Polly -- Nirvana -- Lyrics

[TheVDayFaerie]

this is actually about a rape that happened at a nirvana concert. do ur research.

[JeffsCharismatic666]

My names Polly lol

[ghghgh33971]

guy kurt did not want fans, he did not want to be know, he wanted to be just a basement band

[FaithSunday555]

I know I sound really selfish but I really don't think that he would just leave us like that without a song or anything...

[FaithSunday555]

It was his life,if he didn't want to live anymore which I'm not surprised it was his right to kill himself.But I honestly don't believe that he would just die without even a sign for his fans,I mean maybe he didn't love making music anymore but we loved him the way he was,so I don't think that he would just forget us that easily.He had only one letter for his family saying goodbye,but goodbye like leaving them,not dying.There were found evidence that his wife was copying his writing so...

[NirvanaFan692]

hey guys check out my nirvana guitar covers

[kargath101]

@NirvanaFan692 No.

[snipe1973]

thouhgt it was about a bird.....com

[forgotagain00]

lyrics aint exact.

[TheBabygirl1398]

love this song. i hate how many people keep complaining and talking about how kurt killed him self or if Courtney did it. honestly i care too you guys but worrying about what happened wont bring him back as much as we want him back.

[jesie37]

i have bipole and i undersatn y he killed himself love u kurt

[z1gz4gb1u3FTW]

Zombie Kurt = WIN!

[ado1512]

VerY VerY Klosar

[CameronCrank]

I Love the Last Part

[Lunkerlad]

This song is about a girl ( named Polly) who attented a Nirvana concert and got kidnapped on her way from the concert. She was then brought to the mans basement and was raped for weeks... she later died of starvation and dehydration, if that doesnt ruin your day i dont know what will...

[jjawesome82799]

Thank you Nirvana, for helping me get through national history day, and a history class where your teacher threatens to crucify students.

[IkEetJeOpp]

I would like it when Kurt comes back, but I don't want him to be alive.

Why? Because that isn't what he wants.

[KaterinaIsabella]

<3

[lifeisgolden1]

i love nirvana so much! i'm 12 and i love this grungey classic rock. I listen to real music like this and more people should, but the thing is, i don't let this kind of music consume me. I don't let it become me, but I do love listening to it.

Nirvana forever <3

[allycat2090]

@lifeisgolden1 nobody cares how the fuck old you are. anyone can listen to this.

[xxshawnee3xx]

@lifeisgolden1 Why is your age relevant? That's like me going on to a Beatles video or something and saying I am 18 and I like this.

[JuleRousee]

Yes, Polly is literally about a girl raped and tortured with a blowtorch, but there's more there than saying it's pretty fucked up. She flirts herself from the situation; that's so damn important. She fights back with love in a gentle, intelligent way, and demonstrates an instinctive, intense capacity for human emotion. She attacks his inner wound, what's making him so repulsive and cruel. And to share her love for her captor, and to criticize male chauvinism, Kurt sings AS the rapist.

[JDTMusicEveryday]

@JuleRousee

I don't see how you could get that from the lyrics, it may be my ignorance but I just don't see that.

[qoaa]

whoever made the video the lyrics are wrong, it adds words that arent there, not even in official lyrics

[TheAmelie918]

It's a little sad to see these kinds of comments on this kind of song. Can nobody give respect and just be happy listening to it? Stop argueing and just enjoy it. Jesus.

[sarabear1811]

as a HUGE Nirvana fan, i am semi- disappointed to see semi- errors in these lyrics.. extra words.. come on, its Nirvana, have the decency to at least look up the lyrics to make sure.. please and thank you.. overall great song.. decent vid. :)

[loveignites1]

that justagirl123431 when on a lyric video for the red hot chili peppers and said that kurt cobain and RHCP sucked. stupid bitch, she obviously has no good taste in music, what a shame

[annacarolinaaraujo]

it doesn't make sence, but i liked

[MegaGearsofwarfan]

justagirl123431 is a troll she has been saying this on a lot of vids just ignore her and shell go away

[LovinLyla]

@justagirl123431 go jmp off a cliff u dumb bitch! how wuld u like it if ur lil sis or someone got kidnapped raped n torched u fucking physco bitch

[justagirl123431]

GAY SONG!!! THIS BAND IS FOR EMO FAGS!!

