In this topic, you can see the lyrics to every Placebo song from each album. The lyrics for albums Placebo - Sleeping With Ghosts and the two new tracks that were featured on the Greatest Hits are in this main post, with the lyrics from recent album Meds in the first reply.

 

Placebo

 

1. Come Home

 

Stuck between the do or die

I feel emaciated

Hard to breathe I try and try

I'll get asphyxiated

Swinging from the tallest height

With nothing left to hold on to

Every sky is blue

But not for me and you

 

Come home (x4)

 

Glass and petrol vodka gin

It feels like breathing methane

Throw yourself from skin to skin

And still it doesn't dull the pain

Vanish like a lipstick trace

It always blows me away

 

Every cloud is grey

With dreams of yesterday

 

Come home (x8)

 

Always goes against the grain

And I can try and deny it

Give a monkey half a brain

And still he's bound to fry it

Now the happening scene is dead

I used to want to be there too

 

Every sky is blue

But not for me and you

 

Come home (x8)

 

2. Teenage Angst

 

Shine the headlight, straight into my eyes

Like the roadkill, I'm paralysed

You see through my disguise

 

At the drive-in, double feature

pull the lever, break the fever

and say your last goodbyes

 

Since I was born I started to decay

Now nothing ever ever goes my way

 

One fluid gesture, like stepping back in time

Trapped in amber, petrified

And still not satisfied

 

Airs and social graces, elocution so divine

I'll stick to my needle, and my favourite waste of time

both spineless and sublime

 

Since I was born I started to decay

Now nothing ever - ever goes my way

 

3. Bionic

 

Harder, faster

For ever after

Harder, faster

For ever after

Harder, faster

For ever after

For ever after

 

None of you can make the grade (x4)

 

Harder, faster

For ever after

Harder, faster

For ever after

Harder, faster

For ever after

For ever after

 

None of you can make the grade (x4)

 

4. 36 Degrees

 

We were tight, but it falls apart as silver turns to blue

Waxing with a candlelight, and burning just for you

Allocate your sentiment, and stick it in a box

I've never been an extrovert, but i'm still breathing

 

Someone tried to do me ache (it's what I'm afraid of)

 

With hindsight, I was more than blind, lost without a clue

Thought I was getting carat gold, and what I got was you

Stuck inside the circumstances, lonely at the top

I've always been an introvert

happily bleeding

 

Someone tried to do me ache (it's what i'm afraid of)

 

4 7 2 3 9 8 5 - I gotta breathe to stay alive

and 1 4 2 9 7 8 - feels like I'm gonna suffocate

14 16 22 - this skin that turns to blister blue

Shoulders toes and knees, I'm 36 degrees

shoulders toes and knees,I'm 36 degrees

shoulder toes and knees, I'm 36 degrees

shoulders toes and knees, I'm 36 degrees

 

5. Hang On To Your IQ

 

Chinese masseuse, comes between us

talks in haikus, plastic venus

Got a headrush, in her pocket

two rubbers two lubes, and a silver rocket

 

Hang on, hang on

to your IQ, to your ID

hang on, hang on

to your IQ, to your ID

 

I'm lonely

 

Every morning, my eyes will open wide

I gotta get high, before I go outside

Roll another, for breakfast

burning clouds around, and in my solar plexus

 

Hang on, hang on

to your IQ, to your ID

hang on, hang on

to your IQ, to your ID

 

I'm lonely

 

Legs eleven, makes me stay up late

two fat ladies on my back, and now it's 88

I'm a fool, whose tool is small

it's so miniscule, it's no tool at all

 

hang on, hang on

to your IQ, to your ID

hang on, hang on

 

I'm lonely

 

6. Nancy Boy

 

Alcoholic kind of mood

lose my clothes, lose my lube

cruising for a piece of fun

looking out for number one

different partner every night

so narcotic outta sight

what a gas, what a beautiful ass

 

And it all breaks down at the role reversal

got the muse in my head she's universal

spinnin' me round she's coming over me

And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal

got the muse in my head she's universal

spinnin' me round she's coming over me

 

Kind of buzz that lasts for days

had some help from insect ways

comes across all shy and coy

just another nancy boy

Woman man or modern monkey

just another happy junkie

fifty pounds, press my button

going down

 

And it all breaks down at the role reversal

got the muse in my head she's universal

spinnin' me round she's coming over me

And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal

got the muse in my head she's universal

spinnin' me round she's coming over me

 

Does his makeup in his room

douse himself with cheap perfume

eyeholes in a paper bag

greatest lay I ever had

kind of guy who mates for life

gotta help him find a wife

we're a couple, when our bodies double

 

And it all breaks down at the role reversal

got the muse in my head she's universal

spinnin' me round she's coming over me

And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal

got the muse in my head she's universal

spinnin' me round she's coming over me

 

And it all breaks down at the role reversal

got the muse in my head she's universal

spinnin' me round she's coming over me

And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal

got the muse in my head she's universal

spinnin' me round she's coming over me

 

7. I Know

 

I know, you love the song but not the singer

I know, you've got me wrapped around your finger

I know, you want the sin without the sinner

I know

I know

 

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster

I know, the last in line is always called a bast*rd

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster

I know

I know

 

I know, you cut me loose in contradiction

I know, I'm all wrapped up in sweet attrition

I know, it's asking for your benediction

I know

I know

 

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster

I know, the last in line is always called a bast*rd

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster

I know

I know

 

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster

I know, the last in line is always called a bast*rd

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster

I know

I know

 

8. Bruise Pristine

 

The means are right for taking, fade to grey

Trying to be ruthless, in the face of beauty

In this matrix, it's plain to see

It's either you or me

 

Bruise

pristine

serene

we were born to lose

 

Cast a line with a velvet glove

Reading like an open book, in the hands of love

In this matrix, it's plain to see

It's either you or me

 

Bruise

pristine

serene

we were born to lose

 

encore (echoed)

 

Means are right for taking, fade to grey

Trying to be ruthless, in the face of beauty

In this matrix, it's plain to see

It's either you or me

 

Bruise

pristine

serene

we were born to lose

 

9. Lady Of The Flowers

 

'Scuse me, I apologize

He likes your attitude, he tries it on for size

He spends the afternoon, between your thighs

How's that for gratitude? I apologize

 

It seemed to last for hours

It seemed to last for days

This lady of the flowers

And her hypnotic gaze

 

'Scuse me, I apologize

She's got vaccum cleaner eyes

Suck you in

She's got magazines, filled with pear pies

'Scuse me, I apologize

 

It seemed to last for hours

It seemed to last for days

This lady of the flowers

And her hypnotic gaze

 

She wears her tears on her blouse

Confused and racked with self-doubt

She stole the keys to my house

And then she locked herself out

 

'Scuse me, I apologize

He likes your attitude, he tries it on for size

He spends the afternoon, between your thighs

How's that for gratitude? I apologize

 

It seemed to last for hours

It seemed to last for days

This lady of the flowers

Her electronic haze

 

She wears her tears on her blouse

Confused and racked with self-doubt

She stole the keys to my house

And then she locked herself out

She stole the keys to my house

And then she locked herself out

 

She lays me down

She lays me

 

10. Swallow

 

Confiscate

Razor blade

Confiscate

Hey

Marilyn

It kinda went like this

Stay with me

Stay with me

Stop

Stop stammering

I uh

I uh

I

I

Stop

I forgot where I put it

I can't remember where I put it

Swallow

Swallow

Hey

Hey

What

Marilyn

Yeah

I

I

Well I

Kind of

It kinda went like this

Kinda

Stay with me

Stay with me

Stop

Stammering

Stop stammering

I uh

I uh

I

I

I forgot

I forgot

I uh

I forgot where I put it

I can't remember where I put it

I put it

Swallow

Swallow

Marilyn

Marilyn

Yeah

I

Well I

Stop

It kinda went like this

Stay with me

Stay with me

Stay with me

Stop

Stammering

Stop stammering

I uh

I uh

I

I

Stop

Stop

I uh

Forgot where I put it

I can't remember where I put it

Swallow

Marilyn

Where I put it yeah

I well

Well I

It kinda

Kinda went like this

It went

Like this it

Stay with me

Stay

Stay with me

Stop

Stammering

Stop stammering

I uh

I uh

I [echo]

 

