You bite through the big wall, the big wall bites back

You just sit there and sulk, sit there and bawl

You are so pretty when you're on your knees

Disinfected, eager to please

Sometimes you sulk, sometimes you burn

God rest your soul

When the loving comes and we've already gone

Just like your dad, you'll never change

Each time it comes it eats me alive

I try to behave but it eats me alive

So I declare a holiday

Fall asleep, Drift away

Sometimes you sulk, sometimes you burn

God rest your soul

When the loving comes and we've already gone

Just like your dad, you'll never change

Sometimes you sulk, sometimes you burn

God rest your soul

When the loving comes and we've already gone

Just like your dad, You'll never change


SONG INFORMATION

Released: March 1995

Found on: The Bends

One of Thom's earliest creations, this song was inspired by a ruthless and unexplained killing spree conducted by a lone gunman in Hungerford, England, in 1987. Although its original concluding lyrics were "just shoot your gun," these were changed when the song was recorded in late 1994. This was because the death of Kurt Cobain was still weighing heavily on people's minds while the Hungerford killings were not; Thom chose to change the lyrics so that no one would think the song was about the late Nirvana leader. "Sulk" is rarely heard live: the band played it in concert a few times in 1994, even less often in 1995, and never again after that.