What does "The Man Who Sold The World" by Nirvana mean?
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Please try to understand that this is David Bowie's original song! I don't mean to say that Nirvana's is not good, I think is great too! \n\nThe actual man who sold the world, at least Bowie's world during this phase of his career, may have been Adolf Hitler. Bowie's fascination with this topic is evident in his '70s move to Berlin and his return to Victoria Station in 1976 in full SS uniform, complete with salute and open top Mercedes.
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I think it means: "What kind of person trys to get more money for the betterment of their life at their life's risk?"
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It was spoken about people who love money more than god. For them the money comes between them and God. It's fine to have riches on earth as long as they are not your first love.
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what does it mean? He wrote it for his ex girlfriend who broke his heart. he was madly in love with her, but she left him. even though he won the hearts of millions of females around the world with that one song, it wasn't enough to get her back!! it's the nicest song though, i cry every time i hear it.
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"Come As You Are" - Nirvana
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The video that goes with the song gives a better interpretation of its meaning, but if you listen carefully you will note that its a beautiful world for you, not me, meaning not for DEVO. They were trying to bring home the point that while there are many wonderful things in the world, people are still starving and there is still war and hate and violence, as if we are all kidding ourselves about how evolved we have become. Which, is in essence the whole point of DEVO, to teach us about the meaning of Devolution, which is very real. So this song goes down in the DEVO catalog as being one of the most important songs that they have ever written, and as such a very favorite of DEVO fans.
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I think it refers to u not being greedy or being to attached to physical things. For example a person might be in need or just hint that he/she likes something of yours. If your greedy you might not even want to talk about the subject cause you already know where it's headed. If your attached you might be willing to give that person something else. If your a giving person you'll be able to weigh out the other persons necessity or interest in the object over yours. Giving full hearted, can bring you peace, love, joy and no regrets. But that's only if you do it full heartily. All & all i think the quote is a religious quote, and basically means you cant keep any earthly matter. If u can give willingly then its probably because you've realized that there is someone or something greater than you. If you ask me the most valuable thing anyone can give is their time. What u gain from giving what u cant keep, I think is a lifetime of peace, loves, & laughs, and at the end of it all an eternal life of happiness.
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"Mene, Mene! Tekel, Uparsin!"\n("So it is, so it be! A balance, and two coins!")\n{"It is, it is! The Sum of Two Evils"}\n"He who slayed them, is he who encrypted this!  The Two Banners of Wealth, the Two Sons of Evil."\n\nThe Slayer/Encryptor = God\nThe Two Banners of Wealth = World Trade Center\nThe Two Sons of Evil = Saddam Hussain's two sons\n\n"God has encrypted this prophecy, in which He shall slain the two sons of Saddam after the World Trade Center was destroyed."\n\n\n- MENE: God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end. \n- TEKEL: Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. \n- PERES: Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.\n\n--This Biblical Code Prophecy began to be fulfilled with the 9/11's Twin Tower disaster, and it was on 9/11 that led indirectly to the Saddam's/Babylon's War, which is its main fulfillment.\n\nThe entire prophecy will be repeated again with the coming Anti-Christ, of which Saddam and his sons were a mere shadow.
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I don't know. This is why the world will end, because people are greedy, then someguy tired of greed is gonna put it all to an end. Talk about "Calm Like A Bomb" by Rage Against The Machine.
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It means:\n\nThe details of the sale, what the seller sold it for, or how much the buyer paid for it, was kept private. no one else knows the price paid.\n\nYou have to earn many many points in order to ask many questions....
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You really need more of the poem in order to really explain the line.\n\nI'm going to guess that you're quoting William Wordsworth, and say that it basically means that the child grows into a man.  Generally a person keeps a similar personality throughout most of their life, especially once they've become a teenager.  What Wordsworth was saying in that poem is that the person he was as a child still exist within him now that he is fully grown, and will still be there when he is older.  It's one of those whole your past affects your present affects your future things.
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I interpret as a guy going somewhere away from his girl and the song tells about him missing her. He promises himself that after this, he won't leave her anymore.
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It's a song called Someone by Brian Culbertson.. and the lyrics are a bit different... see the link :)
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I'm not a fan of Nirvana so wouldn't know myself, but I'm sure that if you did a Google search for "Nirvana" then you would be able to find the information you require...\n\nGood Luck.
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the lyrics are making an attempt to explain that the person they speak of has taken something of great value and rendered it worthless. \nLike the gift of love.\nhe's trying to make clear that their love is doomed.
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nirvana (nērvä'nə) , in Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism, a state of supreme liberation and bliss, contrasted to samsara or bondage in the repeating cycle of death and rebirth. The word in Sanskrit refers to the going out of a flame once its fuel has been consumed; it thus suggests both the end of suffering and the cessation of desires that perpetuate bondage. Epithets of nirvana in Buddhism include “the free,” “the immortal,” and “the unconditioned.” Nirvana is attainable in life, and the death of one who has attained it is termed parinirvana, or complete nirvana. This has often been interpreted as annihilation, but in fact the Buddhist scriptures say that the state of the enlightened man beyond death cannot be described. Nirvana in the different Indian traditions is achieved by moral discipline and the practice of yoga leading to the extinction of all attachment and ignorance. See also karma.
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The song is about life and death and what all happen to the world around us.\n\nAt the end of the day it's important what you read in the lyrics and what it means to you.