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Without You I'm Nothing

 

1. Pure Morning

 

A friend in need's a friend indeed

A friend with weed is better

A friend with breasts and all the rest

A friend who’s dressed in leather

 

A friend in need's a friend indeed

A friend who’ll tease is better

Our thoughts compressed

Which makes us blessed

And makes for stormy weather

 

A friend in need's a friend indeed

My Japanese is better

And when she’s pressed she will undress

And then she’s boxing clever

 

A friend in need's a friend indeed

A friend who bleeds is better

My friend confessed she passed the test

And we will never sever

 

Day’s dawning, skins crawling (x4)

Pure morning (x4)

 

A friend in need's a friend indeed

A friend who’ll tease is better

Our thoughts compressed

Which makes us blessed

And makes for stormy weather

 

A friend in need's a friend indeed

A friend who bleeds is better

My friend confessed she passed the test

And we will never sever

 

Day’s dawning, skins crawling (x4)

Pure morning (x4)

 

A friend in need's a friend indeed

My Japanese is better

And when she’s pressed she will undress

And then she’s boxing clever

 

A friend in need's a friend indeed

A friend with weed is better

A friend with breast and all the rest

A friend who’s dressed in leather

 

2. Brick Shíthouse

 

Meet The Brick $h!thouse -distorted-

This Is The Brick $h!thouse -distorted-(6x)

Meet The Brick $h!thouse...

Don't you wish you'd never met her? (3x)

 

Lay him down, lie on

Lay him... down

Now your lover went and put me in the ground

I'll be watching, when he's around

Now your lover went and put me in the ground

I'll be watching...

 

Meet the Brick $h!thouse

Kiss the Brick $h!thouse

Meet the Brick $h!thouse

Kiss

 

Lay him down, lie on

Lay him... down

Now your lover went and put me in the ground

I'll be watching, when he's around

Now your lover went and put me in the ground

I'll be watching...when he's around

 

When you cum you never make a single sound

I'll be watching, when he's around

When he's around, when he's around

He's around

 

Don't you wish you'd never met her? (3x)

 

Lay him down, lie on

Lay him... down

Now your lover went and put me in the ground

I'll be watching, when he's around

Now your lover went and put me in the ground

I'll be watching...when he's around

 

When you cum you never make a single sound

I'll be watching, when he's around

When he's around, when he's around

He's around

 

Don't you wish you'd never met her? (3x)

 

3. You Don't Care About Us

 

If it's a bad day, you try to suffocate

Another memory, scarred

If it's a bad case, then you accelerate

you're in the getaway car

 

You don't care about us oh oh

You don't care about us oh oh

You don't care about us oh oh

You don't care about us

 

If it's a bad case, you're on the rampage

Another memory, scarred

You're at the wrong place, you're on the back page

You're in the getaway car

 

You don't care about us oh oh

You don't care about us oh oh

You don't care about us oh oh

You don't care about us

 

It's your age, It's my rage

It's your age, It's my rage

It's your age, It's my rage

 

You're too complicated, we should separate it

You're just confiscated, you're exasperating

This degeneration, mental masturbation

Think I'll leave it all behind

Save this bleeding heart of mine

 

It's a matter of trust (x4)

Because

 

You don't care about us (x4)

 

It's your age, It's my rage

It's your age, It's my rage

 

Ask For Answers

 

Time to pass you to the test, hanging on my lover's breath

Always coming second best, pictures of my lover's chest

Get through this night, there are no second chances

This time I might

To ask the sea for answers

Always falling to the floor, softer than it was before

Dog boy - media whore, it's who the hell you take me for

 

Give up this fight, there are no second chances

This time I might

To ask the sea for answers

These bonds are shackle free, wrapped in lust and lunacy

Tiny touch of jealousy, these bonds are shackle free

 

Get through this night, there are no second chances

This time I might

To ask the sea for answers

These bonds are shackle free (4x)

 

Get through this, there are no second chances

This time, to ask the sea for answers

 

5. Without You I'm Nothing (with David Bowie)

 

Strange infatuation seems to grace the evening tide

I'll take it by your side

Such imagination seems to help the feeling slide

I'll take it by your side

Instant correlation sucks and breeds a pack of lies

I'll take it by your side

Over saturation curls the skin and tans the hide

I'll take it by your side

 

Tick, tock x3

Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tock

 

I'm unclean a libertine

And every time you vent your spleen

I seem to lose the power of speech

You're slipping slowly from my reach

You grow me like an evergreen

You've never seen the lonely me at all

 

I...

Take the plan, spin it sideways

I...

Fall

 

Without you, I'm nothing

Without you, I'm nothing

Without you, I'm nothing

 

Take the plan, spin it sideways

Without you, I'm nothing at all

 

6. Allergic (To Thoughts Of Mother Earth)

 

Any means in your horizon

Heaven in a tourniquet

The after life to keep your eyes on

bitter pill you take you take today

With expert levitation forward

polished to the nth degree

it takes it's smile from every children

you take the beating

 

Any means in your horizon

Every mink walks two by two

we gamble to be born again

You know I never wanted to

With expert levitation forward

polished to the nth degree

it takes it's smile from every children

you take the beating

 

The light divining

the light defining

the light divining

the light dividing

 

Don't let me down

let me-he

let me down

don't let me

don't let me down

let me-he

let me down

let me

 

The light divining

the light defining

the light divining

the light deviding

 

7. The Crawl

 

It takes the pain away

That could not make you stay

It's way too broke to fix

No glue, no bag of tricks

 

Lay me down the lie will unfurl

Lay me down to crawl

 

Your smile will make me sneeze

When we were siamese

Amazing grace in here

I'd pay to have you near

 

Lay me down the lie will unfurl

Lay me down to crawl

 

Don't go and lose your face

At some stranger's place

And don't forget to breathe

And pay before you leave

 

Lay me down, the lie will unfurl

Lay me down to crawl

Lay me down, the lie will unfurl

Lay me down to crawl

 

8. Every You Every Me

 

Sucker love is heaven sent

You pucker up, our passion's spent

My hearts a tart, your body's rent

My body's broken, yours is bent

 

Carve your name into my arm

Instead of stressed, I lie here charmed

'Cause there's nothing else to do

Every me and every you

 

Sucker love, a box I choose

No other box I choose to use

Another love I would abuse

No circumstances could excuse

 

In the shape of things to come

Too much poison come undone

'Cause there's nothing else to do

 

Every me and every you

Every me and every you

Every me, me

 

Sucker love whose known to swing

Prone to cling and waste these things

Pucker up for heavens sake

There's never been so much at stake

 

I serve my head up on a plate

It's only comfort, calling late

'Cause there's nothing else to do

 

Every me and every you

Every me and every you

Every me, me

 

Every me and every you

Every me, me

 

Like the naked leads the blind

I know I'm selfish, I'm unkind

Sucker love I always find

Someone to bruise and leave behind

 

All alone in space and time

There's nothing here but what here's mine

Something borrowed, something blue

 

Every me and every you

Every me and every you

Every me, me

 

Every me and every you

Every me, me

 

9. My Sweet Prince

 

Never thought you'd make me perspire

Never thought I'd do you the same

Never thought I'd fill with desire

Never thought I'd feel so ashamed

 

Me and the dragon can chase all the pain away

So before I end my day, remember

 

My sweet prince, you are the one

My sweet prince

you are the one

 

Never thought I'd have to retire

Never thought I'd have to abstain

Never thought all this could back fire

Close up the hole in my vein

 

Me and my valuable friend

can fix all the pain away

So before I end my day

remember

 

My sweet prince

you are the one

My sweet prince

you are the one (x5)

 

Never thought I'd get any higher

Never thought you'd fúck with my brain

Never thought all this could expire

Never thought you'd go break the chain

 

Me and you baby

still flush all the pain away

So before I end my day

remember

 

My sweet prince

you are the one

My sweet prince

you are the one (x8)

My sweet prince

My sweet prince

 

10. Summer's Gone

 

Cue to your face so forsaken

Crushed by the way that you cry

Cue to your face so forsaken

What a surprise

 

You try to break the mould

before you get too old

you try to break the mould

before you die

 

Cue to your heart that is racing

stung by the look in your eye

Cue to your heart that is racing

What a surprise

you try to break the mould

before you get too old

you try to break the mould

before you die

 

