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Every You Every Me - Without You I'm Nothing

(Placebo - 1998)




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 spent



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 is 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 (x4)








Space Monkey - Meds

(Placebo - 2006)




A Space Monkey in the place to be

Riding in a rocket to a planet of sound

She and the unplanned Dominos in drag

Increasing population of 100%



Space monkey in the place to be

With a chemical appeal

And a picture of me

Arm around in the carnival of me

Raising the temperature 100 degrees



We’re sewn together

She’s born to last my

Side of stronger

I die inside of her



A Space Monkey in the place to be

A massive contradiction in a bull in the frame

Raising everything the humanity way

Completely mal nutritious and a poke in the eye



A Space monkey in the place to be

Talk of the town with a Peruvian rock

Arm around in the carnival of me

Raising the temperature 100 degrees



We’re sewn together

She’s born to last my

Side of stronger

I die inside of 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

Arm around in the carnival of me

Raising the temperature 100 degrees



We’re sewn together

She’s born to last my

Side of stronger

I die inside of her

It’s far too sacred

Don’t let her 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








Sleeping With Ghosts - Sleeping With Ghosts

(Placebo - 2003)




The sea's evaporated

Though it comes as no surprise

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 okay

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 us in 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 okay

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 (x4).








Special K - Black Market Music

(Placebo - 2000)




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 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



I'll describe the way I feel

You're my new Achilles heel

Can this 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

Gravity

Gravity

Gravity








Song To Say Goodbye - Meds

(Placebo - 2006)




Note: The first single of the album, to be released everywhere other than the UK on March 6th 2006. I believe that there may be two different versions of this floating around, with different orders for the lyrics, so I've put the lyrics here for the version that I have.



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.








Broken Promise - Meds

(Placebo - 2006)




Note: The second duet of the album, this time with Michael Stipe of REM. The lyrics sung by him are a bit mumbly and indecipherable, so I'm not sure they're 100% right.



They rise above this

They 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 cuckled eyes

As you come off all concerned

And I’ll find no solace

In your poor apology

In your regret that sounds absurd

And keep singing



I’ll wait my turn

To tear inside you

Watch you burn

And I’ll wait my turn

To terrorize you

Watch you burn

And I’ll wait my turn

I’ll wait my turn



And this is a promise

Promise is a promise

Promise is a promise

Promise is a promise



And 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