Placebo

[Intro — clean vocal, slow build] Something's moving under my skin I don't know what I took, I don't know where I've been Hands won't stop, chest won't slow Just grab whatever's left and let the body go [Verse 1 — fry scream, frantic] Shaking bad Can't see straight Grab the bottle Can't wait Doesn't matter what's inside Pour it down and close my eyes [Pre-Chorus 1 — mixed, building] I know what this is I know what I'm doing I know none of it's real But my hands are already cooling Tell myself it's kicking in Watch my body start to believe [Chorus 1 — clean vocal, euphoric] And suddenly I'm fine Whatever that was, it worked this time Nothing in my veins but I feel it anyway That's the beautiful lie my brain decided to make Placebo, placebo You don't have to be real to save me today [Verse 2 — fry scream into hardcore shout] Sweat on the wall Eyes on the clock Something's coming Make it stop Anything, just anything Doesn't matter what it does Long as the shaking quits Long as I feel something buzz [Pre-Chorus 2 — mixed, building] I know what this is I know what I'm doing I know none of it's real But my hands are already cooling Tell myself it's kicking in Watch my body start to believe [Chorus 2 — clean vocal, euphoric] And suddenly I'm fine Whatever that was, it worked this time Nothing in my veins but I feel it anyway That's the beautiful lie my brain decided to make Placebo, placebo You don't have to be real to save me today [Breakdown — hardcore shout, half-time, brutal] It's not real It's not real But I'm already gone It's not real It's not real And I don't care anymore [Drop — gang vocals, layered, euphoric chaos] PLACEBO PLACEBO My brain did the rest PLACEBO PLACEBO And I couldn't care less [Bridge — clean vocal, conversational, almost calm] You know the funny thing about all of this Is that I felt it before I even swallowed it The relief was already there, waiting for permission My body just needed something to blame it on So I gave it something And it ran with it And here I am Completely fine For absolutely no reason at all [Final Chorus — clean into stacked layers] And suddenly I'm fine Whatever that was, it worked this time Nothing in my veins but I feel it anyway That's the beautiful lie my brain decided to make Placebo, placebo You don't have to be real to save me today Placebo, placebo Fake it till my hands forget to shake [Outro — fry scream fading into clean whisper] It's not real (but it worked) It's not real (and I'm fine) It's not real (so what)