Cue your face so forsaken

crushed by the way that you cry

Cue your face so forsaken

Say goodbye

 

Sing for your lover

Like blood from a stone

Sing for your lover

Who's waiting at home

If you sing when youre high

And youre dry as a bone

Then you must realise

That you're never alone

And you'll sing with the dead instead

 

You try and break the mould

before you get too old

you try and break the mould

before you die

 

11. Scared Of Girls

 

An introverted kinda soul

The earth did open

swallow whole

 

Careenin'

Careenin'

Careenin'

Careenin'

 

Her next of kin who lived in sin

was asking god to let her in

 

Careenin' (4x)

 

I'm a man, a liar

Guaranteed in your bed

I gotta place it on the rack

got a place inside it (3x)

 

An extroverted kinda girl

did tour the world with MC5

 

Careenin' (4x)

 

Her younger sister, had a blister

where I kissed her on her thigh

 

Careenin' (4x)

 

I'm a man a liar

Guaranteed in your bed

I gotta place it on the rack

got a place inside it

I'm a man a liar

Guaranteed in your bed

I gotta place it on the rack

got a place inside it

got a place inside it

got a place inside it

I'm a man a liar

Get into your bed

I gotta place it on the rack

got a place inside it

I'm a man a liar

Guaranteed in your bed

I gotta place it on the rack

I got a place inside it

I'm a man a liar

Guaranteed in your bed

I gotta place it on the rack

got a place inside it

got a place inside it

got a place inside it

 

12. Burger Queen

 

Slightly bemused by his lack of direction

Hey You, Hey You

Came to this world by caesarean section

Hey You, Hey You

Chooses his clothes to match his pallid complexion

Hey You, Hey You

Now it takes him all day just to get an erection

 

Hey You

Things aren't what they seem

Makes no sense at all

Things aren't what they seem

Makes no sense at all

 

Goes out to cruise and to meet his connection

Hey You, Hey You

He never scores he just gets an infection

Hey You, Hey You

Dreams of a place with a better selection

Hey You, Hey You

Still it takes him all day just to get an erection

Hey You

 

Things aren't what they seem

Makes no sense at all

Things aren't what they seem

Makes no sense at all

Things aren't what they seem

Makes no sense at all

Things aren't what they seem

Makes no sense at all

Luxemburger Queen

He's a Burger Queen

 

Slightly bemused by the total rejection

Hey You, Hey You

Came to this world by caesarean section

Hey You, Hey You

Dreams of a place with a better selection

Hey You, Hey You

Dreams of a face that is pure as perfection

Hey you

 

Things aren't what they seem

Luxemburger Queen

Luxemburger Queen

Luxemburger Queen

He's a Burger Queen

 

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Black Market Music

 

1. Taste In Men

 

Come back to me a while

Change your style again

Come back to me a while

Change your taste in men

 

It's been this way since christmas day

Dazzled, doused in gin

Change your taste in men

 

Come back to me a while

Change your style again

Come back to me a while

Change your taste in men

 

I'm killing time on valentine's

Waiting for the day to end

Change your taste in men

 

Come back to me a while

Change your style again

Come back to me a while

Change your taste in men

 

It's been this way since christmas day

Dazzled, doused in gin

 

Change your taste in men

Change your taste in men (x8)

 

2. Days Before You Came

 

Days before you came

Freezing cold and empty

Towns that changed their name

And a horn of plenty

 

Days before you came

Counting breaths inside me

Even crack cocaine

Couldn't start to hide me

 

Won't you join me now?

Baby's looking torn and frayed

Join the masquerade

Join the masquerade

 

Won't you join me now?

Baby's looking to get laid

Join the masquerade

Join the masquerade

 

Days before you came

It always seemed enticing

To be naked and profane

There is no denying

 

Days before you came

Thunderbolts and lightning

Each day a brand new vein

Each tourniquet colliding

 

Didn't want you anyway (x4)

 

Won't you join me now?

Baby's looking torn and frayed

Join the masquerade

Join the masquerade

 

Won't you join me now?

Baby's looking to get laid

Join the masquerade

Join the masquerade

 

Days before you came

Days before you came

Days before you came

Days before you

 

Days before you came

Days before you came

Days before you came

Days before you...

 

Didn't want you anyway (x4)

 

3. Special K

 

Coming up beyond belief

On this coronary thief

More than just a leitmotif

More chaotic, no relief

 

I'll describe the way I feel

Weeping wounds that never heal

Can the savior be for real?

Or are you just my seventh seal?

 

No hesitation, no delay

You come on just like special K

Just like I swallowed half my stash

I never ever wanna crash

No hesitation, no delay

You come on just like special K

Now you're back with dope demand

I'm on sinking sand

 

Gravity, no escaping

Gravity

Gravity

No escaping

Not for free

I fall down

Hit the ground

Make a heavy sound

Every time

You seem to come around

 

I'll describe the way I feel

You're my new Achille's heel

Can the savior be for real?

Or are you just my seventh seal?

 

No hesitation

No delay

You come on just like special K

Just like I swallowed half my stash

I never ever want to crash

No hesitation

No delay

You come on just like special K

Now you're back with dope demand

I'm on sinking sand

 

Gravity

No escaping gravity

Gravity

No escaping

Not for free

I fall down

Hit the ground

Make a heavy sound

Every time

You seem to come around

 

No escaping gravity

No escaping gravity

No escaping gravity

No escaping gravity

Gravity (x4)

 

4. Spite & Malice

 

Ahaha revolution

Dope guns fúcking in the streets

Revolution

Dope guns fúcking in the streets

 

Aces take your time

Queens are left for dead

Jacks can stand in line

And touch themselves instead

 

Aces take your pity

And keep it warm in bed

Aces take your time

Cut the deck

The queens left for dead

 

Soft and wet scarf tied to the bed

Jack is all tragic when he's stands alone

Feelin' demonic harmonic

In a no go zone

 

You look well suited

Like you came to win

Lust spite and malice

Your degrees of sin

 

Cruisin' for pity

And looking pretty as fúck

Ace take your chances

Queen wish you luck

 

Aces take your time

Draw your final breath

Jacks are feelin fine

They've clubbed themselves to death

 

Aces take your pity

You sleep with it instead

Aces take your time

You can play your card

I'll hold onto mine

 

Tied up in the reasons

Ace take your time

Looks turn to lovers

Flames into fires

 

Jack loves his tragedy

Queen her desires

You look well suited like you came to win

Lust spite and malice

 

Your degrees of sin

Wrap me in your trauma

And I may just give you mine

Queen take your chances

Aces take your time

 

Dope guns fúcking in the street

Everything will blow tonight

Revolution

Dope guns fúcking in the street

Either friend or foe tonight

Revolution

Dope guns fúcking in the street

 

Cut the deck

The queens left for dead

Soft and wet scarf tied to the bed

Jack is all tragic when he's stands alone

 

Feelin' demonic harmonic

In a no go zone

You look well suited

Like you came to win

Lust spite and malice

 

Your degrees of sin

Cruisin' for pity

And looking pretty as fúck

Ace take your chances

Queen wish you luck

 

Dope guns fúcking in the street

Everything will blow tonight

Revolution

Dope guns fúcking in the street

Either friend or foe tonight

Revolution

Dope guns fúcking in the street

 

5. Passive Agressive

 

 

It's in your reach

Concentrate

It's in your reach

Concentrate

 

If you deny this

Then it's your fault

That God's in crisis

He's over

 

It's in your reach

Concentrate

It's in your reach

Concentrate

 

If you deny this

Then it's your fault

That God's in Crisis

He's over

 

Every time I rise I see you falling

Can you find me space inside your bleeding heart

Every time I rise I see you falling

Can you find me space

Find me space

 

It's in your reach

Concentrate

It's in your reach

Concentrate

 

If you deny this

Then it's your fault

That God's in Crisis

He's over

 

Every time I rise I see you falling

Can you find me space inside your bleeding heart

Every time I rise I see you falling

Can you find me space inside your bleeding heart

It falls apart

It falls apart

Falls apart

Every time I rise I see you falling

Can you find me space inside your bleeding heart?

Every time I rise I see you falling

Can you find me space inside your bleeding heart?

