Nirvana - Lounge Act (Live 08/30/92)

In honor of the Nirvana Rock Band pack released today, maybe my favorite song off this album.
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Funny story: My little brother, my girlfriend and I have a RockBand group (he drums, she guitars, I sings) and it's a lot of fun. The day the Nirvana pack came out, he asked if he could print out some tab on my CPU and it turned out to be the bass tab for this song (he also plays real guitar and bass). I was like, "Oh, trying to learn the new RockBand DLC?" and he had no idea that the nirvana pack was out, just cosmic coincidence.

This song means a lot to me, at about 11 or 12 this album was on permanent rotation on my Walkman, notably during a camping trip our family took. I still remember proudly wearing my Batman Returns hat with it's holographic tag still attached, trying to impress my old role model: my cousin; and my new role model, my new step-brother. I doubt I impressed anyone, but the three of us roamed the campgrounds, kings of the world. And for that one weekend in the woods I felt like I was on the same level as they were. Blasting Nevermind across the campgrounds, pissing off anyone within earshot. Male bonding at its finest.

This song was my realization that I would forever be showing my non-conformity by conforming.

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Truth - covered in security
I can't let you smother me
I'd Like to, but it couldn't work
Trading off, taking turns
Don't regret a thing
And I've got this friend, you see
Who makes me feel and I
Wanted more than I could steal
I'll arrest myself, I'll wear a shield
I'll go outta my way to prove I still
Smell her on you

Don't - tell me what I wanna hear
Afraid of never knowing fear
Experience anything you need
I'll keep fighting jealousy
'til it's fucking gone

And I've got this friend, you see
Who makes me feel and I
Wanted more than I could steal
I'll arrest myself, I'll wear a shield
I'll go outta my way to prove I still
Smell her on you

Truth - covered in security
I can't let you smother me
Like to but it couldn't work
Trading off, taking turns
Don't regret a thing
And I've got this friend, you see
Who makes me feel and I
Wanted more than I could steal
I'll arrest myself, I'll wear a shield
I'll go outta my way to make you a deal
We've made a pact to learn from who
And ever we want without new rules
We'll share what's lost and what we grew
They'll go out of their way
To prove they still

Smell her on you
They still, Smell her on you
Smell her on you
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Longest post I'll ever post, promise.

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