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Click here to return to discography  PLACEBO "The first album was a very sexual record, packed full of youthful vigor and lust" - Brian
 
 
01  Come Home   
02  Teenage Angst   
03  Bionic  
04  36 Degrees  
05  Hang On To Your IQ   
06  Nancy Boy   
07  I Know   
08  Bruise Pristine   
09  Lady Of the Flowers   
10  Swallow 
 
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06  Nancy Boy 
 
06  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.   
   
07  I Know 
 
07 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 bastard   
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 bastard   
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 bastard   
I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster   
I know   
I know.
08 Bruise Pristine 
 
08 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. 
   
  
  
  
 
09 Lady of the Flowers 
Lady of The Flowers takes its name     
from the Jean Genet prison novel 
09 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 
"Swallow is what happened the last time Stefan and I took acid," reveals Molko. "It could mean many     
things, I guess at first you might think it's about losing all your drugs, or maybe it's someone who's so     
wasted during sex they forget not to swallow. I don't know, it was never really written in a state of     
reality." 
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   
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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What more has been said by the band about "Placebo" ?

"There's a lot of characters in there, and a lot of the lyrics are telling stories too. But if it makes you feel that it's an emotional record then I'm happy about that, I'm happy to walk the line. To make things dangerous, hopefully. People could really hate the record, it could really annoy them - which would be cool. Indifference about it would piss me off
more." - Brian