unhealthy man who just lost his pride General Comment: kurts awesome...and this song makes me think back when i used to think about suicide.. irregardless idc if kurt wrote this as joke...cuz he did die which is sad....Do any of you believe if courtney killed him???? General Comment: The song was part of the "Beavis & Butthead Experience" and was initially going to be included on "In Utero" as the last track but was left off because Cobain felt there were too many "noise" songs on the album. "I Hate Myself & I Want To Die" was also the working album title for "In Utero" in the early stages of recording. I think the song is one of Nirvana's simplest and powerful songs. In the end the title was dark foreshadowing of Kurt Cobain's fate. He might have joked about suicide but deep down he was a trouble, brilliant, tortured, young man. The song really isn't about anything in particular. There are references to someone being sick. There's a quote from a "Deep Thoughts" skit from SNL. The chorus came from God knows where. And that's that. Kurt threw lyrics together from various places and what fit together, he went with. Such is the case for the majority of Nirvana's songs. He said himself that there USUALLY is no meaning behind any of his songs. Although- some songs have deep, personal meaning. THIS song does not have any philosophical lesson to be learned. Kurt was very sarcastic and had a