[THELSUfan97]

@justagirl123431

wowwwww ur such a fag, u prob like rap n ur a wannabe nigger, get the fck outa here

fukin fags like you is the reason the world filled wit assholes

[rawritshollyyy]

@justagirl123431 my mom is emo? lol. I think no.

[Twilight4201]

@justagirl123431 No its not! Your an EMO FAG!

[deardearjonny]

@justagirl123431 THIS IS A BRILLIANT SONG YOU IDIOT.Don't ever offend nirvana.

[bustercharl777]

@justagirl123431

Grunge*

It's about being lazy and smoking pot, really. Perhaps do your research on the songs first, because this isn't about being emotional; this is about a girl who was kidnapped, raped and tortured with a blow-torch. Nothing really "emo" about that. Doesn't emo mean someone who is emotional? Well, emotional can mean anger too. Something you seem to have a lot of. Also, I'm straight and like this. So, since you're angry and annoying me, you can piss off, emo.

[rainingcrystalx]

@bustercharl777 hey, i like you. complete sensibility without over-exaggeration.

[bustercharl777]

@rainingcrystalx

Thanks. Well, anger and hatred only create more anger and hatred. I don't care if you like the music or hate it; you should at least be informed on what you're talking about before running your mouth on things you know nothing about. People are just silly, I guess.

<3

[havebrainsmust]

@bustercharl777 tortured with a blowtorch? reminds me of hostel

[largest85]

@justagirl123431 bitch

[TheVelikiBlack]

@justagirl123431

fuck u bitch

[amyjuer123]

@justagirl123431 well...you're a shit...

[leigh27271]

@justagirl123431 fuck u

[loveignites1]

@justagirl123431 go to hell and stop trolling on nirvana and RHCP lyric videos bitch

[MrJubijubidoo]

@justagirl123431 if theyre emo they wouldnt be a band wont they, dumb bitch

[ItsssCayla]

@justagirl123431 What music do you listen to? I'm guessing you like rap, which is abunch of fake black guys, who actually didn't grow up in the ghetto but their parents payed their way to fame, or do you like pop, which is abunch of whores or lowlifes who use autotune to "sing". Or maybe you like "emo screamo" as I call it which is bands like Miss May I or Never shout Never who are uhhh no comment. Oh and BTW, Im a girl so I'm not a "emo fag".

[domoniqueskye10]

The real meaning behind this song is real shit...............beautiful song by a talented artist & man.

[EggHeAdInTHemiXLirrd]

now this is the song that seperates the smells like teen spirit fans from nirvana.

[Juninhodcdesconhecid]

Simple and beautiful

[Trinaa981]

i honestly think he sounds better singing the live version . lol

[ILoveBVBxD]

I love this song!! I think its my favorite..sooo hard to deside!

[AlucardxD23]

Lol \/

[Polipol345]

My name is Poly isn't that weird!

[fatal3dge]

I'll be 15 this sunday, and all I want for my birthday is for people to pray for Kurt up in Heaven where he's rocking with our Lord. R.I.P. Kurt Cobain, you are deeply missed

[MrFireinthehole420]

@fatal3dge I bet you will be sad if you don't get a pillow pet. You aren't old enough to understand things of this nature yet. Listen to the 14 year old under you awsmmandude. He knows what the fuck he's talking about.

[fabulousitymusic]

@MrFireinthehole420 Shut up, all he was saying is that he was a good artist. Jesus, no reason to start a fight, calm the fuck down bro .

[olapessoal100]

I'm 16,i understand things of this "nature"

yumadtho

[callmethepunisher01]

@fatal3dge too late haha happy early bday gift

[awsmmandude1]

Look if you never knew kurt or even heard of him before he died then you shouldnt talk about it to people, im 14 so i try not to mess with it.

[niconeal1990]

@thekrystalynn in the majority of Curt's songs he is song about current events or perspectives that he is looking at. Most likely he just couldn't take it and looked at the world as a terrible place. R.I.P

[TheKrystalynn]

why would Cert commit sueside to himself that is just stupidi wish he was still alive because i want to go to one of there concerts plzzz Cert come back alive

[KkKaspertheKat]

@TheKrystalynn whats a sueside? and wanting him alive and calling him stupid for committing SUICIDE just cuz you want to go to one of his concerts is pretty damn selfish. sure i wish he was still alive, i just dont want him to still be alive because i said so.

