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Bleed Like MeGarbage

Released: January 1, 2005

Songwriter: Steve Marker Butch Vig Duke Erikson Shirley Manson

Producer: Garbage

[Verse 1]
Avalanche is sullen and too thin
She starves herself to rid herself of sin
And the kick is so divine when she sees bones beneath her skin
And she says:

[Chorus]
Hey baby, can you bleed like me?
C'mon baby, can you bleed like me?

[Verse 2]
Chris is all dressed up and acting coy
Painted like a brand new Christmas toy
He's trying to figure out if he's a girl or he's a boy
And he says:

[Chorus]
Hey baby, can you bleed like me?
C'mon baby, can you bleed like me?

[Instrumental break]

[Verse 3]
Doodle takes dad's scissors to her skin
And when she does relief comes setting in
While she hides the scars she's making underneath her pretty clothes
She sings:

[Chorus]
Hey baby, can you bleed like me?
C'mon baby, can you bleed like me?

[Verse 4]
Therapy is Speedie's brand new drug
Dancing with the devil's past has never been too fun
It's better off than trying to take a bullet from a gun
And she cries:

[Chorus]
Hey baby, can you bleed like me?
C'mon baby, can you bleed like me?

[Instrumental break]

[Verse 5]
J.T. gets all fucked up in some karaoke bar
After two drinks he's a loser, after three drinks he's a star
Getting all nostalgic as he sings "I Will Survive"

[Chorus]
Hey baby, can you bleed like me?
C'mon baby, can you bleed like me?
Hey baby, can you bleed like me?
Oh, c'mon baby, can you bleed like me?

[Breakdown]
You should see my scars
You should see my scars
You should see my scars
You should see my scars

Try to comprehend that which you'll never comprehend
Try to comprehend that which you'll never comprehend
Just try to comprehend that which you'll never comprehend
Try to comprehend that which you'll never comprehend

[Outro]
(You should see my scars)
La la la
La la la
(You should see my scars)
La la la
La la la

Garbage

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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