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Nirvana

Blandest

Release date: 23rd November 2004

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About This Track

‘Blandest’ by Nirvana is a 2004 track from the album ‘With the Lights Out’. The lyrics frame a strained devotion, with the singer calling someone their favourite among “saviors”, even as they try to steer away from becoming someone else. The vocal approach leans on quick exclamations and rhythmic insistence, turning the plea into a kind of emotional self-check. Around that core, the words keep shifting between attraction and warning, as if affection and correction are tangled together in the same breath.

"Blandest" is a track by Nirvana, from the album With the Lights Out, released 23rd November 2004. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Nirvana.

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Blandest

[Intro]

Oh

[Pre-Chorus]

You're my favorite, of my saviors

You're my favorite, oh no

Yes, you're my favorite, of my favors

You're my razor, oh no

[Chorus]

Hey!

And the situation wasn't quite as intense as I thought

I need you around, to remind me what not to become

And the situation wasn't quite as intense as I thought

I need you around, to remind me what not to become

Come

Come

Come

[Pre-Chorus]

You're my favorite, of my saviors

You're my favorite, oh no

Yes, you're my favorite, of my favors

You're my razor, oh no

[Chorus]

Hey!

And the situation wasn't quite as intense as I thought

I need you around, to remind me what not to become

And the situation wasn't quite as intense as I thought

I need you around, to remind me what not to become

Come

Come

Come

[Guitar Solo]

[Pre-Chorus]

You're my favorite, of my saviors

You're my favorite, oh no

Yes, you're my favorite, of my favors

You're my razor, oh no

[Chorus]

Hey!

And the situation wasn't quite as intense as I thought

I need you around, to remind me what not to become

And the situation wasn't quite as intense as I thought

I need you around, to remind me what not to become

Come

Come

Come

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From With the Lights Out

2004
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With the Lights Out
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2004
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  6. —Big Long Now (Rehearsal)
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  8. —Drain You (Demo)
  9. —Floyd the Barber (Live)
  10. —Grey Goose (Demo)
  11. —Lithium (Live Solo Acoustic)
  12. —Love Buzz (Rehearsal)
  13. —Pen Cap Chew
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  16. —Mrs. Butterworth
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  18. —Dive (Demo)
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  26. —I Hate Myself and Want to Die (Demo)
  27. —Polly (Demo)
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  30. —Smells Like Teen Spirit (Rehearsal Demo)
  31. —Very Ape (Solo Acoustic)
  32. —They Hung Him on a Cross (Demo)
  33. —Scoff (Rehearsal)
  34. —Smells Like Teen Spirit (Live at the O.K. Hotel)
  35. —Territorial Pissings (Live at the O.K. Hotel)
  36. —Milk It (Demo)
  37. —Verse Chorus Verse
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