Interpret:

Placebo

Album:

B-Sides: 1996–2006

He tries to embrace her
She wants him to race her
He needs a laser
To get it through her skull


Means and lies and hatreds
Tears that fall in sequence
Cold caress imprints
Conversation growing dull


Says, he's a poet, lousy protozoan
And he kisses ass for free
I took a vow of silence
When he tries to talk to me
I just turn on the TV


He tries to impress her
Mentally undress her
It takes more to possess her
But in his pocket lies a hole


He's got a thousand talents
Charisma by the bagful
Aristocratic parents
A rebel with a heart of gold


Says, he's a poet
This time, he's gonna blow it
'Cause he's dancing with his ego
I took a vow of silence
When he reads his work to me
I swallow words like a Placebo


He's strutting with your flesh mechanic
Gets him in a panic
He's wasting time
'Cause everybody is a star in his eyes


Careful not to give your favors
To your lonesome fucked-up neighbors
I had one who sent me her heart
In a Tupperware container


All the movies in my head
They flicker with my bleeding heart
A careless slipping of the tongue
On just another private part


Blatant search for stoned affection
Fights the rust that breeds infection
Meet me at the intersection
Don't forget your fuel injection


He's strutting with your flesh mechanic
Gets him in a panic
He's wasting time
'Cause everybody is a star in his eyes


You think this love is bona fide
You're being taken for a ride
Wrap your lip around your head
And slowly blow yourself away