Once More With Placebo : The lyrics Quiz

Answer: English Summer Rain

"Always stays the same, nothing ever changes,
English summer rain seems to last for ages."

This was the 4th and final single from the "Sleeping With Ghosts" album. The video for this song was made out of puppet versions of the bandmembers.

Answer: Allergic (To Thoughts of Mother Earth)

"The light divining, the light defining
The light divining, the light dividing"

Taken from the "Without You I'm Nothing" Album. Placebo's second studio album. This is the same album that features the hit single "Pure Morning"

Answer: Black Eyed

"I'm forever black-eyed
A product of a broken home"

From the great "Black Market Music" Album. The song was the 4th single released , together with "Special K", "Slave To The Wages" and "Taste In Men".

Answer: Second Sight

One of my favourite songs from "Sleeping With Ghosts" although Placebo didn't release this one as a single nor did they play it during the world tour to promote the album.

Answer: Burger Queen

This is also released in a French version (Burger Queen Français), as is "Protect Me From What I want" (Protège moi). Brian Molko was born in Luxemburg and also lived in Brussels , the capital city of my country Belgium , both areas are French speaking which explains why Brian speaks French fluently.

Answer: I Feel You

From the "Sleeping With Ghosts" Cover bonus disc, this is a Depeche Mode cover. When I saw Placebo in concert in Brussels , Brian said he saw Depeche Mode perform in the same hall as they were when he was young. That was pretty cool since I like both bands.

Answer: Taste In Men

One of the great singles released from the "Black Market Music" album. When performed live, the awesome intro of the song is extended to almost 3 minutes and is very intense.

Answer: Nancy Boy

"Comes across all shy and coy,
Just another nancy boy"

One of their very first hits. "Nancy Boy" was the third single Placebo ever released, after "36 degrees" and "Teenage Angst"

Answer: Slave To The Wage

"It's a maze for rats to try
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die"

Fantastic lyrics if you ask me. Released as the second single from "Black Market Music" after "Taste In Men".

Answer: The Bitter End

"See you at the bitter end"

The first single from "Sleeping With Ghosts", it was released before the album itself and reached #1 in the alternative charts in my home country Belgium, and stayed there for weeks.

Answer: Special K

"No hesitation, no delay
You come on just like special K
Just like I swallowed half my stash
I never ever wanna crash"

Another great single release from "Black Market Music" It has a great video to go with the song which makes you think about the movie "Inner Space"

Answer: This Picture

This song starts off with a great lyric !

"I hold an image of the ashtray girl
As the cigarette burns on my chest
I wrote a poem that described her world
That put my 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?"

Answer: Every You Every Me

A good single from "Without You I'm Nothing", this song was also used in the movie "Cruel Intentions" and also appears on the soundtrack of the same movie.

"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"

Answer: Pure Morning

From "Without You I'm Nothing", this song has a famous video in which Brian walks off a building vertically.

"Day's dawning, skins crawling
Pure morning"

Answer: Where Is My Mind

"Your head will collapse
And there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself

Where is my mind"

From the "Sleeping With Ghosts" Cover bonus disc, this is offcourse a Pixies cover. Placebo performed it live together with Frank Black on the live DVD "Soulmates Never Die"

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