Nirvana — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 35 songs across 3 albums by Nirvana. They use 766 unique words out of 2,789 (lexical richness MATTR 0.51), with an average of 80 content words per song. Emotional tone: 23% of songs positive, 37% neutral, 40% negative.
Most used words by Nirvana
- way (54)
- away (47)
- girl (46)
- said (37)
- hello (36)
- know (33)
- back (33)
- think (33)
- heart (30)
- one (28)
- gimme (27)
- rape (26)
- find (26)
- stay (25)
- nothing (24)
- love (24)
- little (24)
- daddys (23)
- care (22)
- take (19)
Signature phrases
- “little girl girl” (23)
- “daddys little girl” (23)
- “girl girl daddys” (20)
- “girl daddys little” (20)
- “alcohol gimme back” (18)
- “back alcohol gimme” (18)
- “gimme back alcohol” (18)
- “away stay away” (15)
- “stay away stay” (15)
- “way find way” (14)
Colors in the lyrics
- black (5)
- yellow (1)
- blue (1)
Albums analyzed
- Bleach (1989)
- Nevermind (1991)
- In Utero (1993)