[TheKrystalynn]

@KkKaspertheKat well plzz dont yell at me i am only tweleve and my great aunt just passed away so i am not in the mooded to get oissed off at someone i dont know

[KkKaspertheKat]

@TheKrystalynn listen kid i wasnt yelling at you. but suicide isnt a funny subject. and your wanting him alive for you, tht is selfish. youre 12, not four you should understand.

[kargath101]

@KkKaspertheKat lmao

[profyucub]

Holy crap people! Watch the VH1 behind the music or whatever the hell it was. TRUE fans wouldn't need to check wikipedia. @DaniellaRawks is right but c'mon. Watch the special, you get the story from the producer (or engineer whatever his title is) who was there when they recorded it.

[GiiozCherryMo]

Raaaar *Polly wants a cracker*

Raar

[TheBrennant50]

i thought the lyrics said polly was a fat girl lol



[FTWTallica]

louder!

[CameronCrank]

Thats My Dad's Fav Band Plus Its My Fav Band To

[CameronCrank]

I Love It

[CameronCrank]

i Like it

[kennethcameron20]

hell yea how about aneurysem by nirvana

[IkEetJeOpp]

For all those stupid people out tharr sayin 'rip kurt hjrsdhjktgwhie'

you better say his music survived.

[manuel3708]

I'm criying =(

[bustercharl777]

@manuel3708

*huggle*

Cheer up. <3

[manuel3708]

@bustercharl777 =) Thanks

[CreampuffQueen]

I would love to hear what the meaning of this song is from Kurt's own words.

[midnightwallflower]

He never says "don't," he just says cut yourself...

[xKluuzx]

Listening to this whole album everyday until Sunday to celebrate Nevermind!

[liteblu00]

wrong!

[ZeldaFoxEars]

"I want some help, to please myself" horrifying yet true lyrics.

[ironman058]

@HDizzle2012 haha yea it was kinda funny

[ironman058]

wow for a month i thought it was polly was a cracker

[r33d911]

most the lyrics u got on there are not in the song he dont sing like "dont" in "dont cut urself" he just says "cut yourself" u can play it a 1000 times theres no dont and u do it through the whole song buddy

[kunnarp]

kurt just lying on sofa and started sing that song until hi heard a story of a girl:P

sorry my english

[FTWorWTF]

It's "have a seed", not "we have some seed"; it's the extended metaphor of captive girl to parrot.

that said, Kurt Cobain was never the easiest artist to understand.

[wc4life2010]

YES NO VEVO!!! :D

[sexyyparty]

My brown cousin, HEctor martinez ate a cracker thru his bum

[fredsassy5]

R.I.P Kurt Cobain my idol to this day

[TheWayIRage]

This song is obviously about a man and his bird. And you guys should think I'm cool because I'm a fetus that listens to Nirvana.

[SoDamnBionic]

@TheWayIRage no man, this song is a real incident of a 14 years old girl, kurt said that.

[nagfreas]

@TheWayIRage WTF your really friggin stupid

[tfghost92]

LOLOL I LOVE THIS SONG IM 15 LOL NRIVANE I LOVE THESE GUYS IM STILL 15

am I cool yet, guys? >.>

[MelancholyWriter]

I swear that 360,611 of these views are all me...



[luc00leh]

Nirvana really was good. Do you guys love other bands? you can check out Metallica - Mama Said

[as1tjm]

90s best decade for music ever

[abridges49721]

yes that is a true story how he got the song FACT

[asd44211]

17 personas escuchan justin barbie

[DaniellaRawks]

Cobain was affected enough to write the song "Polly" from Nevermind, after reading a newspaper story of an incident in 1987, where a young girl was kidnapped after attending a punk rock show, then raped and tortured with a blowtorch. She managed to escape after gaining the trust of her captor through flirting with him. - From Wikipedia

[hellwolf882]

@DaniellaRawks the captor should be castrated and boiled alive in his own blood

[3333Madhatter]

@DaniellaRawks they also mention it on the "nevermind" cd documentary :)

[C0LDC3LL]

@DaniellaRawks glad to see someone else actually did their homework :) true fan. People should listen to In Bloom instead :/

[MrYamaharider17]

@C0LDC3LL true fans always do there homework! in bloom is about all the fans who "hear" the music,but you have to LISTEN,or else all meaning goes in one ear and out the other!

