A cover of a track from Nirvana’s 1991 watershed rock album Nevermind.
Fitting with the theme of A Sailor’s Guide to Earth as a set of lessons for navigating life’s doubts and temptations, the message of “In Bloom” is autobiographical for Simpson even if the words were written by Kurt Cobain:
I w...
[Verse 1]
Sell the kids for food
Weather changes moods
Spring is here again
Reproductive glands
[Chorus]
He's the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he don't know what it means
Don't know what it means to love someone
[Verse 2]
We can have some more
Nature is a whore
Bruises on the fruit
Tender age in bloom
[Chorus]
He's the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he don't know what it means
Don't know what it means to love someone
[Chorus]
He's the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he don't know what it means
He don't know what it means
He's the one who likes all our pretty songs
And he likes to sing along
And he likes to shoot his gun
But he don't know what it means
Don't know what it means to love someone
Love someone, no
In Bloom was written by Kurt Cobain.
In Bloom was produced by Sturgill Simpson.
Sturgill Simpson released In Bloom on Thu Mar 24 2016.