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Biographers, including Charles Cross in Heavier Than Heaven , later debunked this, noting that the Wishkah River's tides would have swept anyone away who tried to sleep there.

Cobain later admitted the song was more of a "fantasy" or emotional projection, imagining what his life would be like if he were a "total street person" dying of a terminal illness. He did, however, spend time sleeping in hospital waiting rooms and on friends' porches during that transient period. The Unconventional Recording nirvana_something_in_the_way_audio

Producer Butch Vig immediately turned off the air conditioning and unplugged the phones to record Cobain right there on the couch. Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic had to add their parts later, struggling to play softly enough to match Cobain’s fragile, whispered performance. Legacy and The Batman Biographers, including Charles Cross in Heavier Than Heaven