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Dave Grohl wrote 'Marigold' whilst on tour with Nirvana, and the band recorded it during a studio session in February 1993. The track features Grohl on drums and lead vocal, a rare instance of the drummer stepping into the spotlight within the band's catalogue. The song's architecture is economical: a looped verse built on a simple anxiety, a chorus that pivots to something more abstract, and an instrumental break that lets the tension breathe. The lyrics circle obsessively around desire and fear, a figure present "in case I want it all" but held back by apprehension. Against this emotional tightness, the chorus opens onto an image of stillness: "all in all the clock is slow / six color pictures all in a row / of a marigold". It's a small, domestic moment that offers no resolution, only a pause. The song did not appear on the band's album, but emerged later as a limited release, and has since become a footnote in Nirvana's history, a glimpse of what happened when the drummer was allowed to lead.
"Marigold" is a track by Nirvana, from the album With the Lights Out, released 30th August 1993. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Nirvana.
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