Sleeping With Ghosts Tabs:
This Picture
Placebo
C#
I hold an image of the ashtray girl
F
As the cigarette burns on my chest
C#
I wrote a poem that described her world
F
That put my friendship to the test
Bb
And late at night
Whilst on all fours
F
She used to watch me kiss the floor
F#
What's wrong with this picture?
C#
What's wrong with this picture?
C# F
Farewell the ashtray girl
C#
Forbidden snowflake
F
Beware this troubled world
Bb
Watch out for earthquakes
F
Goodbye to open sores
F#
To broken semaphore
C#
We know we miss her
We miss her picture
F# C#
Sometimes it's faded
F#
Disintegrated
C#
For fear of growing old
F# C#
Sometimes it's faded
F#
Assassinated
C#
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
We 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...
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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No Picture
Rob Average |
#1 by Rob Jones at Oct 5, 2007 at 10:28 AM EST |
| Ehm, I think I might be able to help with "the cigarette burns on my chest" part. As I know Brian has had a serious drug problem, concretely with smack, and many of Placebo songs contain information (or more likely hidden suggestions) about heroin... All long-time users who smoke cigarettes must have done it at least once - to fall asleep with lighted cigarette in their hand. Some people do it permanently and have burns everywhere - in their sofas, t-shirts etc... and smack very much helps this situation to happen, much more than for ex. alcohol or other drugs. "Burns on my chest" then in my opinion refers to a certain period in his life when he maybe used to hang out with this girl and do smack... and it was very relaxed so they would sometimes fall asleep with their cigarettes in the hand... I donīt know, maybe itīs completely wrong, but this is what I picture in my head while listening to this song. | |
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ashley Wanna Be |
#2 by ashley pudding at Oct 10, 2007 at 2:36 AM EST |
| I've never got it through to the end, but as far as I figured out... The story the song tells me is that of a young cleaning lady (hence ashtray girl). The rest sort of flows to me while listening to the song, differently every time, into a very detailed picture. | |
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zach Wanna Be |
#3 by zach lilly at Oct 15, 2007 at 4:53 AM EST |
| yeah, even though the whole meaning isn't clear to me, i know a lot more than i did, so thanks for the info. the james dean thing is interesting. i think placebo is my all-time favorite band. and if you know me, you know that's saying a lot. | |
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Damien Wanna Be |
#4 by Damien Pritchard at Oct 17, 2007 at 2:13 PM EST |
| okay.. thought I'd just chip in my two-cents here... couple of things: remember the video? Sleeping with ghosts saw the "new look" brian molko, short hair and androgyny all-but abandoned... a large theme running through this entire album is a sense of change... (which oddly enough is amusingly followed with "remorse" in Meds) but... a few points of note: before placebo were placebo they went by the name "Ashtray Heart" Brian Molko was a fan of cross-dressing throughout placebo's early career. "Ashtray girl"? Anyone think this might just be him referring to his previous image, or younger self? Theme running through this song appears to be the things we do of a self-destructive nature to hold on to a vague feeling of youthfulness... then it ends on "can't stop growing old". Personally just think its an existentialistic pretentious (dont get me wrong, I LOVE pretentious) expression of a burnt-out artist finally forced to come-to-terms with hitting 30 | |
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