On a Plain Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jhk655 

Cover art for On a Plain lyrics by Nirvana

The song is about a heroin high and the effects of heroin and drug use on life. If you've ever been on any opiate, you'd know the feeling this song describes. I have proof too...

"i got so high, i scratched till i bled"-THis isn't uncommon to heroin or morphene addicts. Scratching feels good.

"Love myself, better than you."-Heroin produces an incredible feeling of euphoria.

"My mother dies everynight"-THis is jsut refers to his mom being upset about it.

"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 believe that a few of the lines like this, don't directly follow the song by do express feelings he had relating tot he drug use. Also i htink he did it to show how displaced you become on heroin. your life becomes chaos, sorta of like the the song does as it progresses.

that's what i feel the song means...