'Something in the way'

The singer of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, wrote a song named ‘Something in the way’ and in this song he reflected a moment in his life when he was temporarily kicked out of his home and was forced to live under a bridge for shelter.
The singer expresses his feelings and emotions by saying ‘something in the way’ –maybe he thought everything was in the way every time he tried to feel better.
The line ‘animals I’ve trapped have all become my pets’ probably refers to suppressed and pessimistic condition Kurt was going through that moment. He believes there is no reason for him to escape but accept and deal with the fact he was into. The line he wrote ‘It’s okay to eat fish cause they don’t have any feelings’ might refer for being desolate where anything goes along the way would just compensate the crisis he was bearing. Whether or not he actually ate grass, kept wild creatures as pets, or ate fish is unclear but these lines certainly emphasize Kurt’s destitution.
This song has two meanings. In one way, you can look at the lyrics and just see a guy under a bridge eating fish and grass. Or, you can see each lyric as having a deeper meaning. For example, ‘and I’m living off of grass’ could be seen as a reference to Kurt’s teenage drug use. Also ‘something in the way’ is an interesting phrase because it can have several meanings; this song is amazing because it seems so simple and straight-forward but there is a lot of depth to it.
This song seems a metaphor. Who really knows what it could be: drug addiction or depression? Only Kurt really knows. The lyrics say that he had everything he needed to survive, but there was something that stopped him from living fully.