Placebo - Beautiful James Lyrics

Placebo Lyrics

"Beautiful James"

Bring me back to life
Never let me go
Your troubles and your heart strife
I saw them
Take me by the hand
As we cross through battlefields
Nobody understands
'Cause there's nobody at the wheel

Beautiful James
I don't wanna wake you
Beautiful James
I don't wanna wake you

Everybody lies
One hundred times a day
The silence in your hurt eyes
Is far too rare to give away
And it's exactly why I stay

Beautiful James
I don't wanna wake you
Beautiful James
I don't wanna wake you
(Don't wanna wake you)
Beautiful James
(Don't wanna wake you)
I don't wanna wake you
(Don't wanna wake you)
Beautiful James
(Don't wanna wake you)
I don't wanna wake you

Though I may have to
I may have to
I may have to

(Don't wanna wake you)
Beautiful James
(Don't wanna wake you)
I don't wanna wake you
(Don't wanna wake you)
Beautiful James
(Don't wanna wake you)
I don't wanna wake you

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Writer(s): Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal

Brian Molko, who co-wrote "Beautiful James" with Stefan Olsdal, came up with the idea for this song during a period of insomnia he suffered in 2019. The song was titled "Bad Piano" at the time. Molko described it "as powerful as it is tender – a resolutely defiant and ultimately necessary piece of art". "If the song serves to irritate the squares and the uptight, so gleefully be it. But it remains imperative for me that each listener discovers their own personal story within it – I really don't want to tell you how to feel," he added.

album: "Never Let Me Go" (2022)

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