It falls apart

It falls apart

Falls apart

 

6. Black-Eyed

 

I was never faithful

And I was never one to trust

Borderlining schizo

And guaranteed to cause a fuss

I was never loyal

Except to my own pleasure zone

I'm forever black-eyed

A product of a broken home

 

I was never faithful

And I was never one to trust

Borderline bipolar

Forever biting on your nuts

I was never grateful

That's why I spend my days alone

I'm forever black-eyed

A product of a broken home (Broken home)

Black-eyed (repeat)

 

I was never faithful

And I was never one to trust

Borderlining schizo

And guaranteed to cause a fuss

I was never loyal

Except to my own pleasure zone

I'm forever black-eyed

A product of a broken home (Broken home)

Black-eyed (repeat)

 

7. Blue American

 

I wrote this novel just for you

It sounds pretentious but it's true

I wrote this novel just for you

 

That's why it's vulgar

That's why it's blue

And I say thank you

I say thank you

 

I wrote this novel just for Mom

For all the Mommy things she's done

For all the times she showed me wrong

For all the times she sang God's song

And I say thank you Mom

Hello Mom

Thank you Mom

Hi Mom

 

I read a book about Uncle Tom

Where whitey bast*rd made a bomb

But now Ebonics rule our song

Those motherfúckers got it wrong

And I ask

Who is uncle Tom?

Who is uncle Tom?

Who is uncle Tom?

You are

 

I read a book about the self

Said I should get expensive help

Go fix my head

Create some wealth

Put my neurosis on the shelf

But I don't care for myself

I don't care for myself

I don't care for myself

I don't care

 

I wrote this novel just for you

I'm so pretentious

Yes it's true

I wrote this novel just for you

Just for you

Just for you

 

8. Slave To The Wage

 

Run away from all your boredom

Run away from all your whoredom and wave

Your worries and cares

Goodbye

 

All it takes is one decision

A lot of guts, a little vision to wave

Your worries and cares

Goodbye

 

It's a maze for rats to try

It's a maze for rats to try

It's a race, a race for rats

A race for rats to die

It's a race, a race for rats

A race for rats to die

 

Sick and tired of Maggie's farm

She's a b**ch with broken arms to wave

Your worries and cares

Goodbye

 

It's a maze for rats to try

It's a maze for rats to try

It's a race, a race for rats

A race for rats to die

It's a race, a race for rats

A race for rats to die

It's a race, a race for rats

A race for rats to die

It's a race, a race for rats

A race for rats to die

 

Burn away

Run away, run away

Run away, run away

Run away, run away

Run away, run away

 

9. Commercial For Levi

 

You're the one who's always choking Trojan

You're the one who's always bruised and broken

Sleep may be the enemy

But so is another line

 

It's a remedy

You should take more time

You're the one who's always choking Trojan

You're the one who's showers always golden

 

Spunk and bestiality well it's an Assisi lie

It's ahead of me, you should close your fly

I understand the fascination

The dream that comes alive at night

 

But if you don't change your situation

Then you'll die, you'll die, don't die, don't die

Please don't die

 

You're the one who's always choking Trojan

You're the one who's always bruised and broken

Drunk on immorality, valium and cherry wine

Coke and ecstasy, you're gonna blow your mind

 

I understand the fascination

I've even been there once or twice or more

But if you don't change your situation

Then you'll die, you'll die, don't die, don't die

Please don't die (x4)

 

10. Haemoglobin

 

I was hanging from a tree

Unaccustomed to such violence

Jesus looking down on me

I'm prepared for one big silence

 

How'd I ever end up here

Must be through some lack of kindness

And it seemed to dawn on me

 

Haemoglobin is the key

Haemoglobin is the key

To a healthy heartbeat

Haemoglobin is the key

To a healthy heartbeat

 

At the time they cut me free

I was brimming with defiance

Doctors looking down on me

Breaking every law of science

 

How'd I ever end up here

A latent strain of color blindness

Then it seemed to dawn on me

 

Haemoglobin is the key

Haemoglobin is the key

To a healthy heartbeat

Haemoglobin is the key

To a healthy heartbeat

Haemoglobin is the key

To a healthy heartbeat

Haemoglobin is the key

To a healthy heartbeat

 

Now my feet don't touch the ground

Now my feet don't touch the ground, go

Now my feet don't touch the ground

Now my feet don't touch the ground

 

As they drag me to my feet

I was filled with incoherence

Theories of conspiracy

The whole world wants my disappearance

 

I'll go fighting nail and teeth

You've never seen such perseverance

Gonna make you scared of me

 

'Cause haemoglobin is the key

Haemoglobin is the key

To a healthy heartbeat

Haemoglobin is the key

To a healthy heart beat

Haemoglobin is the key

To a healthy heart beat

Haemoglobin is the key

To a healthy heart beat

 

Now my feet don't touch the ground

Now my feet don't touch the ground, go

Now my feet don't touch the ground

Now my feet don't touch the ground, go

Now my feet don't touch the ground

Now my feet don't touch the ground, go

Now my feet don't touch the ground

Now my feet don't touch the ground, go

 

11. Narcoleptic

 

Slip and stumble at my first offences

It's not treason, it's no lie

You talk in paragraphs

I write my sentence

 

It's not treason, it's no lie

It seems a place for us to dream

It seems a place for us to dream

 

Crush and crumble under your defenses

It's not treason, it's no lie

You frame the photograph I sit on fences

Change your season, love can die

 

It seems a place for us to dream

It seems a place for us to dream

It seems a place for us to dream

It seems a place for us to dream

 

If we tear out the tumor

It's later, never sooner

If we tear out the tumor

It's later, never sooner

 

It seems a place for us to dream

It seems a place for us to dream

 

You'd better keep it in check

Or you'll end up a wreck

And you'll never wake up

You'd better keep it in check

Or you'll end up a wreck

And you'll never wake up

Wake up

Wake up

Wake up

 

It seems a place for us to dream

It seems a place for us to dream

 

You'd better keep it in check

Or you'll end up a wreck

And you'll never wake up

You'd better keep it in check

Or you'll end up a wreck

And you'll never wake up

You'd better keep it in check

Or you'll end up a wreck

And you'll never wake up

You'd better keep it in check

Or you'll end up a wreck

And you'll never wake up

Wake up

 

12. Peeping Tom

 

Careful not to fall

Have to climb your wall

'Cause you're the one who makes me feel much taller than you are

 

I'm just a peeping tom

On my own for far too long

Problems with the booze

Nothing left to lose

I'm weightless

I'm bare

I'm faithless

I'm scared

 

The face that fills the hole

Stole my broken soul

One that makes me seem to feel much taller than you are

 

I'm just a peeping tom

On my own for far too long

Troubles with the gear

Nothing left to fear

I'm weightless

I'm bare

I'm faithless

I'm scared

I'm weightless

I'm bare

I'm faithless

I'm scared

 

With every bet I lost

And every trick I tossed

You're still the one

Who makes me feel much taller than you are

 

I'm just a peeping tom

On my own for far too long

Problems with the booze

Nothing left to lose

I'm weightless

I'm bare

I'm faithless

I'm scared

I'm weightless

I'm bare

I'm faithless

I'm scared

I'm weightless

I'm bare

I'm faithless

I'm scared

I'm scared

I'm scared

I'm scared

I'm scared

 

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Sleeping With Ghosts

 

1. Bulletproof Cupid

 

[This is a short instrumental track]

 

2. English Summer Rain

 

Always stays the same

Nothing ever changes

English summer rain

Seems to last for ages

Always stays the same

Nothing ever changes

English summer rain

Seems to last for ages

 

I'm in the basement

You're in the sky

I'm in the basement baby

Drop on by

I'm in the basement

You're in the sky

I'm in the basement baby

Drop on by

 

Always stays the same

Nothing ever changes

English summer rain

Seems to last for ages

Always stays the same

Nothing ever changes

English summer rain

Seems to last for ages

 

I'm in the basement

You're in the sky

I'm in the basement baby

Drop on by

I'm in the basement

You're in the sky

I'm in the basement baby

Drop on by

 

Hold your breath and count to ten

And fall apart and start again

Hold your breath and count to ten

Start again start again

Hold your breath and count to ten

And fall apart and start again

Start again (repeat several times)

 

Always stays the same

Nothing ever changes

English summer rain

Seems to last for ages

Always stays the same

Nothing ever changes

English summer rain

Seems to last for ages

 

Hold your breath and count to ten

And fall apart and start again

Hold your breath and count to ten

Start again start again

Hold your breath and count to ten

And fall apart and start again

Hold your breath and count to ten

Start again start again (repeat several times)

 

3. This Picture

 

[spoken] I hold an image of the ashtray girl

Left cigarette burns on my chest

I wrote a poem that described our world

And put our friendship to the test

And late at night while I was on all fours

She used to watch me kiss the floor

What's wrong with this picture?

