Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
Polly wants a cracker
Think I should get off her first
Think she wants some water
To put out the blow torch
Isn't me
Have a seed
Let me clip
Your dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself
Got some rope
Have been told
Promise you
Have been true
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself
Polly wants a cracker
Maybe she would like some food
She asks me to untie her
Chase would be nice for a few
Isn't me
Have a seed
Let me clip
Your dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself
Got some rope
Have been told
Promise you
Have been true
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself
Polly said
Polly says her back hurts
She's just as bored as me
She caught me off my guard
Amazes me the will of instinct
Isn't me
Have a seed
Let me clip
Your dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself
Got some rope
Have been told
Promise you
Have been true
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself
Think I should get off her first
Think she wants some water
To put out the blow torch
Isn't me
Have a seed
Let me clip
Your dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself
Got some rope
Have been told
Promise you
Have been true
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself
Polly wants a cracker
Maybe she would like some food
She asks me to untie her
Chase would be nice for a few
Isn't me
Have a seed
Let me clip
Your dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself
Got some rope
Have been told
Promise you
Have been true
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself
Polly said
Polly says her back hurts
She's just as bored as me
She caught me off my guard
Amazes me the will of instinct
Isn't me
Have a seed
Let me clip
Your dirty wings
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself
Got some rope
Have been told
Promise you
Have been true
Let me take a ride
Cut yourself
Want some help
Please myself
Lyrics submitted by mojo risin
Polly Lyrics as written by Kurt Cobain
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This song is actually based on a true story as Krist Novoselic says so in "Classic Albums: Nevermind" Kurt was reading an article in a newspaper about a girl that got kidnappedand held hostage for weeks but she tricked the guy and escaped. Kurt was so mindblown by this girls story that he decided to write a song about it.
Ugh, this song IS about a true story, and yes, it is also an anti-rape song. And Courtney didn't kill him or influence him to do so. Kurt was suicidal ever since his parents' divorce when he was 7 (or 9? I can't remember). Regardless, he suffered all of his life, most of which was before he even met Courtney. He loved her, and disrespecting his wife is dishonoring him.
This is about a young girl named Polly getting abducted from a concert and brutally tortured and raped.
Polly is one of the greatests songs that I ever heard. Lyrics, music, everything is great. Electric version is better then acoustic.
KURT DONALD COBAIN R.I.P.
Polly says Polly says her back hurts She's just as bored as me She caught me off my guard It amazes me, the will of instinct
I dont think her name was polly. The rest of the story is true
MUSH! MUSH! MUSH! MMMMUUUUUUUSSSHHHHHH!
ALL OF YOU! SHUT UP! MUSH!
The Song wasnt written about a true story. The song was supposedly an Anti-rape song, kinda sarcastic i guess. Atleast, thats what iv heard. I think its true, although kurt wrote alot about what was going on around him, he never once said that it was based on truth. R.I.P Kurt. Courtney Loves a Husband killer and a liar, SEND HER TO HELL!!!
The Song wasnt written about a true story. The song was supposedly an Anti-rape song, kinda sarcastic i guess. Atleast, thats what iv heard. I think its true, although kurt wrote alot about what was going on around him, he never once said that it was based on truth. R.I.P Kurt. Courtney Loves a Husband killer and a liar, SEND HER TO HELL!!!
No shit... Courtney Love is Kurt's COD... even if she didn't murder him (which I think she did), she was definitely the cause for his suicide...