This Picture

Me sigue encantando aunque ya la he escuchado centenares de veces. Placebo, en Sleeping with Ghosts.

“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
(We) Disintegrated it
For fear of growing old
Sometimes it’s fated
(We) Assassinated it
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
(We) Disintegrated it
For fear of growing old
Sometimes it’s fated
(We) Assassinated it
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
(We) Disintegrated it
For fear of growing old
Sometimes it’s fated
(We) Assassinated it
For fear of growing old
Can’t stop growing old…

Special K

Placebo de nuevo, en este caso, con el genial video de Special K, de su album Black Market Music.

“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 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 [x4]

The Bitter End

The Bitter End es un single que aparece en Sleeping With Ghosts, de Placebo. Placebo es un grupo que tiene, a mi gusto, canciones geniales, como Special K, Every you every me, o la que me encanta, Jhonny & Mary. Un sonido muy particular el de esta banda.

“The Bitter End”

Since we’re feeling so anaesthetised
In our comfort zone
Reminds me of the second time
That I followed you home

We’re running out of alibis
From 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 synchronized
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 a lot like suicide
Slow and sad, grown inside us
Arouse and see you’re mine
(See you at the bitter end)

Love has seen your run-around
Who wanna seek you now?
I want a peace
I’d whine out
(See you at the bitter end)

Love’s reached his side
Grab this gentleness inside
Heard a cry
Six feet down
In six weeks’ time
The mess you left
Will end
See you at the bitter end