What's wrong with this picture? [/spoken]

 

Farewell the ashtray girl

Forbidden snowflake

Beware this troubled world

And watch out for earthquakes

Goodbye to open sores

To broken semaphore

You know we miss her

We miss her picture

 

Sometimes it's faded

Disentigrate it

For fear of growin' old

Sometimes it's faded

Assassinate it

For fear of growin' old

 

Farewell the ashtray girl

Angelic fruitcake

Beware this troubled world

Control your intake

Goodbye to open sores

Goodbye and furthermore

You know we miss her

We miss her picture

 

Sometimes it's faded

Disentigrate it

The fear of growin' old

Sometimes it's faded

Assassinate it

The fear of growin' old

 

Hang on

Though we try

It's gone

 

Hang on

Though we try

It's gone

 

Sometimes it's faded

Disentigrate it

The fear of growing old

Sometimes it's faded

Assassinate it

The fear of growing old

 

You can't stop growing old

You can't stop growing old

You can't stop growing old

You can't stop growing old

 

You can't stop growing old

 

4. Sleeping With Ghosts

 

The sea's evaporating

Though it comes as no suprise

These clouds we're seeing

They're explosions in the sky

It seems it's written

But we can't read between the lines

 

Hush

It's ok

Dry your eye

Dry your eye

Soulmate dry your eye

Dry your eye

Soulmate dry your eye

Cause soulmates never die

 

This one world vision

Turns it's hand to compromise

What good's religion

When it's each other we despise

Damn the government

Damn their killing

Damn their lies

 

Hush

It's ok

Dry your eyes

Dry your eyes

Soulmate dry your eyes

Dry your eyes

Soulmate dry your eyes

Cause soulmates never die

Soulmates never die

Never die

Soulmates never die

Never die

 

Soulmates never die

Soulmates never die

Soulmates never die

Soulmates never die

 

5. The Bitter End

 

Since we're feeling so anesthetised

In our comfort zone

Reminds me of the second time

That I followed you home

 

We're running out of alibies

On the second of May

Reminds me of the summer time

On this winter's day

 

See you at the bitter end

See you at the bitter end

 

Every step we take that's synchronised

Every broken bone

Reminds me of the second time

That I followed you home

 

You shower me with lullabies

As you're walking away

Reminds me that it's killing time

On this fateful day

 

See you at the bitter end

See you at the bitter end

See you at the bitter end

See you at the bitter end

 

From the time we intercepted

Feels alot like suicide

Slow and sad, getting sadder

Arise a bitter mind

See you at the bitter end

 

I love to see you run around

And i can see you now

Running to me

Arms wide out

See you at the bitter end

Come on reach inside, grab the gentleness inside

Heard your cry

Six months time

Six months time

Prepare the end

See you at the bitter end

 

6. Something Rotten

 

Get real

It seemed

We're here

I miss you something rotten

Mistakes

Are here

It's guaranteed all is forgotten

Down here

Down here

It's clear

Wrapped you up in cotton

Don't fear

Don't fear

Clean, all is forgotten

Face down

Face down

Face down

I miss you something rotten

Face down

Face down

This crown is broken and rotten

Down here

Down here

No it's not, it's all forgotten

Down here

Down here

Face down

I miss you something rotten

Down here

Down here

It stinks

It stinks something rotten

Don't fear

Don't fear

Clean, always forgotten

There's something rotten down here (x6)

 

7. Plasticine

 

Beauty lies inside the eye

Of another youthful dream

That doesn't sell it's soul for self-esteem

That's not plasticine

 

Beauty lies inside desire

And every wayward heart redeemed

That doesn't sell it's soul for self-esteem

That's not plasticine

 

Don't forget to be the way you are

Don't forget to be the way you are

Don't forget to be the way you are

Don't forget to be the way you are

 

The only thing you can rely on

Is that you can't rely on anything

Don't go and sell your soul for self-esteem

Don't be plasticine

 

Don't forget to be the way you are

Don't forget to be the way you are

Don't forget to be the way you are

Don't forget to be the way you are

 

Don't forget to be the way you are

Don't forget to be the way you are

Don't forget to be the way you are

Don't forget to be the way you are

 

Way you are

Way you are

Way you are

Way you are

 

8. Special Needs

 

Remember me when you're the one who's silver screened

Remember me when you're the one you'd always dreamed

Remember me whenever noses start to bleed

Remember me, special needs

 

Just nineteen a sucker's dream

I guess I thought you had the flavor

Just nineteen a dream it seemed

With six months off for bad behavior

 

Remember me when you clinch your movie deal

And think of me stuck in my chair that has four wheels

Remember me through flash photography and screams

Remember me, special dreams

 

Just nineteen a sucker's dream

I guess I thought you had the flavor

Just nineteen a dream it seemed

With six months off for bad behavior

 

Just nineteen a sucker's dream

I guess I thought you had the flavor

Just nineteen a dream it seemed

With six months off for bad behavior

 

Remember me

Remember me

 

Just nineteen a sucker's dream

I guess I thought you had the flavor

Just nineteen a dream it seemed

With six months off for bad behavior

 

Just nineteen a sucker's dream

I guess I thought you had the flavor

Just nineteen a dream it seemed

With six months off for bad behavior

 

Remember me

Remember me

 

9. I'll Be Yours

 

I'll be your water

Bathing you clean

Your liquid peace

I'll be your ether

You'll breathe me in

You won't release

Well I've seen you suffer

I've seen you cry

The night through

I'll be your water

Bathing you clean

Your liquid blue

 

I'll be your father

I'll be your mother

I'll be your lover

I'll be yours

 

I'll be your father

I'll be your mother

I'll be your lover

I'll be yours

 

I'll be your liquor

Bathing your soul

In juice that's pure

I'll be your anchor

You'll never leave

These shores that cure

Well I've seen you suffer

I've seen you cry

For days and days

So I'll be your liquior

Demons will drown

And float away

 

I'll be your father

I'll be your mother

I'll be your lover

I'll be yours

 

I'll be your father

I'll be your mother

I'll be your lover

I'll be yours

 

I'll be your father

I'll be your mother

I'll be your lover

I'll be yours

 

I'll be your father

I'll be your mother

I'll be your lover

I'll be yours

 

Yours (x7)

 

10. Second Sight

 

Walk away to save your face

You never were a genius

Walk away to save your face

You let it come between us

Walk away to save your face

You never were a genius

Walk away to save your face

You never were, you never were

 

Yes it's just the second night

But I would break backsides for you

Yes I know you're the jealous type

Cause I'm cursed with second sight so

 

Walk away to save your face

You never were an actor

Walk away to save your face

Here comes the morning after

Walk away to save your face

You never were an actor

Walk away to save your face

You never were, you never were

 

Yes it's just the second night

But I would break backsides for you

Yes I know you're the jealous type

Cause I'm cursed with second sight so

 

Cause I'm cursed with second sight so

Cause I'm cursed with second sight so

 

Third verse

Same as the first

 

Walk away to save your face

You never were a genius

Walk away to save your face

You let it come between us

Walk away to save your face

You never were a genius

Walk away to save your face

You never were you never were

 

Yes it's just the second night

But I would break backsides for you

Yes I know you're the jealous type

Cause I'm cursed with second sight so

 

Walk away

Walk away

Walk away

Walk away

 

Walk away

You never were

Walk away

You never were

Walk away

You never were

Walk away

You never

 

11. Protect Me From What I Want

 

It's the disease of the age

It's the disease that we crave

Alone at the end of the rave

We catch the last bus home

Corporate America waits

Coffee republic and cakes

We open the latch on the gate

Of the hole that we call our home

 

Protect me from what I want

Protect me from what I want

Protect me from what I want

Protect me protect me

 

Maybe we're victims of fate

Remember when we'd celebrate

We'd drink and get high until late

And now we're all alone

Wedding bells ain't gonna chime

With both of us guilty of crime

And both of us sentenced to time

And now we're all alone

 

Protect me from what I want

Protect me from what I want

Protect me from what I want

Protect me protect me

 

12. Centerfolds

 

Come on Balthazar

I refuse to let you die

Come of fallen star

I refuse to let you die

 

Cause it's wrong

And I've been waitin' far too long

And it's wrong

I've been waitin' far too long

For you to be

Be

Be

Be

 

Be mine

For you to be mine

Be mine

For you to be mine

 

And it's wrong

I've been waitin' far too long

It's wrong

I've been waitin' far too long

For you to be

Be

Be

Be

 

All the centrefolds

That you can't afford

Have long since waved their last goodbyes

All the centrefolds

That you can't afford

You've long since faded from their eyes

 

So be

Be mine

So be

Be mine

 

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Once More With Feeling: The Singles

 

18. I Do

 

I wanna be much more like you

Your effortlessly graceful scene

That drips from every pore of you

Where logic cannot intervene

I wanna take a bath with you

And wash the chaos from my skin

I wanna fall in love with you

So how do we begin?

