Garbage

Released: April 11, 2005

Songwriter: Duke Erikson Steve Marker Butch Vig Shirley Manson

Producer: Garbage

[Verse 1]
In my happy home, I barely breathe
In my lover's arms, I find relief
And there's a sky that's changing and a bird that sings
I never once in my wayward life was heading to run out

[Verse 2]
In my lover's arms, I wait for morning
I beg my god to speak and tear me apart
I'd lay down my body, I'd lay down my arms
I never once in my sweet, short life meant anybody harm

[Non-Lyrical Chorus]

[Verse 3]
In my happy home, I read the signs
In my lover's arms, I move in time
There's no more crying and there's no more lies
I never once in my sweet, short life was waiting for desire

[Non-Lyrical Chorus]

[Verse 4]
And there's no more crying and there's no more pain
I never thought for one second I'd have nothing left but shame

[Non-Lyrical Chorus]

[Verse 5]
In my happy home I barely breathe
I never once in my wayward life was heading to run out

Garbage is a Scottish-American Alternative rock band, formed April 8th 1994. Once producer Butch Vig decided to break out of the rock he had been producing ever since Nirvana’s Nevermind, he got together with his college/studio partners Duke Erikson and Steve Marker to write some demos that would basically be remixes in song form. Once someone commented that “it sounds like garbage”, Vig decided to embrace the name. Then they invited Scottish singer Shirley Manson after seeing her on MTV, and the band’s sound was completed with sly, dark and snarky lyrics delivered in a sultry way.

The band’s eponymous debut album was a surprise hit upon release in August 1995, selling more than 4 million copies worldwide. Follow-up Version 2.0 (1998) was equally successful, even receiving a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. Then the band recorded “The World Is Not Enough” to the eponymous James Bond movie, and the record industry started to bring the band down.

Beautiful Garbage (2001) was barely promoted due to a release too close to the 9/11 attacks, and underperformed at the charts. Fourth album Bleed Like Me (2005) had a troubled production where bandmembers were frequently arguing, and eventually the album’s tour was cut short and Garbage disbanded for 2 years, only regrouped in 2007 to record new tracks for greatest hits compilation Absolute Garbage.

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