The first official single by the band; released only in the UK; this song looks very seriously at suicide. Unfortunately, like most songs that become popular, the meaning tends to get lost in live performances: band members were shocked to witness hundreds of kids singing “I’m better off dead” night...
[Verse 1]
I can't afford to breathe in this time
Nowhere to sit without a gun in my hand
Hooked back up to my cathode ray
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm better off dead
I'm better off dead
I'm better off
[Chorus]
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
[Verse 2]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
But I'm better off dead
I'm better off dead
And I'm better off
[Chorus]
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm better off dead
I'm better off dead
And I'm better off
[Chorus]
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Why?
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Prove yourself
Prove Yourself (Drill Version) was written by Philip Selway & Jonny Greenwood & Colin Greenwood & Ed O’Brien & Thom Yorke.
Prove Yourself (Drill Version) was produced by Chris Hufford.
Radiohead released Prove Yourself (Drill Version) on Tue May 05 1992.