Cover art for Something in the Way - Live at the BBC by Nirvana

Something in the Way - Live at the BBC

Nirvana
Track 40 on Nevermind (Super Deluxe Edition) 
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Something in the Way - Live at the BBC Lyrics

[Verse]
Underneath the bridge
Tarp has sprung a leak
And the animals I've trapped
Have all become my pets
And I’m living off of grass
And the drippings from the ceiling
It's okay to eat fish
'Cause they don’t have any feelings

[Chorus]
Something in the way, mmm
Something in the way, yeah, mmm
Something in the way, mmm
Something in the way, yeah, mmm
Something in the way, mmm
Something in the way, yeah, mmm

[Verse]
Underneath the bridge
Tarp has sprung a leak
And the animals I've trapped
Have all become my pets
And I'm living off of grass
And the drippings from the ceiling
It's okay to eat fish
'Cause they don't have any feelings
[Chorus]
Something in the way, mmm
Something in the way, yeah, mmm
Something in the way, mmm
Something in the way, yeah, mmm
Something in the way, mmm
Something in the way, yeah, mmm
Something in the way, mmm
Something in the way, yeah, mmm

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Genius Annotation

This version of Something in the Way was recorded at Maida Vale Studios for BBC Radio 1 in 1992. It features more intense drumming, harsher vocals from Cobain, and the starkest difference, it was played on an electric guitar rather than an acoustic like in the original. This version of the song more closely resembles what they would play at live shows during the Nevermind tour.

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