Released: November 1, 1994
Songwriter: Kurt Cobain
Producer: Alex Coletti Scott Litt Nirvana
[Verse 1]
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?
[Chorus]
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
[Verse 2]
My brother died every night
It's safe to say, don't 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?
[Chorus]
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
[Bridge]
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?
[Verse 3]
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?
[Chorus]
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
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?
[Chorus]
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
[Verse 2]
My brother died every night
It's safe to say, don't 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?
[Chorus]
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
[Bridge]
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?
[Verse 3]
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?
[Chorus]
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
I can't complain
I'm on a plain
MTV Unplugged In New York (25th Anniversary – Live)
- The Man Who Sold the World
- Pennyroyal Tea (Rehearsal)
- Plateau (Rehearsal)
- Polly (Rehearsal)
- Come As You Are (Rehearsal)
- Something in the Way (MTV Unplugged)
- On a Plain (MTV Unplugged)
- Polly (MTV Unplugged)
- Dumb (MTV Unplugged)
- Pennyroyal Tea (MTV Unplugged)
- Come as You Are (MTV Unplugged)
- About a Girl (MTV Unplugged)
- All Apologies (MTV Unplugged)
- Lake of Fire
- Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
- Plateau
- Oh, Me
- The Man Who Sold The World (Rehearsal)
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Come as You Are
- Heart-Shaped Box
- Lithium
- Polly
- In Bloom
- The Man Who Sold the World
- Rape Me
- All Apologies
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
- Something in the Way
- About a Girl
- Dumb
- Drain You
- Territorial Pissings
- Lounge Act
- Pennyroyal Tea
- Breed
- On a Plain
- You Know You’re Right
- Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle
- Serve the Servants
- Stay Away
- Milk It