Flesh Mechanic (demo) - Placebo

He tries to embrace her

She wants him to race her

He needs a laser

To get it through her skull

Means and lies and hatreds

Tears that fall in sequence

Cold caress

Imprints

Conversation growing dull

Says he's a poet

Lousy protozoan

And he kisses ass for free

I took a vow of silence

When he tries to talk to me

I just turn on the tv

He tries to impress her, mentally undress her

it takes more to possess her

but in his pocket lies a hole

he's got a thousand talents

charisma by the bagful

aristocratic parents

a rebel with a heart of gold

Says he's a poet

This time he's gonna blow it

'Cause he's dancing with his ego

I took a vow of silence

When he reads his work to me

I swallow words like a

Placebo

He's strutting with your flesh mechanic

Gets him in a panic

He's wasting time

'Cause everybody is a star

In his eyes

Careful not to give your favours

To your lonesome fucked-up neighbours

I had one who sent me her heart

In a tupperware container

All the movies in my head

They flicker with my bleeding heart

A careless slipping of the tongue

On just another private part

Blatant search for

Stoned affection

Fights the rust that

Breeds infection

Meet me at the

Intersection

Don't forget your

Fuel injection

He's strutting with your flesh mechanic

Gets him in a panic

He's wasting time

'Cause everybody is a star

In his eyes

You think this love is bona fide

You're being taken for a ride

Wrap your lip around your head

And slowly blow yourself away.