Reviews for Something In The Way Lyrics

The lyrics and title "Something in the Way" came from Kurt Cobain's favorite song by The Beatles, "Something."

The opening lyric in George Harrison's "Something" begins as "Something in the way she moves/ attracts me like no other lover." Harrison admitted that the second half of the lyric ("attracts me like no other lover") was just added in as "filler" until he came up with the lyrics later. Harrison ended up leaving the lyric in.

Similarly, Cobain, who created music first and write lyrics later, implemented the phrase "Something in the Way" as "filler" which came to mind because it was his favorite Beatles song. Just like Harrison, his "filler" lyric was never changed.

Cobain would cover The Beatles' "Something" whenever Nirvana was experiencing technical problems as a "filler" until the rest of his band's technical problems were fixed.

Of coarse we feel we know Kurt, at least partially. Creating the mood, the energy, the music, the lyrics, an artist gives a little piece of himself to the rest of the world. But yes, i agree this song may have meant something different to Nirvana, but free interpretation is always a way to go.

I forget which person said he came up with lyrics last but he did. a lot of stuff he just wrote at the last minute, but even so lyrics have so come from somewhere and be inspired by something. I think he's saying he feels like something is preventing him from what could be or could have been considering how depressed he was, it makes sense.

Everybody talks about what Kurt was writing about as if they actually knew him or something. First of all its hard to tell what he was actually writing about (he never lived under that bridge that everyone thinks he lived under) and second, lyrics are meant to be interpreted in whatever way means the most to you.

"Music comes first, lyrics come second"

Kurt himself has stated lyrics come last, So honestly this could mean anything but in my opinion its about a few things. First off, he lived in a few friends houses when he moved out and this could be somewhat like this even though i don't think he lived under any bridges and if so, not for more then a day. The Its okay to eat fish cuz they don't have any feelings could reference to people with mental illnesses such as Bipolar/Schizophrenia And ofcourse the hated pyschopaths because they are so different, people often confuse them with assholes, or just cold blooded murders blah blah. Sucks no one understands anything anymore =/.

This is my favorite Nirvana song but it can make cry.Once I when I was at my grandma's house and I watched Memorable moments on MTV.They were talking about lots of it but then they started talking about Kurt's death and I cried.My cousin hugged me and said that we can't change anything.

this is a metaphor alienation Kurt felt from his parents, i think. he might as well have been living under a bridge. it has nothing to do with being famous, because Nirvana wasn't famous until after this album.

The love: the ability to share your feelings. to peer into your own soul without even thinking about it.
The hate: Being number one without wanting it. Making millions when all u want is thousands. Being made into an American Icon without ur permision. without ur concent.

these are jsut a few things kurt was tryin to get at. but with all taht depression all that "conformitty" he couldnt pull it off any longer. couldnt keep the cool head. i understand this man so little. but want to understand him more. waht i know is only what i know. but shit. i can share some personal feelings with this man.atleast from what i understand in his music his interviews. and all his mini writings that he left behind.

brings back memories.I was in portland oregon and it always rained. whether it was the weather or wether a disaster of a girfriend.sometimes words that don't make sense when you hear them actually make the most sense. thank you kurt..

There's one bullshit about this song, he never actually lived under a bridge, his friends said so in one of the interviews. Though he did spend some time there smoking pot etc. it's still a depressive song if you ask me.

i think that this is a way of kurt saying i know something bad is going to happen but i just don't know what. i don't think anybody ever really knows what he means in most of the stuff he writes because he doesn't want anyone to.
i understand that.

something in the way is good song!i love nirvana!!!hes best song is Lithium,Where did you sleep last night and about a girl!!i have NirvanaS book and i reed that 5x when he have 18year he lives with hes friend in the pink and small hous!he doesn t have a famili and hes bast frien was Jasi!

the song is upsetting.
some people say that it is a sweet song and some say that it is a hard core song.
i think it is a personal song.
the song shows how different ppl live.
rock dies hard.
he never wanted to be famous, just wanted to make enough money to keep making music..
RIP Kurt Cobain

Oh, btw, he actually stayed under a bridge in Aberdeen as a kid for a bit...I've driven over it. So, while this song is obviously more metaphorical than that...it probably has something to do with that depression and desolation of running away and living under a crappy bridge.

I'm suffering from lifetime depressions myself like Kurt. Fortunately I've had help and am under control with medications... but this song, and then especially the part after the 10 minute silence is exactly how I feel, it is striking. To a lot of people this part is just noise. But first the exhausted saying of mamaaa followed by chaos, fear, agony; thats just the way it is.