As yourself, i recently found kyself stuck on the "one in ten" lyric...i am amazed. It seems like we have been guided by the same voice but, you listened to it and followed it out. I literally had this conversation with my wife less than a month ago.
Over analysing will just mess up your head. No matter how well intentioned. Grohl was in a hardcore band 'Scream' which was signed to Ian McKaye's label Dischord records in the '80s. Dischord also had signed Sex Stains (she being in previous Riot Grrl Dischord signed bands). Reason being they're all part of an old hardcore punk community and Dischord will only put out music from DC. Lots of crap weird art-punk bands on Dischord. The only link to DC and Grohl is the band Scream and he wasn't in there very long either. Maybe a year. I know lots of Dischord musicians were friends of Jimmy Comet on Instagram such as Brian Baker from the band(s) Minor Threat, Dag Nasty and Bad Religion. Doesn't mean he's a paedophile, they just very insular in DC's punk scene.
[–] brehvatronic ago
Most song lyrics are ambiguous and open to multiple interpretations, and designed that way on purpose. Personally I think the most likely meaning of this song is Dave writing about his relationship with Kurt Cobain, "adolescents" referring to them in the early stages of their band Nirvana (circa 1990), and the whole thing about him wanting to leave is about them fighting and Dave wanting to leave the band.
The "One in Ten" reference is interesting though...
I think you've got yourself so pizza'd up that you're seeing shit where there is nothing to see. There are possibilities in everything and the mind can wander, but you have to keep your head out of the clouds and stay grounded with facts and clear links. You could pretty much apply your interpretation of these lyrics into literally 10s of thousands of songs and come up with a similar "coincidences" if you were looking for them.
[–] chelseaclinton 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Given the recent link in https://i.imgjar.co/jar/oHKdGHyXBEGbjsqRf332RQ.PNG it's worth investigating further I think.
[–] PoundSign_999 ago (edited ago)
Have you ever written a song? If you had you'd realize that coming up with phraseology is more important than clearly communicating. Songs are rarely messages but rather moods that the author wants to artistically encapsulate. It's cryptic, but that's the art, it isn't meant to be deciphered.
[–] numbat ago
I always thought 1/ 10 was a weird wrench size ot that olde worlde imperial system that they still use on the US and me grandads shed