Come as you Are

No matter what genre of music you listen to, each one shares a common effect.  Music, in itself, attempts to understand the world we live in, regardless of whether country music is playing or hip hop music is playing.  Rock music strives for this understanding as well.  Nirvana was very influential to the grunge rock scene in the 1990s.  Their song Come as you Are, written by Kurt Cobain, was one of the band's most well-known works.  When I first heard the song, it really spoke to me.  The opening lyrics stood out most.  "Come/ As you are/ As you were."  Powerful words from a powerful band.  Cobain, here, is telling his listeners not to jump on the bandwagon, or to follow the crowd.  Instead, he tries to establish that as humans we are all different in our own way, and we should not be ashamed of who we are.  He wants us to be ourselves and not to worry with what other people think.  One line speaks to that idea specifically.  "And I swear/ that I don't have a gun."  Through this line, Cobain attempts comforting his listeners and assuring them that they will not be shot down for what they believe.  This piece of art tells me that I should not be afraid of who I am; that I should be who I want to be, and be happy with that.