 

I wanna be a girl like you

The way you swing your hips in jeans

I wanna wear my face like you

Shiseido mac and maybellene

I wanna paint the town with you

And tickle you until you scream

I wanna fall in love with you

I wanna say I do

I wanna say I do

I wanna say I do

I wanna say I do

I wanna say I do

 

I wanna be much more like you

The way your smile lights up the room

I'll kick back as men flirt with you

Till Jealously I'll stay in you

This confidence in me and you

This hope that you and I will bloom

I wanna fall in love with you

I wanna say I do

I wanna say I do

I wanna say I do

I wanna say I do

I wanna say I do

 

The question is do you?

 

19. Twenty Years

 

There are twenty years to go

twenty ways to know

who will wear

who will wear the hat

 

There are twenty years to go

the best of all i hope

enjoy the ride

the medicine show

 

Them's the breaks

before we design our fates

we need to concentrate

on more than meets the eye

 

There are twenty years to go

the faithful and the low

the best of sorts

the broken heart, the stone

 

There are twenty years to go

the punchdrunk and the blow

the worst of starts

the mercy part

the phone

 

Them's the breaks

before we design our fates

we need to concentrate on more than meets the eye

 

Them's the breaks

before we design our fates

but it's you i take

'cause you're the truth, not I

 

There are twenty years to go

a golden age I know

but all will pass

will end too fast you know

 

There are twenty years to go

and many friends I hope

though some may hold the rope

some hold the rope

 

That's the end

and that's the start of it

That's the whole

and that's the part of it

that's the highs

and that's the heart of it

that's the long

and that's the short of it

that's the best

and that's the test in it

that's the doubt

the doubt, the trust in it

that's the sight

that's the sound of it

that's the gift

that's the trick in it

 

You're the truth, not i (x8)

 

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Meds

 

1. Meds (with Alison Mosshart of The Kills)

 

I was alone, falling free

Trying my best not to forget

What happened to us, what happened to me

What happened as I let it slip

I was confused by the powers that be

Forgetting names and faces

Passers by were looking at me

As if they could erase it

 

Baby, did you forget to take your meds

Baby, did you forget to take your meds

 

I was alone, staring over the ledge

Trying my best not to forget

All manner of joy, all manner of glee

And our one heroic pledge

How it mattered to us, How would it mattered to me

And the consequences

I was confused by the birds and the bees

Forgetting if I meant it

 

Baby, did you forget to take your meds

Baby, did you forget to take your meds

Baby, did you forget to take your meds

Baby, did you forget to take your meds

 

and the sex, the drugs, and the complications

and the sex, the drugs, and the complications

and the sex, the drugs, and the complications

and the sex, the drugs, and the complications

 

Baby, did you forget to take your meds

Baby, did you forget to take your meds

Baby, did you forget to take your meds

Baby, did you forget to take your meds

Baby, did you forget to take your meds

Baby, did you forget to take your meds

 

I was alone, falling free

Trying my best not to forget

 

2. Infra-Red

 

One last thing before I shuffle off the planet

I will be the one to make you crawl

so I came down to wish you an unhappy birthday

someone call the ambulance

there's gonna be an accident

 

I'm coming up on infra-red

there is no running that can hide you

cause I can see in the dark

I'm coming up on infra-red

forget your running

I will find you

 

One more thing before we start the final face-off

I will be the one to watch you fall

so I came down to crash and burn your beggar's banquet

someone call the ambulance

there's gonna be an accident

 

I'm coming up on infra-red

there is no running that can hide you

cause I can see in the dark

I'm coming up on infra-red

forget your running

I will find you (I will find you)

 

[distorted singing]

 

Someone call the ambulance

there's gonna be an accident

 

I'm coming up on infra-red

there is no running that can hide you

cause I can see in the dark

I'm coming up on infra-red

forget your running

I will find you

cause I can see in the dark

 

I'm coming up on infra-red

there is no running that can hide you

cause I can see in the dark

I'm coming up on infra-red

forget your running

I will find you

I'll find you

I'll find you

 

3. Drag

 

You're always ahead of the game

I drag behind

You never get caught in the rain

When I'm drenched to the bone every time

You're the first one to swim cross the Seine

I lag behind

You're always ahead of the game

While I drag behind

 

I drag behind

I drag behind

I drag behind

I drag behind

 

You're always ahead of the pack

I drag behind

You possess every trait that I lack

By coincidence or by design

You're the monkey I got on my back

That tells me to shine

You're always ahead of the pack

While I drag behind

 

I drag behind (x8)

 

You're always ahead of the rest

When I'm always on time

You got A's on your algebra tests

I failed and they kept me behind

I just gotta get off my chest

That I think you're divine

You're always ahead of the rest

While I drag behind

 

I drag behind (x8)

 

4. Space Monkey

 

Space monkey in the place to be

Riding in a rocket to a planet of sound

Shooting the moon, playing dominoes in drag

An increase in population of a hundred percent

 

Space monkey in the place to be

With a chemical peel and a picture of Mary

Out on a limb in the carnival of me

Raising the temperature one hundred degrees

 

We're sown together

she's born mesmer

Beside astride her

I die inside her

 

Space monkey in the place to be

A mass of contradictions in a golden frame

Raising the roof in a calamity way

Completely meretricious of a poke in the eye

 

Space monkey in the place to be

Talk of the town with a Colombian rock

Out on a limb in the carnival of me

Raising the temperature one hundred degrees

 

We're sown together

she's born mesmer

Beside astride her

I die inside her

It's far too sacred

don't ever fake it

And don't, and don't, and don't let me down

 

Like you let me down before

Like you let me down before

 

Space monkey in the place to be

With some free-association and a hole in her head

Out on a in the carnival of me

Raising the temperature one hundred degrees

 

Were so together

she's born mesmer

Beside astride her

I die inside her

It's far too sacred

don't ever fake it

And don't, and don't, and don't let me down

 

Like you let me down before

Like you let me down before

Like you let me down before

Like you let me down before

 

5. Follow The Cops Back Home

 

The call to arms was never true

Time to imbibe, here's to you

I'll tell you stories bruised and blue

Of drum machines and landslides

 

Just one more round before we're through

More psychedelic yuppie flu

It's such a silly thing to do

And now we're stuck on rewind

 

Let's follow the cops back home

Follow the cops back home

Let's follow the cops back home

And rob their houses

 

The call to arms was never true

Let's take a ride and push it through

Suspended animation glue

Blame it on apartheid

 

Let's spend the night in Jimmy Choo's

I'll give you coats and cheap shampoo

I'll give you nothing else to do

And now we're stuck on rewind

 

Let's follow the cops back home

Follow the cops back home

Let's follow the cops back home

And rob their houses

 

Let's follow the cops back home

Follow the cops back home

Let's follow the cops back home

And rob their houses

 

The call to arms was never true

I'm medicated, how are you?

Let's take a dive swim right through

Sophisticated points of view

 

Let's follow the cops back home

Follow the cops back home

Let's follow the cops back home

And Rob their houses..

 

Let's follow the cops back home

Follow the cops back home

Let's follow the cops back home

And rob their houses...

