I'll start this off
Without any words
I got so high
I scratched 'till I bled

I love myself
Better than you
I know it's wrong
So what should I do?

The finest day
That I've ever had
Was when I learned
To cry on command

I love myself
Better than you
I know it's wrong
So what should I do?

I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain

My mother died
Every night
It's safe to say
Quote me on that

I love myself
Better than you
I know it's wrong
So what should I do?

The black sheep got
Blackmailed again
Forgot to put
On the zip code

I love myself
Better than you
I know it's wrong
So what should I do?

I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain

Somewhere I have heard this before
In a dream my memory has stored
As a defense I'm neutered and spayed
What the hell am I trying to say?

It is now time
To make it unclear
To write off lines
That don't make sense

I love myself
Better than you
I know it's wrong
So what should I do?

And one more special
Message to go
And then I'm done
And I can go home

I love myself
Better than you
I know it's wrong
So what should I do?

I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain


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On a Plain Lyrics as written by Kurt Cobain

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    General Comment

    The song is kind of about his childhood, and his mother thinks so too.

    Kurt called himself a 'black sheep', and so that part about 'Blacksheep got, blackmailed again' is about his mother's ex-boyfriend, who mistreated her, hence 'My mother died, every night, it's safe to say, don't quote me on that'.

    But other lines in the song have no meaning whatsoever. So I guess this song is basically about being bored, and the only thing you can do is just remember your past.

    FellONblACKdaySon March 24, 2005   Link

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