"This Picture" lyrics

"This Picture"

I hold an image of the ashtray girl
Of cigarette burns on my chest
I wrote a poem that described her world
And put our 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?

Farewell the ashtray girl
Forbidden snowflake
Beware this troubled world
Watch out for earthquakes
Goodbye to open sores
To broken semaphore
You know we miss her
We miss her picture

Sometimes it's faded
Disintegrated
For fear of growing old
Sometimes it's faded
Assassinated
For fear of growing old

Farewell the ashtray girl
Angelic fruitcake
Beware this troubled world
Control your intake
Goodbye to open sores
Goodbye and furthermore
You know we miss her
We miss her picture

Sometimes it's faded
Disintegrated
For fear of growing old
Sometimes it's faded
Assassinated
For fear of growing old

Hang on
Though we try
It's gone
Hang on
Though we try
It's gone

Sometimes it's faded
Disintegrated
For fear of growing old
Sometimes it's faded
Assassinated
For fear of growing old

Can't stop growing old
Can't stop growing old
Can't stop growing old
Can't stop growing old
Can't stop growing old


Thanks to mikeopsahl, kysho_ for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal, Steven Hewitt
album: "Sleeping With Ghosts" (2003)
Placebo - Sleeping With Ghosts album cover
Slackerbitch
(European Bonus Track)
Eyesight To The Blind
(European Bonus Track)
Miss Moneypenny
(European Bonus Track)
Then The Clouds Will Open For Me
(European Bonus Track)
Waiting For The Son Of Man
(European Bonus Track)
Leeloo
(Instrumental)
Ion
(Instrumental)
Drink You Pretty
(Japanese Bonus Track)
Protège Moi
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
Running Up That Hill
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
Where Is My Mind?
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
Bigmouth Strikes Again
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
Johnny & Mary
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
20th Century Boy
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
The Ballad Of Melody Nelson
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
Holocaust
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
I Feel You
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
Daddy Cool
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
Jackie
(Special Edition Bonus Track)
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