Placebo - This Picture

I hold an image of the ashtray girl
Of cigarette burns on my chest
I wrote a poem that described her world
And put our friendship to the test
And late at night
Whilst on all fours
She used to watch me kiss the floor
What's wrong with this picture?
What's wrong with this picture?

Farewell the ashtray girl
Forbidden snowflake
Beware this troubled world
Watch out for earthquakes
Goodbye to open sores
To broken semaphore
You know we miss her
We miss her picture

Sometimes it's fated
Disintegrated
For fear of growing old
Sometimes it's fated
Assassinated
For fear of growing 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 fated
Disintegrated
For fear of growing old
Sometimes it's fated
Assassinated
For fear of growing old

Hang on
Though we try
It's gone
Hang on
Though we try
It's gone

Sometimes it's fated
Disintegrated
For fear of growing old
Sometimes it's fated
Assassinated
For fear of growing old

Can’t stop growing old
Can’t stop growing old
Can’t stop growing old
Can’t stop growing old
Can’t stop growing old

Placebo - Exit Wounds

In the arms of another
Who doesn't mean anything to you
There's nothing much to discover

Does he shake, does he shiver
As he sidles up to you
Like I did in my time

As you wake, does he smother
You In kisses long and true
Does he even think to bother

And at night under covers
As he's sliding into you
Does it set your sweat on fire

Want you so bad I can taste it
But you're nowhere to be found
I'll take a drug to replace it
Or put me in the ground

In the arms of another
Who doesn't mean anything to you
Do you lose yourself in wonder

If I could, I would hover
While he's making love to you
Making rain as I cry

Want you so bad I can taste it
But you're nowhere to be found
And I'll take a drug to replace it
Or put me in the ground

Want you so bad I can taste it
But you're nowhere to be found
I'll take a drug to replace it
Or put me in the ground

Put me in the ground
And put me in the ground
Put me in the ground

Placebo - Try Better Next Time

At the core of the earth
It's too hot to breathe
There's nothing much to eat
And everybody leaves
There’s a place in the forest
Where the animals dance
Carefree and joyous
Like nobody's watching
And nobody's watching

So they laugh and they dance around mahogany trees
Completely unawares they’re gonna end up as meat
And nobody's watching

Wake up
Wake up
Try better next time
Wake up
Wake up
Cry better next time

Wake up
Wake up
Try better next time
Wake up
Wake up

So, you know me
Understand me
Is that what you think?
You haven't met the monster who wakes up when I drink
I was born out of time
I'm not meant to be here
With the weight of the world
And the weight of a tear
Are exactly the same

Wake up
Wake up
Try better next time
Wake up
Wake up
Cry better next time

Wake up
Wake up
Try better next time
Wake up
Wake up

Wake up
Wake up
Try better next time
Wake up
Wake up
Cry better next time

Wake up
Wake up Try better next time
Wake up
Wake up

There's a spot in the ocean
And that’s where we’ll meet
Somewhere far away
Where fish can nibble at our feet
And we can grow fins
Go back in the water
Grow fins go back in the water
Grow fins go back in the water
Grow fins go back in the water

Wake up
Wake up
Try better next time
Wake up
Wake up
Cry better next time

Wake up
Wake up
Try better next time
Wake up
Wake up

Wake up
Wake up
Try better next time
Wake up
Wake up
Cry better next time

Wake up
Wake up
Try better next time
Wake up
Wake up

It’s a gas, it’s a party
On this planet of flakes
Somebody take a picture
Before it's too late

Placebo - B3 [Radio Edit]

I refuse to remain in regrets
To pander like a slave to your wants
No contrition from me will you get
No submission to dilettantes (NO)

I've existed too long in secrets
I have lived like a man confined
Epicene and elaborate
Fatalistic and resigned (NO)

Passionflower
Catherine wheel
Higher power
Help me start to heal

Now I vein in the scene of sunsets
And the rain washes clean my mind
Every one of my needs will be met
Every planet will be aligned

Passionflower
Catherine wheel
Higher power
Help me start to heal

Over power all my fear
From now to hour
Guide me through the realm

I refuse to remain in regret
I refuse to be left behind (NO)

Passionflower
Catherine wheel
Higher power
Help me start to heal

Placebo - Plasticine

Beauty lies inside the eye of another youthful dream
That doesn't sell its soul for self-esteem
That's not plasticine
Beauty lies inside desire and every wayward heart redeemed
That doesn't sell its soul for self-esteem
That's not plasticine

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
The way you are...

