Lyrics for Lake of Fire as interpreted by bonj

Lake of Fire Lyrics
Where do bad folks go when they die?
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
They go to the lake of fire and fry
Won't see them again 'till the fourth of July

I knew a lady who came from Duluth
Bit by a dog with a rabid tooth
She went to her grave just a little too soon
And flew away howling on the yellow moon

Where do bad folks go when they die?
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
They go to the lake of fire and fry
Won't see them again 'till the fourth of July

People cry and people moan
They look for a dry place to call their home
Try to find some place to rest their bones
While the angels and the devils try to make them their own

Where do bad folks go when they die?
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
They go to the lake of fire and fry
Won't see them again 'till the fourth of July

Add to Mixtape  (view all)


Interaction
Mail to a friend Send Lyrics to a Friend
Share on Facebook

Stumble It
Add to Del.icio.us Add to Del.icio.us




  • 78 Comments
  • Printer Friendly Lyrics
oldest first     Expand All
Rob_98443
02-08-2002

Rated 0 
This is the way I hear it.

A guy who often wonders where is he going to go when he dies. He knows there are 2 places, and he often wonders what each place is like. "wont see them again 'till the forth of july" A Idea that maybe the fire in the fireworks is the closest guess on what hell is like.
"people cry people moan , look for a dry place to call their home" --Maybe an Idea that sometimes people spend too much of their time wondering where they are going to go , and how they will buried.
"I knew a lady who cam from duluth- section"-- Maybe that is saying that you just might die early, and you might have wasted all your time wondering where your going when you die.. When it is already chosen where your going.

Log in to reply
NicoleInWonderland
04-27-2002

Rated 0 
Isn't this a cover song by the Meatupuppets???

Log in to reply
NicoleInWonderland
04-27-2002

Rated 0 
*Meatpuppets*

Log in to reply
gbzoholika
04-29-2002

Rated 0 
hey rob,
i think your interpretation is pretty much what i think about that song.
But i think the 'forth of july' section must have some different meaning...

Log in to reply
dmbfan14
05-09-2002

Rated 0 
i dont really know what this songs meaning is..rob i do like your ideas on it..but this is one of my fav. nirvana songs. I have a bootlegged version of this on an album and its fantastic.

Log in to reply
DelictushSexplosius
05-10-2002

Rated 0 
Yeah, it is a cover of the Meatpuppets song. A dam good one too

Log in to reply
vandalized
05-10-2002

Rated 0 
VERY damn good cover. This, next to RAPE ME is my FAVORITE nirvana song. I miss these guys...

Log in to reply
aldeayeah
06-09-2002

Rated 0 
don't know why but 4th of july is often associated to the end of the world. i think that's what it means in this song

Log in to reply
seaked1
06-12-2002

Rated 0 
This song symbolizes the unsurety of life, it doesn't matter where you go when you die, it's not your choice and it doesn't matter anyways.

Log in to reply
hongo
06-30-2002

Rated 0 
i agree with aldeayeah.. i think that the meaning of the "4th of July" is associated with the Apocalypsis

Log in to reply
Cr_EaT-uRe
07-01-2002

Rated 0 
Yes, this was a cover song by the Meat Puppets. Nirvana invited the Meat Puppets to come onto their MTV Unplugged special because Kurt was a big fan of them. And, they played some of the Meat Puppet songs. This is a really good song, I listen to it a lot

Log in to reply
KurtCobain2727
07-02-2002

Rated 0 
This is a cover of the Meatpuppets, perfromed with the Meatpuppets at Unplugged in New York. It's about going to hell and angels and demons fighting for their soul.

Log in to reply
ladyinexile
07-10-2002

Rated 0 
The song is basically about the afterlife. The only part I really don't understand is the line about the fourth of July. A great song, btw.

Log in to reply
Smoke
07-14-2002

Rated 0 
Might be a reference to some cartoons, mainly the older Luney Tunes, where a character gets sent into the sky strapped to a rocket loaded with dynamite, and when he explodes it looks like fireworks.

Just a thought.

Log in to reply
belli67
07-26-2002

Rated 0 
There's a soundgarden song called 4th of july, its about the end of the world, or something of the sort.

Log in to reply
bubbles42006
08-12-2002

Rated 0 
This is my favorite Nirvana song. I love how he sings it...its haunting...isn't this on Unplugged? That's almost a haunting performance...I can't watch that without being in a sorta tranze...My older bro "raised" me on Nirvana, but I never got a personal interest in them until a couple years ago, but they've always been the top band on my list. Awsome song.

Log in to reply
floppy
08-24-2002

Rated 0 
Good song, ahh nirvana is so good, that im gunna have to say that the cover they did of this song, is actually better that the meat puppets version.

Log in to reply
scooter44
08-28-2002

Rated 0 
this was on MTV unplugged, which was a great show, they took it off about when MTV started going bad, but anyways, the unplugged album is one if my favorite nirvana albums, cuz they prove that they can play music other than their seattle grunge and still sound very good.

Log in to reply
SnuffieSniffer
10-14-2002

Rated 0 
hell yeah...this is one of my fav. nirvana songs..aside from lithium

Log in to reply
OTT
03-11-2003

Rated 0 
someone above mentioned about the the fireworks, to me that is like the light up, with fire and everything on earth, and remembering the dead

Log in to reply
creed_rocks13
03-15-2003

Rated 0 
about going to hell???

Log in to reply
MajinBuu
03-21-2003

Rated 0 
The 4th july line was only used because it rhyme with fry.

Bands do that. Not every line has to make sense

Log in to reply
Schr4nz
04-27-2003

Rated 0 
the fourth of july is independance day.... maybe the fourth of july is referring to the people that created your country america..... (the founding fathers) wont see em again till the fourth of july..... perhaps in the eyes of the meat puppets the founding fathers went to hell

Log in to reply
smashingrocker666
06-10-2003

Rated 0 
this meat puppets cover doesnt need much explaining. its about what this guy believes is hell, the lake of fire. personally, i dont think that the 4th of july has any specific meaning in this song... maybe they just put it because july rhymes with die, fly and fry. if it DID have a meaning, maybe its that america is evil or that as schr4nz says the founding fathers went to hell. cool song.

Log in to reply
JackalMasta
07-01-2003

Rated 0 
Ok heres my interpretation, Nirvana was a Christian at some point in his life so some of the Christian views of "heaven and hell" are exhibited in this song. However for one reason or another he decided Christianity was not for him. People cry and people moan

"They look for a dry place to call their home
Try to find some place to rest their bones
While the angels and the devils try to make them their own "

It appears he believes that human beings are always wandering, only wishing for a happy life or a place to call their "home". Christianity involves two choices - heaven or hell- your either with the devil or with God. He seems to indicate that both God and the Devil are trying to make human beings "their own".

Where do bad folks go when they die?
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
They go to the lake of fire and fry
Won't see them again 'till the fourth of July


Here he seems to indicate the destiny of "bad" people (according to the Bible) the lake of fire. The fourth of july in my opinion could mean death, or the light of the fireworks illuminates the sky enough to see hell. THIS IS JUST MY OPINION!!

Log in to reply
1 Reply




  • Add Your Comments
What does this song mean to you?

You must be logged in to post your comments.

Feel free to create an account with us, or log in with your existing account, to start adding your comments to songs.





Popular
Top:   Lyrics, Artists, Albums
Random:   Lyric, Artist, Album

Your Ad Here