"All Apologies" was dedicated by Kurt Cobain to his wife and daughter, though he noted that while the feeling of the song fit them, the lyrics themselves didn't directly relate. He described the song's mood as "peaceful, happy, comfort – just happy happiness." One interpretation suggests a lyric like "aqua seafoam shame" could allude to the bland colors of a hospital environment and the feeling of shame associated with a drug habit. This song, appearing as the final track on the album In Utero, closes the American version of the record. At its heart, it plays like a tender, yet possibly conflicted, embrace of peace.