Placebo - Scared Of Girls

An introverted kind of 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', careenin'
Careenin', careenin'

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

An extroverted kinda girl
Did tour the world with MC5

Careenin', careenin'
Careenin', careenin'

Her younger sister, had a blister
Where I kissed her on her thigh

Careenin', careenin'
Careenin', careenin'

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

Placebo - Lady Of The Flowers

Excuse 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 apologise

It seemed to last for hours
It seemed to last for days
This lady of the flowers
And her hypnotic gaze

Excuse me, I apologize
She's got vacuum cleaner eyes
Suck you in
She's got magazines, filled with pear pies
Excuse me, I apologize

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

It seemed to last for hours
It seemed to last for days
This lady of the flowers
And her electronic haze

She stole the keys to my house
And then she locked herself out

She lays me down
She lays me

Placebo - This Is What You Wanted

Hey, hey, hey
There's no need to panic
This is just how it is
Your pulse is fast and frantic
And it feels like you'll explode
This is what you wanted
This is here and now
This is what you came for
But you leave disappointed
Cracked skin and furrowed brow

Hey, hey, hey
This is what you wanted
This is why you came
This is what you asked for
Yes, I heard you beg
And you came
And you broke it, threw it
Out of the room
Flushed it, down the toilet
Even though it was your precious, the last thing to call your own

Hey, hey, hey
This is what you wanted
And you got it
Now you hate it
'Cause it's a disappointment
Your expectations were way too fucking high
Now you're angry
Frustrated
You've created your own special hell

Where it's arctic
And it's barren
And it's silent
And it's white
Your own prison cell

Hey, hey, hey
There's no need to panic

Placebo - Happy You're Gone

Breathe me
Everytime you close your eyes
Taste me
Every time you cry
This memory will fade away and die
Just for today
Breathe me and say goodbye

How many times?
How many times?
Now I can't look you in the eye
Now I can't look you in the eye
How many times?
How many times?
Now I can't look you in the eye

See me
In the eyes of mother's child
Turn away
When you see me walkin' by
Once in a while
This melody will fade away and die
Just for today
Breathe me and say goodbye

How many times?
How many times?
Now I can't look you in the eye
Now I can't look you in the eye
How many times?
How many times?
Now I can't look you in the eye

I don't even want to try

How many times?
How many times?
Now I can't look you in the eye
Now I can't look you in the eye
How many times?
How many times?
Now I can't look you in the eye

Placebo - A Million Little Pieces

There wasn't much I used to need
A smile would blow a summer breeze through my heart
Now my mistakes are haunting me
Like winter came and put a freeze on my heart

I've lost the power to understand
What it takes to be a man with my heart
I saw you wanted this to end
You tried your best to be a friend to my heart

But I'm leaving this worry town
Please no grieving, my love, understand?

Whenever I was feeling wrong
I used to go and write a song from my heart
But now I feel I've lost my spark
No more glowing in the dark for my heart

So I'm leaving this worry town
Please no grieving, my love, understand?

Understand?
Understand?
Understand?
Understand?

Understand? (Can't you see I'm sick of fighting?)
Understand? (Can't you tell I've lost my way?)
Understand? (Look at me theirs no denying)
Understand? (I wont last another day)

So I'm leaving this worry town
Please no grieving, my love, understand?

Then I'm leaving this worry town
Please no grieving, my love, understand?

All my dreaming torn in pieces
All my dreaming torn in pieces
All my dreaming torn in pieces
All my dreaming torn in pieces now

Placebo - Fix Yourself

No way
I won't deal
Go fuck yourselves
Don't tell me how to feel
Now I'm bored
Of your caucasian Jesus

Not seen
But isn't even there
And I dream
What you could never dare

My thoughts, are not who I am
I've killed, I've died
And I've tried the best I can
I run, from you
Harbingers of doom

'Cause I won't be pacified
By what you're scared to lose
And I won't efface myself
So I can be like you

Go fix yourself
Instead of someone else
Go fix yourself
Instead of someone else
Go fix yourself
Instead of someone else
Go fix yourself
Instead of someone else
Go fix yourself
Instead of someone else
Go fix yourself

Go fix yourself
Go fix yourself
Instead of someone else
Go fix yourself
Go fix yourself
Instead of someone else
Go fix yourself
Instead of someone else
Go fix yourself
Instead of someone else
Go fix yourself
Go fix yourself
Instead of someone else
Go fix yourself
Instead of someone else
Go fix yourself
Instead of someone else

Placebo - 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 Maybelline

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

To jealousy I'll stay immune

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?

Placebo - 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 sordid twist of fate

Now, I'm trying to wake you up

To pull you from the liquid sky

'Cause 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

It's a song to say goodbye

It's a song to say goodbye

It's a song to say goodbye

It's a song to say goodbye

It's a song to say goodbye

It's a song to say goodbye

It's a song to say goodbye

Placebo - Chemtrails

I'm gonna find another island
And get the hell out of here
I need a change of environment
So I can disappear

'Cause I've been visible too long
I want another life
My self-esteem is coming on
But I need a little time

I'm gonna hire me a pilot
To drop me at your door
Then I'll consult a psychiatrist
To understand what for

'Cause I've been quizzical too long
I want another life
My friends and relatives are gone
And I need a little time

(Time)
No use crying when there's still a place to go
And time, time to make it so
(Time)
(Time)
No use crying when there's still a place to go
And time, time to make it so
(Time)