[FTWTallica]

@DaniellaRawks any one could no that from watching the 20th anniversery thing from vh1 classic

[werdofilms]

@FTWTallica retype that without the grammar of a 5 year old, and then someone might care.

[DoOdLeBaKa]

@DaniellaRawks THANK YOU! He says, "Let me take a ride" because Polly escaped out of the victim's car at a gas station. :D

[xxskinsxx]

@DaniellaRawks it wasnt from a concert, she was 12? Polly Hannah Klaas (January 3, 1981 – October 1993) was an American murder victim whose case gained national attention. At the age of twelve, she was kidnapped at knife point from her mother's home during a slumber party in Petaluma, California, on October 1, 1993. She was later strangled. Richard Allen Davis was convicted of her murder in 1996 and sentenced to death.[1]

[masterz11111]

@xxskinsxx The song was released years before Polly Klaas's death though, DaniellaRawks is right.

[Gamer606]

@xxskinsxx Her sources are from Wikipedia, so of course.



[MichelinDUD]

@xxskinsxx Did they have the death penalty in 1996 California?

[noiseheard]

THIS IS GIVING ME A TRANCE-LIKE EXPERIENCE

[jordidwdw]

this is the only song i can play on drums.

[Connorslamevideos]

best rock band song for drums

[MattSlawecki]

PLEASE CHECK MY COVER OF POLLY, THANKS!  watch?v=IPSYplu_3fA

[kobainlives]

i think kobain was the best singer but his lyrics are the best no arguing t0 that kobain miss u man (kobain r.i.p.)

[plzhelpmeidkwhattodo]

17 people dont know what good music is



[zoiackiller]

nirvana is a hero in my book

[vicky77133]

I ADORE KURT COBAIN HE WAS CLASSIC I LOVE HIM SOO MUCH HE WAS SOO KIND ND PPL LIKE DOPES GO AND SAY FUCKIN MEAN STUFF ND THEY DONT EVEN LISTEN TO HIS MUSIC HE WAS THE BEST EVER IM LIKE HIS BIGGEST FAN GOING I LOVE KURT R.I.P I CNT BELIVE UR GONE........Your The Best Ever!!!!!



[guillexav]

ya me inspireee :)

[islamicv]

Those 17 who disliked this obviously need to be punched in the face.

[jnr206]

I don't give a shit how old I am

[Horat999]

Nirvana cover: Tankcsapda: Egyszeru dal b - cool song

R I P CC

[rafaelrmrz32]

Do people actually have conversations on youtube? You fuckin jabronies.

[SuperGosen4]

im tired of all this fucking fighting on nirvana songs, wether or not its about if kurt commited suicide, or if courtney killed him. Who gives a fuck? He's dead and what happened is done. STFU and listen to the great history kurt made.

[zoiackiller]

@SuperGosen4 i agree with u

[bridgette151]

wait, this is a cover??

[whatXtheXfish]

@bridgette151  no this is the first version:)) some of the lyrics are wrong though:((

[bridgette151]

@whatXtheXfish ohh okay lol nice user name xD

[emokittiluvkashi]

@GuitaristSwift101 Well you were being a bit rude with your comment in the first place. I think they have some freedom to be as idiotic and argumental as they want, if it bugs you, just don't look in the comments, dear~

[ryangooner14]

it's hurt yourself not cut yourself 

[GuitaristSwift101]

For those Morons arguing about the song and it's meaning, in-case you didn't realize, it's covered by Nirvana, so Stfu and and enjoy the music, don't like it? Gtfo. C:

[McKinseyGoesRawrrr]

@GuitaristSwift101 No it's not? Kurt wrote it after reading about a 14 year old girl getting abducted, raped, and tortured with a blowtorch after a punk rock show in Tacoma, Washington.

[GuitaristSwift101]

@McKinseyGoesRawrrr

Looks like I seem to have my info wrong then, but no need to cause an arguement over it. All you people need to stop winging over music and listen to it. 凸(¬‿¬)凸

[McKinseyGoesRawrrr]

@GuitaristSwift101 You spelt wining wrong, bro. (:

[GuitaristSwift101]

@McKinseyGoesRawrrr I'm pretty sure its winging, and if it was wining, it'd be Whining. C:

[XxRipStitchxX]

nirvanas song always have such a deep meaning. so for you idiots arguing about the meaning. good luck.

