| 1 | [[Music/{{Nirvana}} These godfathers of grunge]] were [[TearJerker never exactly known for having cheerful songs]]. |
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| 3 | * "Something In The Way", depends on your mood, emphasized more thanks to [[Film/TheBatman2022 the 2022 Batman film]]. |
| 4 | * "Polly" is full of such hyper-charged NightmareFuel it crosses into this trope, detailing the kidnapping, rape and torture of an innocent teenage girl over a soft acoustic guitar and Cobain's VillainProtagonist perspective, not to mention it really happened. |
| 5 | * "Come As You Are", with the lyrics "No, I don't have a gun". [[HarsherInHindsight Oh Kurt...]] |
| 6 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPgWMfRmumQ Civil Twilight's cover]] cranks it up to eleven. From the instrumentation to the lamenting approach to the above line, it's impossible to not be moved by this version of the song. |
| 7 | * "All Apologies". The final part with the distorted guitar and Kurt singing "All in all is all we are..." is choke-inducing at least. |
| 8 | * The ''Music/MTVUnpluggedInNewYork'' album also has tons of this, especially the chilling "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?". |
| 9 | * On that note, Kurt Cobain's rare "Do Re Mi" demo, on the WTLO box set. It is one of the last songs recorded before his death, and while a lot folkier and more upbeat than his earlier work, it still manages to be tear inducing. |
| 10 | * The acoustic version of "You Know You're Right" is hauntingly stark. Not that the studio version was upbeat or cheery, with lyrics like "things have never been so swell/I have never failed to feel/the pain," but the version that's just Kurt and his acoustic guitar is brutal. |
| 11 | ** Not to mention when you realize the actual lyrics go "I have never failed to fail". (If the internet is to believed) |
| 12 | * "Pennyroyal Tea" from ''Music/InUtero'' can really be depressing (it helps if you pay attention to the lyrics knowing Kurt suffered from gastritis and drug addiction). "Pennyroyal Tea" is also slang for a home abortion technique. |
| 13 | * "Serve The Servants", a song about Cobain's family and childhood. Creator/WilliamSBurroughs, who had collaborated with Cobain, reportedly said that Cobain was already dead upon hearing the song. |
| 14 | * "Dumb", with the subtle string arrangements and Kurt denouncing himself for feeling happy. "I think I'm dumb, or maybe just happy... I think I'm just happy..." |
| 15 | * "Heart-Shaped Box" is so aggressive that it ''hurts'', especially the lyric "I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black". |
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