 

6. Post Blue

 

It's in the water baby

It's in the pills that bring you down

It's in the water baby

It's in your bag of golden brown

It's in the water baby

It's in your frequency

It's in the water baby

It's between you and me

 

It's in the water baby

It's in the pills that pick you up

It's in the water baby

It's in the special way we fúck

It's in the water baby

It's in your family tree

It's in the water baby

It's between you and me

 

Bite the hand that feeds

Tap the vein that bleeds

Down on my bended knees

 

I break the back of love for you

I break the back of love for you

 

I break the back of love for you

I break the back of love for you

 

It's in the water baby

It's in the pills that bring you down

It's in the water baby

It's in your bag of golden brown

It's in the water baby

It's in your frequency

It's in the water baby

It's between you and me

 

Bite the hand that feeds

Tap the vein that bleeds

Down on my bended knees

 

I break the back of love for you

I break the back of love for you

 

I break the back of love for you

I break the back of love for you

 

I break the back of love for you

I break the back of love for you

 

I break the back of love for you

I break the back of love for you

 

7. Because I Want You

 

Fall into you, is all I seem to do

When I hit the bottle

‘Cause I’m afraid to be alone

 

Tear us in two, is all it seems to do

As the anger fades

This house is no longer a home

 

Don’t give up on the dream

Don’t give up on the wanting

And everything that’s true

Don’t give up on the dream

Don’t give up on the wanting

 

Because I want you too

Because I want you too

Because I want you too

Because I want you

Because I want you

 

Stumble into you, is all I ever do

My memory’s hazy

And I’m afraid to be alone

 

Tear us in two, is all it’s gonna do

As the headache fades

This house is no longer a home

 

Don’t give up on the dream

Don’t give up on the wanting

And everything that’s true

Don’t give up on the dream

Don’t give up on the wanting

 

Because I want you too

Because I want you too

Because I want you too

Because I want you

Because I want you

 

Because I want you too

Because I want you too

Because I want you too

Because I want you

Because I want you

 

Fall into you is all I ever do!

When I hit the bottle

‘Cause I’m afraid to be alone

 

Tear us in two

Tear us in two

Tear us in two

 

Because I want you too

Because I want you too

Because I want you

Because I want you

Because I want you too

Because I want you too

Because I want you

Because I want you

 

8. Blind

 

If I could tear you from the ceiling

And guarantee a source divine

Rid you of possessions fleeting

Remain your funny valentine

 

Don't go and leave me

And please don't drive me blind

Don't go and leave me

And please don't drive me blind

 

If I could tear you from the ceiling

I know best have tried

I'd fill your every breath with meaning

And find a place we both could hide

 

Don't go and leave me

And please don't drive me blind

Don't go and leave me

And please don't drive me blind

You don't believe me

But you do this every time

Please don't drive me blind

Please don't drive me blind

 

I know you're broken

I know you're broken

I know you're broken

 

If I could tear you from the ceiling

I'd freeze us both in time

And find a brand new way of seeing

Your eyes forever glued to mine

 

Don't go and leave me

And please don't drive me blind

Don't go and leave me

And please don't drive me blind

 

And please don't drive me blind

And please don't drive me blind

And please don't drive me blind

And please don't drive me blind

 

I know you're broken

I know you're broken

I know you're broken

 

9. Pierrot The Clown

 

Leave me dreaming on the bed

See you right back here tomorrow

For the next round

Keep this scene inside your head

As the bruises turn to yellow

The swelling goes down

 

And if you're ever around

In the city or the suburbs

Of this town

Be sure to come around

I'll be wallowing in sorrow

Wearing a frown

Like Pierrot the clown

 

Saw you crashing round the bay

Never seen you act so shallow

Or look so brown

Remember all the things you'd say

How your promises ran hollow

As you threw me to the ground

 

And if you're ever around

In the backstreets or the alleys

Of this town

Be sure to come around

I'll be wallowing in pity

Wearing a frown

Like Pierrot the clown

 

When I dream, I dream your lips

When I dream, I dream your kiss

When I dream, I dream your fists

your fists, your fists

 

Leave me bleeding in the bed

See you right back here tomorrow

For the next round

Keep this scene inside your head

As the bruises turn to yellow

The swelling goes down

 

And if you're ever around

In the city or the suburbs

Of this town,

Be sure to come around,

I'll be wallowing in sorrow

Wearing a frown

Like Pierrot the clown

 

Like Pierrot the clown

Like Pierrot the clown

Like Pierrot the clown

Like Pierrot the clown

 

10. Broken Promise (with Michael Stipe of R.E.M.)

 

We'll rise above this

we'll cry about this

as we live and learn

A broken promise

I was not honest

Now I watch as tables turn

And you're singing

 

I'll wait my turn to tear inside you

Watch you burn

I'll wait my turn

I'll wait my turn

 

I'll cry about this and hide my cuckold eyes

As you come off all concerned

I'll find no solace in your poor apology

In your regret that sounds absurd

Keep singing

 

I'll wait my turn to tear inside you

Watch you burn

I'll wait my turn to terrorize you

Watch you burn

I'll wait my turn

I'll wait my turn

 

A promise is a promise

A promise is a promise

 

I'll wait my turn to tear inside you

Watch you burn

I'll wait my turn

I'll wait my turn

 

A broken promise

You were not honest

I'll bide my time

I'll wait my turn

 

11. One Of A Kind

 

On top of the world you get nothing done

Talk is cold and burns like the sun

Can't you see these skies are breaking

Cause the top of the word is where I'm from

 

The back of the class is where I was

Keeping quiet playing dumb

Can't you see these skies are breaking

Cause the back of the class is where I'm from

 

And I am one

I am

I am one

I am, I am, I am, I am, I am

 

I'm on a race and it's killing time

I don't need yours I'll keep it with mine

Can't you see these skies are breaking

Cause I'm on a race and I'm doing fine, thank you

 

Two of a kind no one home

I'm in a crowd and I'm still alone

Can't you see the skies are breaking

Cause one of a kind is all I own

 

I am one

I am

I am one

I am, I am, I am, I am, I am

 

Out of the womb and into the void

I wanna try but I get annoyed

Can't you see these skies are breaking

Cause I'm out of the womb and into the void

 

I am one,

I am,

I am one,

I am, I am, I am, I am, I am

I am, I am, I am, I am, I am

 

On top of the world you get nothing done

 

12. In The Cold Light Of Morning

 

In the cold light of morning

While everyone's yawning

You're high

In the cold light of morning

The party gets boring

You're high

As your skin starts scratchin'

Wave yesterday's action goodbye

Forget past indiscretions and stolen possessions

You're high

 

In the cold light

 

In the cold light of morning

While everyone's yawning

You're high

In the cold light of morning

You're drunksick from whoring

And high

Staring back from the mirror's a face that you don't recognise

It's a loser, a sinner, a c**k in a dildo's disguise

 

In the cold light

 

Tomorrow

Tomorrow

Tomorrow

 

As your skin starts scratchin'

Wave yesterdays action goodbye

Forget past indiscretions and stolen possessions

You're high

In the cold light of day

Tomorrow's only a kettle whistle, whistle, whistle, whistle, whistle, whistle, whistle, whistle, whistle away

In the cold light of day

 

13. Song To Say Goodbye

 

You are one of God's mistakes

You crying, tragic waste of skin

I'm well aware of how it aches

And you still won't let me in

 

Now I'm breaking down your door

To try and save your swollen face

Though I don't like you anymore

You lying, trying waste of space

 

Before our innocence was lost

You were always one of those

Blessed with lucky sevens

And the voice that made me cry

My Oh My

 

You were mother nature's son

Someone to whom I could relate

Your needle and your damage done

Remains a sorted twist of fate

 

Now I'm trying to wake you up

To pull you from the liquid sky

Coz if I don't we'll both end up,

With just your song to say goodbye

My Oh My

 

A song to say goodbye

A song to say goodbye

A song to say...

 

Before our innocence was lost

You were always one of those

Blessed with lucky sevens

And the voice that made me cry

 

It's a song to say goodbye

 

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Wow, great :yahoo: This is very useful for me

:yahoo:

 

Anyone is free to say which are their favourite lyrics, or if anyone wants to know what any of the lyrics mean, I can find out for you.

here's an idea: you should try posting the lyrics from the b-sides also :D they're pretty good :P if u like, I can post some of them myself :D

Damn, I knew I missed something. :lol:

 

I'll get all the b-sides and rarities in there later hopefully. :P

Yay! Thanks Aly :cheer:

Check www.alwaysontherun.net for the lyrics of b-sides and rarities B)

:yahoo:

 

Anyone is free to say which are their favourite lyrics, or if anyone wants to know what any of the lyrics mean, I can find out for you.

