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'Scoff' moves through repetition and constraint. The song circles a handful of declarative statements, each one a small negation: not lazy, not over, not older, not worth it. These phrases sit in the listener's ear, accumulate weight. The central demand, repeated across the track, is simple and insistent: gimme back my alcohol. It's a song about deprivation and self-perception, about how others see you and how you see yourself, and the gap between the two. The structure mirrors the lyrical obsession. Nirvana lock into a groove and stay there, letting the repetition do the work rather than chasing dynamic shifts. There's a bluntness to it, a refusal to soften the message or dress it up. The alternating chant of "heal a million, kill a million" introduces a darker binary, a kind of moral vertigo that sits uneasily against the more straightforward complaint of the verses. It's a track that trusts its audience to sit with discomfort.
"Scoff" is a track by Nirvana, from the album Bleach (Deluxe Edition), released 14th June 1989. The track is 4:10 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Nirvana.
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