I'm gonna find another island
Get the fuck out of here
I'm sentimental and violent
So I should disappear

'Cause I've been risible too long
I want another life
And I know I'm not the only one
Who needs a little time

(Time)
No use crying when there's still a place to go
And time, time to make it so
(Time)
(Time)
No use crying when there's still a place to go
And time, time to make it so
(Time)

Placebo - Holocaust

Your eyes are almost dead
Can't get out of bed
And you can't sleep

You're sitting down to dress
And you're a mess
You look in the mirror

You look in your eyes
Then you realize

Everybody goes
Leaving those
Who fall behind

Everybody goes
As far as they can
They don't just care

They stood on the stairs
Laughing at your airs

Your mother's dead
She said, "Don't be afraid"
Your mother's dead
You're on your own
She's in her bed

They stood on the stairs
Laughing at your errors

Everybody goes
Leaving those
Who fall behind

Everybody goes
As far as they can
They don't just care

You're a wasted face
You're a sad-eyed lie
You're a holocaust

(originally recorded by Big Star)

Placebo - Breathe Underwater (Slow)

Here comes another fall from grace

I'm always falling on my face

This attitude that I embrace

For the love I'm trying to replace

I try to kill the song

'Cause the melody's all wrong

And there's a fever coming on

It's hard to reconcile

What I've become

With the wounded child

Hiding deep inside

Breathe underwater

I'm coming up for air

I wanna see another dawn

Coming up for air

Sick of the slaughter

I'm coming up for air

'Cause I've been floating here too long

Take my ego for a ride

'Cause there's nobody by my side

It's getting hard to justify

And it won't be long 'til I collide

My weakness is laid bare

As people stop and stare

But it's the last time I swear

It's hard to reconcile

What I've become

With the wounded child

Hiding deep inside

Breathe underwater

I'm coming up for air

I wanna see another dawn

Coming up for air

Sick of the slaughter

I'm coming up for air

'Cause I've been floating here too long

Start breathing

Start breathing

Start breathing

Start breathing

Breathe underwater

I'm coming up for air

I wanna see another dawn

Coming up for air

Sick of the slaughter

I'm coming up for air

'Cause I've been floating here too long

I'm coming

I'm coming

I'm coming, coming up for air

Coming up for air

Coming up for air

Placebo - 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 bitch 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

Run away, run away

Run away, run away

Run away, run away

Placebo - Lazarus

It's horrid to see you again
Now that you're back from the dead
It's horrid to see you again
So bored of being you

It's horrid to see you again
Now that you're back from the dead
It's horrid to see you again
So bored of being
Alive
Alive
Alive

It's horrid to see you again
Acting like you're on some kind of cross
It's horrid to see you again
An emotional retard

It's horrid to see you again
Unaware that all may not be lost
It's horrid to see you again
So bored of being
Alive
Alive
Alive
Alive
Alive
Alive
Alive

It's horrid to see you again
Walking around with that egg on your face
It's horrid to see you again
So full of apathy

It's horrid to see you again
Caught in a trap you cannot escape
It's horrid to see you again
So bored of being
Alive
Alive
Alive
Alive
Alive
Alive
Alive

Placebo - Loud Like Love

Love on an atom, love on a cloud
To see the birth of all that isn't now
Can you imagine a love that is so proud?
It never has to question why or how
Total abandon the love in my dreams
When I wake up I'm soaking in my sheets

Breathe, breathe
Believe, believe, believe, believe

For all of our youth
We have craved them
Their beauty and their truth

Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe
Believe, believe, believe, believe
Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe
Believe, believe
That we are loud like

Love on an atom, love on a cloud
To see the birth of all that isn't now
Can you imagine a love that is so proud?
It never has to question why or how

For all of our youth
We have craved them
Their beauty and their truth

So we name them
And somehow they pull us through
We have craved them
For all of our youth

Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe
Believe, believe, believe, believe
We are loud like love
We are loud like love
We are loud like love
We are loud like love
We are loud like love
We are loud like love
We are loud like love
We are loud like love
We are loud like love

Placebo - 20th Century Boy

Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good
Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood
I move like a rat, talk like a cat, sting like a bee
Babe, I'm gonna be your man
And it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah
I'm your toy, your 20th century boy

Friends says it's fine, friends says it's good
Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood
Fly like a plane, drive like a car, hold out your hand
Babe, I'm gonna be your man
And it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah
I'm your boy, your 20th century toy

20th century boy
I wanna be your toy
20th century boy
I wanna be your toy
20th century boy
I wanna be your toy
20th century boy
I wanna be your toy

Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good
Everybody says it's just like rock 'n' roll
I move like a cat, talk like a rat, sting like a bee
Babe, I'm gonna be your man
And it's plain to see you were meant for me, yeah
I'm your toy, your 20th century boy

20th century boy
I wanna be your toy
20th century boy
I wanna be your toy
20th century boy
I wanna be your toy
20th century boy
I wanna be your toy

(originally recorded by T. Rex)