 

My fav is I Know, because I completely understand that one... :lol:

 

I have a little problem with another ones... But just with few.

 

I'm not that good in English... :blush:

 

I'll be happy if somebody want's to explain some of the song...

Oh, yes and I like lyrics of Song To Say Goodbye... :wub:

 

I'm not big fan of that song, but lyrics is very good

 

Which is fav lyrics for other people in here? :unsure:

Sure, if you name the songs you want to understand the meaning of better, I'll look them up for you.

 

Oh, and I still need to get round to adding the b-sides and rarities. :lol:

 

It's on my to do list. :D

Sure, if you name the songs you want to understand the meaning of better, I'll look them up for you.

 

Ok, I'll put name of the songs... :)

Here are these songs:

 

Bruise Pristine (I really don't understand this one :( , nothing in it :( ), Nancy Boy, Black-Eyed (I understand some parts of song...), The Bitter End, This Picture, Drag...

 

I understand something of that songs, but... :blush:

 

That would be it, for now... :D

 

Anyway, these days I'm reading lyrics of Placebo songs while I'm listening them and that help me a lot... ^_^ :cheer:

Here are descriptions I found with meanings behind the songs. I hope they help you understand better. :D

 

Bruise Pristine

 

I can't find much about this one, but I read some suspicions that it may be about hurting someone for sexual satisfaction, and maybe also about losing a game.

 

Nancy Boy

 

Lube is short for lubricant, a moist substance that can be applied to the genitals or anus (and other devices and places),

to make sex more slippery (no more friction!)

 

 

'eyeholes in a paper bag' cos hes kinda ashamed of the fact that hes goin down an alley (or wherever) to get layed and thats

how he loses his clothes too.

 

 

Extended Thoughts on Nancy Boy

 

I think this is a deeply biographical and personal song.

It has many references to drugs/alcohol abuse, sordid sex and lewd behaviour.

 

My interpretation of 'Brian says that he just wrote meaningless words' is:-

'Brian was embarrassed by the amount of detail about himself and his lifestyle which appeared in the song.

By saying it was meaningless saves him having to explain what he meant'.

 

In case you'd missed these......

'Press my button going down'

a) a pun on the mechanical theme of using a Lift/Escalator

B) a sexual pun 'button' = 'whatever turns me on'

'going down' = male or female oral sex

 

The first bit 'Alcoholic kinda mood etc to beautiful ass' is best seen as 'happily wandering about in a drunken/narcotic

haze with sex as the main reason for living' - an abandonment to the pleasures of sex and drugs.

Because he uses lube, I suggest this is probably a more homosexual lifestyle.

Not conclusive - but pointing that way.

 

The chorus 'it all breaks down etc' is very obvious.

It's referring to which male partner takes the male or female role in homosexual sex (role reversal), which one of the partners

prefers male/female (she's universal/first rehersal), excitement at sexual gratification and ejaculation (she's coming over

me).

 

'muse' - well there are so many meanings for this word it's a toughie! I prefer Muse - the divine Goddess of absolute beauty

held in the mind as perfection and pondered over in the hope that one day she'll be found. 'she's universal', in my mind,

indicates that the Muse can be either male or female. It's the perfection he's seeking but never finding, not necessarily

the literal meaning of the word Muse.

 

'Woman, man or modern monkey

Just another happy junkie etc'

is talking about which role he is playing in the sex and sarcastically saying woman, man, even monkey. I'm happy and I don't

care what I do cos I'm a junkie (high on drugs/sex) and if you press the right button I'll do anything for £50 (going down

again!)

 

'Eyeholes in a paper bag

Greatest lay I ever had'

is double entendre again.

In England it is a joke that if someone is ugly, you might say 'I'd only have sex with him/her if he/she had a paper bag

over his/her head'. It is also a reference to BDSM again. Wearing a mask with eyeholes is a fetish. Also playing a masquerade

with different partners.

 

The rest of that verse is pretty straight forward and said with a laugh in the voice and sarcastically.

'We're a couple when our bodies double' is yet another Brian special and could prove somewhat misleading.

Make your own meaning up - it doesn't really matter but I favour the first from this list.

a) the act of sex

B) racked with pain from excess alcohol, drugs, physical 'interaction'

c) vomiting after too much alcohol

 

I really don't think all this evidence can be dismissed lightly as 'meaningless words' from the well known Brian quote.

It goes too deep to be meaningless. This is probably the real reason why he says this is his least favourite song to play.

 

Nothing to do with 'it's the first one that made us famous' yet everything to do with 'this is how I saw myself and I don't

want to think about it and keep revisiting it whilst on tour'.

 

The Paper Bag reference ops up again in Days Before You Came in the line 'Join the masquerade'.

The same sort of idea as Masquerade Balls, but much seedier. Almost BDSM in nature.

 

My interpretation of the lyrics reveal references to heavy and chronic substance abuse and (some might consider) lewd and

excessive sexual behvaiour. It's sarcastic and self depricating.

Not a nice thing to have to repeat to anyone in an interview or over and over again on stage.

 

Black-Eyed

 

The song is really about the divorce of Brian's parents, which made him suffer a lot. Hence the "broken home" reference. That's what he did say in an interview.

 

the interpretations can vary a lot but somehow the lyrics keep making sense no matter how you experience the song. There's lot of references to bisexuality and the stupid ideas people have about them not being able to stay loyal to one partner, and references to mental disorders. Some words can be interpretated in several ways.

 

 

I was never faithful

And I was never one to trust

Obviously refering to the prejudice that bisexuals cannot stay true to one partner

 

Borderlining schizo

And guaranteed to cause a fuss

Schizo could refer to the actual disorder, or be a metaphor for a bisexual: split personality: one half loves men, one half loves women

 

I was never loyal

Except to my own pleasure zone

Refering to the prejudice that bisexuals only seek fulfillment of their own pleasure

 

I'm forever black-eyed

Refering to the divorce of Brian's parents

 

I was never faithful

And I was never one to trust

Borderline bipolar

Forever biting on your nuts

Bipolar can be seen as "attracted to both poles" or in this case men and women, but borderline-bipolar is also a mental illness. It's a term for severe teenage depressions

I was never grateful

That's why I spend my days alone

Obviously refering again to the prejudice that bisexuals cannot stay true to one partner

 

I'm forever black-eyed

A product of a broken home (Broken home)

Black-eyed (repeat)

 

I was never faithful

And I was never one to trust

Borderlining schizo

And guaranteed to cause a fuss

I was never loyal

Except to my own pleasure zone

I'm forever black-eyed

A product of a broken home (Broken home)

Black-eyed (repeat)

 

The Bitter End

 

This song is basically a "screw you" at the end of a relationship, and apparently every time the muffled bit at the end if performed live, Brian changes the lyrics in it so it has no set lyric and no-one knows what it really is.

 

This Picture

 

This is apparently about James Dean, who used to like having cigarettes stubbed out on his chest by his gay lovers. The song is also about being used as an "emotional ashtray" I believe.

 

Drag

 

This song is about coming second best all the time, feeling inferior to another person. Feeling as though you fail while someone else shines. From what I can unserstand of it at least.

if you'd watch the video to bruise pristine it would help you a lot ;)

Thanks Aly for this, it's help me a lot. :)

 

These days I really like Twenty Years lyrics... :wub:

 

 

Aly it would be great if you could explain me a lyrics of Pierrot The Clown. :) I listen this song a lot these days. :wub:

Pierrot The Clown

 

Pierrot: character in French pantomime. A buffoon, he wore a loose white tunic with big buttons, balloon sleeves, and white pantaloons. His face was painted white. A creation of Giuseppe Giaratone or Geratoni (fl. 1639–97), Pierrot was introduced to early 19th-century France by Deburau. (songmeanings.net)

 

From what I can make of the song, it tells the tale of an abusive relationship.

Thanks Aly!

I really need to get round to adding the b-sides in here! I'll try and get round to it this week. :lol: