What else should I be?
All apologies
What else could I say?
Everyone is gay
What else could I write?
I don't have the right
What else should I be?
All apologies
[Chorus: Kurt Cobain]
In the sun, in the sun, I feel as one
In the sun, in the sun
[Post-Chorus: Kurt Cobain]
Married
Buried
[Verse 2: Kurt Cobain]
I wish I was like you
Easily amused
Find my nest of salt
Everything's my fault
I'll take all the blame
Aqua sea foam shame
Sunburn, freezer burn
Chokin' on the ashes of her enemy
In the sun, in the sun, I feel as one
In the sun, in the sun
[Post-Chorus: Kurt Cobain]
Married
Married
Married
Buried
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Outro: Kurt Cobain & Dave Grohl]
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
All in all is all we are
About
An acoustic fan favorite, “All Apologies” has Kurt Cobain “apologizing” for how he behaves, in a way he summarized as “Peaceful, happy, comfort”. He went on to dedicate it to his wife Courtney Love and their daughter, Frances Bean.
The song famously features a cello (played by Kera Schaley on In Utero and Lori Goldston in the MTV Unplugged concert).
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
Cobain dedicated “All Apologies” to his wife, Courtney Love, and their daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, during the band’s appearance at the Reading Festival in Reading, England on August 30, 1992. “I like to think the song is for them,” he told Michael Azerrad in the 1993 biography, Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana, “but the words don’t really fit in relation to us…the feeling does, but not the lyrics.” Cobain summarized the song’s mood as “peaceful, happy, comfort – just happy happiness.”
Cobain stated that the song was written about his wife, Courtney Love, and their daughter, and how happy he felt with them.
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