[Filiolus]

@XxRipStitchxX Actually this song was written about a girl who was raped and tortured with a blow torch who escaped..

[XxRipStitchxX]

@Filiolus ok so isnt that a meaning? the arguement was that people just say he throws crap into a song.. he had a story and reason for it so that would be a meaning..

[Filiolus]

@XxRipStitchxX So then you should realise that I was correct and you had no reason to reply..

[shadowfootball1]

@XxRipStitchxX This song is clearly about a girl who was kidnapped and kept as a slave.

I don't see how you could get any other meaning unless you are just looking for things that aren't there.

[nagfreas]

@shadowfootball1 Anything that isnt ther is actually in the lyrics i may sound high but dont say nothing is there

[shadowfootball1]

@nagfreas ...

I'm not talking about the lyrics. I'm talking about the meaning. There is no hidden meaning to this song as xxripostitchxx was implying.

The meaning is clearly told through the lyrics.

[paconoco1]

@XxRipStitchxX actually that isnt true

[Rowan07001484]

@paconoco1

He did say that they had no deep meaning. But that's because he was a severe drug addict, who was disconnected from his feelings. They do have deep meaning in them. They are his views on what he he saw, thought, and felt about certain things. even if he didn't see it that way. because when you're as fucked up as he was, all words are random. But his songs were him, expressing himself in the only way he could.

[theJorisM]

@XxRipStitchxX actually most off them don't. like kurt said, "Let's just scream some negative lyrics and as long as they're not sexist and don't get too embarrassing it'll be okay" and if you know that and try to look at it, you'll find out it's true.

don't get me wrong, a lott of their songs do have a deep meaning. and the ones that are just "negative lyrics" still have good music.

[n0ntoxic1]

dont matter or do both idc

[n0ntoxic1]

do a good luv song i need some inspirashon for a song or a good rock song ether one

[getoffmypage123]

Kurt is not dead. Legends never die!!!

[theuncanspan]

now polly is a female parrot?

[TheGunCrazyMan]

@theuncanspan No, she was a girl who was kidnapped. The kidnapper used rope, a blowtorche, etc.

[theuncanspan]

@TheGunCrazyMan fastest reply ever, guess again

[TheGunCrazyMan]

@theuncanspan Ok, if im wrong then who is polly because she's not a bird.



[theuncanspan]

@TheGunCrazyMan HAHA i got u cunfused man

[TheGunCrazyMan]

@theuncanspan OK, then what is it about!

[theuncanspan]

@TheGunCrazyMan i dont really know bro

[TheGunCrazyMan]

@theuncanspan Look it up it'll say a it's about a 14 year old girl who got kidnapped. And do I know you?

[theuncanspan]

@TheGunCrazyMan why do you?

[TheGunCrazyMan]

@theuncanspan No Idea, you live in indiana

[MrBobthereaper]

what the fuck man most of the words u added in u can clearly here that they arent there dont post lyric videos if ur deaf

[MegaBigCack]

@MrBobthereaper Don't post comments if you are an illiterate fuck. Good day.

[MrBobthereaper]

@MegaBigCack ur the one who got most of it wrong dude

[MegaBigCack]

@MrBobthereaper Like what, what did I get wrong? You dumb fuck.

[educar5]

for me... the 80's 90's and 70's was awesome i'm 18 and i love nirvana's music, they are amazing

[liteblu00]

i think the lyrics are sorta wrong -_-

[xXxAMxIxCRAZYxXx]

My father and I listen music together all the time, although I also listen to some newer things too, which he disagrees with, and a few of his songs I don't like, but who cares, that's just personal opinion. He's turning 40, and I'm 14. Just deal with it people. Nirvana is just too fucking awesome to have a small specified age group for its audience.

[paintballking246]

@xXxAMxIxCRAZYxXx whoa like same thing like forreal same age and everything lmbo

[style553921]

Can't we just settle on the fact that people of all ages adore Nirvana? Even though this generation is totally deprived of good music, like this, they're not all brainwashed by society!

...I'm 13 btw lol

[eminemluver888]

@style553921 so true about our country now im also 13 and my parents are amazed by the music i listen to

[qoaa]

I'm 41, I have couple Nirvana albums on vinyl, 2 old nirvana concert ticket stubs and old tapes course now I have entire discography on mp3 I downloaded from torrents. But I still treature my Nirvana vinyls which I play every now and then on my Numark usb turntable.