Garbage

Released: June 13, 2005

Songwriter: Steve Marker Duke Erikson Butch Vig Shirley Manson

Producer: Garbage

[Intro]
You'll never be free
You'll never be free

[Verse 1]
This is the place where dreams begin
I wait right here for you, my friend
I shiver underneath your skin
A brazen thief who walks right in

[Pre-Chorus]
You can beat yourself up to the beat of a drum
You can drink til you drop, til you can't stand up
And it tastes so sweet, it tastes so sweet

[Chorus]
You'll never forgive me
You'll never be free
You might as well kill me
You'll never forgive me
You'll never be free
You might as well kill me

[Verse 2]
I'll be your master heroine
Your mother's milk, your adrenaline
Are you a hunter just like me?
A lot of heart, a little crazy

[Pre-Chorus]
You can beat yourself up to the beat of a drum
You can drink til you drop, til you can't stand up
And it tastes so sweet, it tastes so sweet

[Chorus]
You'll never forgive me
You'll never be free
You might as well kill me
You'll never forgive me
You'll never be free
You might as well kill me

[Interlude]
Your house, your room, your mouth, your bed
Your ear, your heart, your veins, your blood
In your house, your room, your mouth, your bed
Your ear, your heart, your veins, your blood

[Chorus]
You'll never be free
You'll never be, never be free
You'll never be free
You'll never be, never be free

[Outro]
You'll never forgive me
You might as well kill me

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.

more tracks from the album

Run Baby Run - EP

From the albums

Sex Is Not the Enemy - Single (2005)
Run Baby Run - EP (2005)

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Run Baby Run - EP