Placebo - The New Age

Forget about the light, forget the days

We bleed we laugh we burn we die we take

We couldn’t hope for a better reaction from a thief

Who burns a whole through his mattress

Every time he falls asleep

Yea every time I fall asleep

Breathe it in

He hopes he’ll never feel it again

Breathe it in

Placebo

When his eyes show all of his shame

He’s got a game to play

Like a liar up on a stage

He’s got a game to play

Just to make him feel okay

I’ve never been in a knife fight

But I was raised in the ghetto

I stayed sheltered from the night life

But my brother said hello

Can you teach me to be a man

My dad he just doesn’t know how to

Sitting alone in a room with the doors barred

Hoping that the kids don’t see what are now scars

Thanks darkness you taught him so much

But you couldn’t make him heartless

Taught him so much

But you couldn’t take away the shame

Living everyday the same pain in his brain

Yea it’s just the way it is

You can take life or conquer it

Even when everything is shit

You can cave in or bury it

Can’t make us heartless

You can take anything from us

You can take everything from us

Can’t make us heartless

You can take anything from us

You can take everything

Breathe it in

He hopes he’ll never feel it again

Breathe it in

Placebo