Lyrics:

Track #9 from Radiohead’s debut album “Pablo Honey”. The song originally appeared on their first ever commercial release the “Drill” EP

Thematically, this song deals with suicide in a very serious manner.
I can't afford to breathe in this town
Nowhere to sit without a gun in my hand
Hooked back up to the cathode ray

I'm better off dead
I'm better off dead
I'm better off...

Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Prove yourself

I wanna breathe, I wanna grow
I'd say I want it but I don't know how
I work, I bleed, I beg and pray

But I'm better off dead
I'm better off dead
I'm better off...

Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Prove yourself

I'm better off dead
I'm better off dead
I'm better off...

Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
(Why?) Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Prove yourself