《Basket Case》的英文歌詞如下：
I'm a diseased delight,
Anarchy in the UK.
This is my head on the end of a knife,
A mental patient.
Chorus:
Basket Case, Basket Case,
Got a mouthful of dirt and a mouthful of dust,
You can dig it.
My whole life is a disaster,
So this is my music, and it's like therapy.
So this is for the freaks, for the ones who are out there on the edge,
Life's a joke, it's a waste of time.
It's all in fun, so watch your step.
(Chorus)
Life's a battlefield, yeah.
The music makes me weep.
But it's true. I am mentally unwell.
I want you all to go down like this, as easy as falling asleep.
(Chorus x2)
以上是部分歌詞，後半部分的歌詞可以繼續唱或者由聽者想像。這首歌通常被認為是Pink Floyd樂隊的朋克嘗試，或者是對朋克風格的諷刺。其瘋狂和怪異的感覺可能是對朋克那種原始、粗野風格的一種諷刺。