What does Territorial Pissings mean?

Nirvana: Territorial Pissings Meaning

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Territorial Pissings Lyrics

When I was an Alien
Cultures weren't opinions

Gotta find a way
I better wait
I better wait
Gotta find a way
I better wait
I better wait

Never met a wise man
If so it’s a woman

Gotta find a way
I better wait
I better wait
Gotta...

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    #1 top rated interpretation:
    anonymous
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    Nov 10th 2008 !⃝

    God, why is it that so many people on this site think that the deepest, most insightful song writers wrote songs about themselves. Yeah, maybe Kurt escaped his childhood by dreaming he was an alien.

    The fact that the lyrics talk about cultures being opinions and the quote from the Youngbloods "come on, people now..." which had everything to do with corruption and war in the '60s tell me this has much more to do with a deep interpretation of the world we live in. If you choose to believe he wrote this song for his own self, that is your opinion and you're entitled to it, but your opinion is very contained, limited, and shallow in drastic contrast with the man who wrote the song.

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    #2 top rated interpretation:
    anonymous
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    Jun 5th 2006 !⃝

    The lyrics couldn't be more wrong.
    I belive he's saying: "When I was an alien, cultures weren't opinions."
    And then: "Got to find a way - a better way. I better wait."

    -Jeremy

  3. anonymous
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    Jan 23rd 2013 !⃝

    I always thought he was saying
    "When I was an idiot,
    contracts weren't a penny yet"

    as a sarcastic critique on signing to a major label and "selling out" as may of his contemporaries accused him of doing.

  4. anonymous
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    Aug 16th 2012 !⃝

    Ok to be clear the lyrics go like this When I was an alien Cultures were not Opinions Gotta find a way a better way when I'm there Gotta find a way a better way I'd better wait

  5. anonymous
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    Jan 9th 2012 !⃝

    I think Kurt is wasn't happy with the life he was living, so he wants a different one. A better one.

  6. anonymous
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    Jan 14th 2007 !⃝

    yea the last guy was right only it wasn't just dreams he actually believed he was an alien because of how different he felt from all the other kids.

  7. anonymous
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    Nov 18th 2006 !⃝

    those lyrics are wrong

    when Kurt was younger he often had dreams in which he was an alien and was going back to his real family, away from his at home. He didn't have a very good home life as a child, and that was a way to escape

  8. simo23
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    Nov 3rd 2006 !⃝

    I agree with the last guy's post. I know a bit about the Illuminati too.

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
  9. anonymous
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    Jul 21st 2006 !⃝

    Go to a search engine an type illuminati. Find out as much as you can about them then listen to the song again.

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
  10. korn7586
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    May 2nd 2006 !⃝

    Those lyrics are completely wrong, it's when "I was an alien cultures werent invented yet"

  11. anonymous
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    Jan 8th 2006 !⃝

    he's referring to experiance new things in life and to expect the unexpected or the expected. Basically, life isn't simple.


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