 Genius Lyrics
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Placebo – One of a Kind
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One of a kind is used to describe an individualistic outlook of one’s own perceptions.
The song itself uses chirpy notes with wind instruments to create an airy, contemplative
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Placebo – Forever Chemicals
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[Verse 1] / The memory drugs make memory snow / I think but I forget / My imagination doesn't know where to go / So it goes to sleep instead / The memory tapes of memory fucking
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Placebo – The Prodigal
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[Verse 1] / I leave this world with a glint in my eye / I've untold all of my lies / And all the joy I leave behind / I'll miss you too, love of mine / Today no tombstone, no
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Placebo – Allergic (To Thoughts of Mother Earth)
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A popular live track that maintained a place in the setlist until 2014, this was one of the earliest songs recorded for the album, regularly appearing with modified lyrics from as
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Placebo – Burger Queen
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The fifth single from the record, re-recorded in French and released only in France, confirmation of the lifelong love affair the country would have with the band. No video exists
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Placebo – Nancy Boy (radio edit)
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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
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Placebo – Scared of Girls
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Their most aggressive, abrasive song, in the same mould as “Brick Shithouse,” usually played at a frenetic pace and an intense volume during live shows. It was a live staple for 3
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Placebo – Chemtrails
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[Verse 1] / I'm gonna find another island / And get the hell out of here / I need a change of environment / So I can disappear / [Chorus] / 'Cause I've been visible too long / I
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Placebo – Beautiful James
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“Beautiful James” is the lead single from Placebo’s eighth album. It was released September 2021. ‘Bad Piano’ was the original working title for this song, which Brian Molko wrote
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Placebo – Bionic
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One of the more repetitive tracks in Placebo’s history, “Bionic” appears to be about the preference of an individual for their artificial bedroom devices, over more organic
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Placebo – Bosco
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The final track on the record, one of the most honest of Brian’s songwriting career, and one he felt incredibly vulnerable recording. It’s only been played live once, during their
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Genius English Translations – YOASOBI - アイドル (Idol) (English Translation)
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“アイドル (Idol)” is a song by Japanese duo YOASOBI as the opening for the anime 推しの子 (Oshi no Ko). Although driven by “bright and poppy” music, this song describes the troubles and
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Sidney Gish – Friday Night Placebo
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[Verse 1] / Caught me shoegazing like some lo-fi band, / A desperate beer in each one of my hands / I’ll dance the night away to prove it’s great / Ten minutes later, repetitive
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Placebo – For What It's Worth
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The lead single from the project, promoted with a huge, performance based video. It made it to number 97 in the UK Singles chart, but was much more successful elsewhere, notably
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Placebo – Song to Say Goodbye
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“Song To Say Goodbye” was the first single released from Meds outside of the UK. The song deals with the themes of addiction, and its influence upon the relationships of those
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Placebo – Infra-Red
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From Rock Mag:
It’s a song about revenge. Many tracks on the album talk about alcohol and where it takes you when you drink it in excess. When you drink, you often feel very angry
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Placebo – Sad White Reggae
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[Verse] / I got the man on the way / I wanna sleep on the way down / So many miles away / I used to dance in a fountain / I got the man on the way / Measure for measure / So many
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Placebo – Went Missing
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[Verse 1] / I fell off the face of planet Earth / I went missing for a living / People were singing / For what it's worth / When I went missing for a living / I took the subway to
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Placebo (Ft. Alison Mosshart) – Meds
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“Meds” is the fourth single off of Placebo’s 2006 album of the same name. The female vocals are sung by Alison “VV” Mosshart of The Kills.
The band said:
The original version of
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Echosmith – Hang Around
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[Verse 1] / You're just what the doctor ordered for me / You're one of a kind, yeah, I can barely believe / It's like you were tailor-made for me / I don't even mind that I've been
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Parliament – Wizard of Finance
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Yeah, whoa-whoa-whoa / If I was a wizard of finance / Speculating every day on Wall Street / My dividends would be so tremendous, baby / Even Dow Jones would find it hard to
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Sidney Gish – Friday Night Placebo (Shillman Version)
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[Verse 1] / Caught me shoegazing like some lo-fi band / A desperate beer in each one of my hands / I’ll dance the night away to prove it’s great / Ten minutes later, repetitive
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Tears for Fears – Mad World
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“Mad World” is the second song on Tears for Fears' 1983 debut album, The Hurting. The song reached no. 3 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982, and was the band’s first
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Neck Deep – Silver Lining
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[Verse 1] / Can you see what I have become? / I've grown so cold, I'm getting numb / Down to the bone / Because being real never worked out for me / Playing these games is such a
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Placebo – Space Monkey
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From Rock Mag:
Steve: It’s a modern classic. “Space Monkey” was one of the things we wrote at the start of Sleeping With Ghosts. We decided to drop the guitars and become
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Young Noble (Ft. Hopsin) – The End
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Sampled from Placebo’s “Running Up That Hill”, which is a cover of Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KEEXyRL0qE
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Placebo – I Know
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The first and only Placebo song to feature a didgeridoo, played by drummer Robert Schultzberg, Brian has regularly maintained it’s one of the best tracks he’s ever written. He
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Placebo – Drag
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From Rock Mag:
At one moment in my life I stopped writing on the guitar to try to improve my piano skills. I was always rather bad at it, but “Drag” was born that way. I had just
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Placebo – Special K
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Featuring an insane video shot at the Media Centre at Lords Cricket Ground, where Brian is shrunk and inserted into Steve to fix an undisclosed health issue, “Special K” was the
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Placebo – Every You Every Me
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The third single from their second album, and possibly their best-known to date. The song was a minor chart hit in the UK, making it to number 11, but is best known for appearing
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Placebo – Come Undone
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Another track rumoured to be about Brian’s falling out with former drummer Steve Hewitt, it was a live staple during the Battle For The Sun tour, although has rarely been played
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The Knux – Spaceships
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[Verse 1] / Yo / 2 AM, she looking to unplug / Disconnect from the grid / Free as a bird, beautiful orchid / The moment, still as a portrait / Rolling them doobies, everything
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Placebo – Try Better Next Time
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Pixies – Where Is My Mind?
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Black Francis says that “Where Is My Mind?” was written during the time he was attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and was inspired by the experience of having a
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Placebo – Pierrot the Clown
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Brian said of the track:
It’s a song about destructive relationships, violent relationships. After having written it, I realised that it could well have been about family
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