It's so relieving to know that you're leaving as soon as you get paid
It's so relaxing to hear you're asking wherever you get your way
It's so soothing to know that you'll sue me, this is starting to sound the same
I miss the comfort in being sad
In her false withness, we hope you're still with us,
To see if they float or drown
Our favorite patient,
A display of patience, disease-covered Puget Sound
She'll come back as fire, to burn all the liars,
And leave a blanket of ash on the ground
I miss the comfort in being sad



Lyrics submitted by justinjtp, edited by Mellow_Harsher

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"Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle" as written by Kurt Cobain

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    My Interpretation:This is a great song. I think the inspirations brilliant. I bet kurt thought he and frances and lots in common. "I miss the confort of being sad" I think hes saying hes so use to being sad being happy doesn’t feel right.
    Flag thrashgrunge4lifeon July 06, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I've mostly felt that this song is about the personal drama around Kurt, from being with Courtney. Before he was with her, he was a very smart, approachable, amicable, self-deprecating stoner type. Once they were together, she turned him on to heroin, she conjured lots of drama, picked many ugly battles with so many parties and pulled Kurt into it. His life was transformed by fame, yes, but she brought a lot of conflict to his life.

    Add to it his increasing conflict with his bandmates who wanted equal pay/credit, despite not writing nearly as much material as he was or facing the pressure of being the frontman to field all press as well as maintain the band's image and credibility. Evidently, he was on the brink of disbanding Nirvana in 1993.

    I think he was missing feeling the familiar sadness and the comfort zone of the usual loneliness or depression instead of the anger that replaced it.
    Flag JackieSamwichon January 05, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:i also wonder if its about studio execs, music producers, etc.. the bad side of it
    Flag dm.tymon April 02, 2011   Link
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    My Opinion:This is quite possibly my favorite Nirvana song.

    I think Kurt could probably relate to Farmer in many ways. She felt disenfranchised and cast out from "normal" society because her eccentricities were too much for most to handle, which lead to mental illness in the form of deep depression - much like Kurt. The similarities end here, I think. Frances Farmer died of cancer much later in life than at 27, which was the age Cobain ultimately ended his pain.

    I think this song and many others on the album ("In Utero", their third and last studio album which Kurt initially wanted to call "I Hate Myself and Want to Die") dripped of Kurt's confusion and discontent and showcased his sadness through both the music and lyrics. So many things he wrote - and even pictures he took - foreshadowed his suicide that I don't understand how anyone could have been shocked when he pulled the trigger.
    Flag pleasebeatme92on July 28, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:G-D to I love that line: "She'll come back as fire to burn all the liars". Ever since I heard it it has resonated so deeply with me and I don't know why. I mean, I'm a peace-loving person, would never take personal revenge on anyone on purpose, and so why do i love that line?? Maybe because I am as if in love, in want, in desire, obsessed with Justice actually occuring. Justice is like some wet dream I have that never manifests into anything. But I can taste in when I hear it and that line is it.
    Flag leesKayon March 13, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I can really only give meaning to the chorus ("i miss the comfort in being sad").
    In lots of cases, happiness for someone who has been sad for such a long time is too problematic, and makes them sadder than they were before, when they accepted and understood their lives. Feeling their original feelings of sadness again could be almost comforting. Hence, "i miss the comfort in being sad."
    Flag FallenSun4on March 06, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I think it's about how frances farmer was hounded by media just like courtney was and shit along that line. Courtney had an admiration or such for farmer, she wore one of farmers dresses at her wedding.
    Flagged billiecapuleton February 13, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:In the first verse, "This is starting to sound the same" is actually "As soon as Simon says". In the third verse, he says "This is starting to sound the same".
    Flag Samuraieauxon February 08, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I luv this song, and I used to think that Kurt was saying "I miss the comfort in being insane". XD
    amazing album.
    Flag dark_eyez_666on October 03, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:'I miss the comfort in being sad'

    I used to be amzingly obssesed with Kurt D. Cobain:) And i still am in a way....but i realize he wouldn't have wanted anyone to be obsessed with him....but this has stayed my all-time favourite lyric......like ever:P

    R.I.P KURT COBAIN
    Flag VanNuys666on August 02, 2009   Link

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