Prove Yourself Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sean7711 

Cover art for Prove Yourself lyrics by Radiohead

its about suicide

I think it's about a really bad, dangerous, possibly expensive town. Mostly, he wants to live with a smaller amount of stress so he doesn't have to carry a gun everywhere. He has nowhere to go without feeling unsafe or endangered. He wants to get out of the town to live and breathe. To get a chance to grow. He knows he wants to leave, but this place is all he's ever known. "I look, I bleed, I beg and pray" would either mean 'I'm a real person. I deserve to not be under this shit all the time!' or else...