파트의 연주도 60년대와 70년대 블루스 하드 록의 오픈 코드 등의 개방현 사용이 빈번해 리프의 대부분이 매우 고전적으로 들리게 된다. `Rape me`에서 보여주는 `그랜드 펑크 레일로드` 식의 중후한 박력이나 해비한 음 전개, `도어즈`를 연상시키는 마지막 곡에서 더욱 그러하다. 결국 이 앨범은 멜로디나 테마의 선명도가 부족하여 단순명료한 방법론을 찾았던 성공의 끈을 확실이 잇지 못한 것처럼 보인다. 너바나는 2집 이후 음악적 변화가 전혀 없이 제자리 걸음을 하는 인상을 주었으며, 평론가들은 그들이 매너리즘에 빠졌다고 수근거리기 시작했다. 비록 멤버들이 나름대로 심혈을 기울여 만든 작품일지는 모르지만 2집에서 보여준 놀라운 활력과 반항, 터질 것 같은 젊음의 에너지는 찾을 수 없다는 평가가 주로 내려졌다 .... ....
Teenage angst has paid off well Now I'm bored and old Self-appointed judges judge More than they have sold If she floats than she is not A witch like we had thought A down payment on another One at Salem's lot
Serve the servants, oh no That legendary divorce is such a bore
As my bones grew they did hurt They hurt really bad I tried hard to have a father But instead I had a dad I just want you to know that I Don't hate you anymore There is nothing I could say That I haven't thought before
Serve the servants, oh no That legendary divorce is such a bore
Like most babies smell like butter His smell smelled like no other He was born scentless and senseless He was born a scentless apprentice
Go away, get away, get away, get away
every wet nurse refused to feed him electrolytes smell like semen I promise not to sell your perfumed secrets there are countless formulas for pressing flowers
Go away, get away, get away, get away
I lie in the soll and fertilize mushrooms Leaking out gas fumes are made into perfume You can't fire me because I quit Throw me in the fire and I won't throw a fit
She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box for a week I was drawn into your magnet tar pit trap I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn back
Hey Wait I've got a new conplaint Forever in debt to your priceless advice Hate Haight I've got a new complaint Forever in debt to your priceless advice Hey Wait I've got a new complaint Forever in debt to your priceless advice
Meat-eating orchids forgive no one just yet Cut myself on angel's hair and baby's breath Broken hymen of your highness I'm left black Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back
It's so relieving to know that you're leaving as soon as you get paid It's so relaxing to hear you're asking wherever you get your way I's so soothing to know that you'll sue me This is starting to sound the same
I miss the comfort in being sad
In her false witness, we hope you're still with us To see if they float or drown Our favorite paitent, a display of patience Disease-covered Puget Sound
She'll come back as fire, to burn all the liars And leave a blanket of ash on the ground
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 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, have a hangover
Skin the sun Fall asleep Wish away The soul is cheap Lesson learned Wish me luck Soothe the burn Wake me up
I am buried up to my neck in Contradictionary lies I take pride as the kind of illiterature I'm very ape and very nice If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to ask someone else first I'm too busy acting like I'm not naive I've seen it all I was here first
Out of the ground Into the sky Out of the sky Into the dirt
Use just once and destroy Invasion of our piracy Afterbirth of a nation Starve without your skeleton key
I love you for what I am not I do not want what I have got A blanket acne'ed with cigarette burns Speak at once while taking turns Second-rate third defree burns
What is wrong with me What is what I need What do I think
I think This had nothing to do with what you think If you ever think at all Bi-polar opposites attract All of a sudden my water broke
Hate, hate your enemies Save, save your friends Find,find your place Speak, speak the truth
May day, every day, my day Could've had a heart attack, my heart We don't know anything, my heart. We all want something fair, my heart. Hey! Hey! Hey~~!
Hey~~!Hey~~!
Out of town, out of sight (fire), is my heart. Queen of lies, today, my heart One more on the phone, my heart One more at the door of my heart. Hey! Hey! Hey~!
What else should I be All apologies What else should I say Everyone is gay What else could I write I don't have the right What else should I be All apologies
In the sun In the sun I feel as one In the sun In the sun I'm married buried
I wish I was like you Easily amused Find my nest of salt Everything is my fault I'll take all the blame Aqua seafoam shame Sunburn with freezerburn Choking on the ashes of her enemy
It hurts when you have to press that dull little thing That you're only supposed to use once and then discard Where do you put it? In the garbage can, my honest friend My shyness, pet her flow
She's only been five months late, even though we haven't had sex for a week
A meal a day, a meal, I say And my heart's made my ...
Somebody else already used the word 'aurora-borealis' She was tied up in chains, and Sam had helped her in the freezer
She's only five weeks late, but I haven't had a date forever ... Ever ... ever ... forever!
Wish I had more ... more opportunity, More chances to remember some things So I couldn't have so much pressure on my ... On my ... on my, um ... ah, on my ... um ... um ... head
We'd have so much more diversity, And so much more input, so much more creative flow, If we had someone in school, a 'GIT' ...
GIT ... geeks ... in ... town. Ha! ... Come on, Dave, think of one ... ! - Girls with trouble It should be GIC, geeks with charvels No, GWC, fuck man this is a waste of time ...
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One more solo? Yeahhhhhhhhh! Yeaaaahhhhh!
You're personally responsible for ... The entire strip ... to be washed away ... Cleansed ... as if gallons of, um, rubbing alcohol Flowed through the strip and were set on fire.
It didn't just singe the hair, it made it straight. And then Perry Ellis came along with his broom, And his ... silk ... And he ... he erected a beautiful city ... A city of stars.