🎶𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄🎶

“𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄” is a song from Placebo's third record "𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰" (2000). An album about which Brian said that it “rocks harder then the first two put together. It deals with violence quite a lot” (Kerrang, July 15th 2000). In another interview with the same magazine he stated that it's “anger and energy. It's the final part of our trilogy“.

So what about the debut album (“Placebo”) and its follow-up (“Without you I'm nothing”)? – In hindsight Brian saw it like this: “You know, the first album dealt with sex, drugs and rock and roll. Crazy sex, wild sex, sex on drugs, all that. On the second we're dealing with the after effects of that“ (Circus, May 1999). Or in other words: "The first album was a bit of a party and the second album is kind of the hangover. I describe this record as a post-coital depression" (Steve Hewitt, The Mirror, March 18th 1999).

Photo credit:  Claudia Schmölders 

But back to “Black market music”. The themes that run through the album, actually through Placebo songs in general, are love and drugs. Brian: “That's what people get addicted to most in life. And they are often the same. People have the same reactions to both” (Melody Maker, October 20th 2000). He also said that for him this idea of addiction is not only related to substances and people but also to emotions or situations.
Although “Black market music” is still about the same themes as the previous records it adds something new to the songs: “'It is more of a political record, an anger record. It's simply because we've ceased to navel-gaze as much and started to react to the injustice and the pain of the outside world" (Brian, Eye Weekly, April 26th 2001).

According to Brian “Days before you came” isn't written about someone in particular. He explained that the lyrics can be read either about someone falling in love or someone kicking an intense drug habit. Brian: “I think the provisional line in the song is 'I didn't want you anyway' about something taking over your life without you asking for it (see quote below).

“Days before you came” was recorded at Townhouse Studios in London and produced by Paul Corkett. It was engineered by Lorraine Francis and mastered by Ian Cooper.
The song was played live mainly during the “Black market music” tour in 2000 and 2001. After that it was performed only at three more occasions in early 2003. Altogether it was brought on stage 104 confirmed times. The shared video was recorded at Bizarre Festival in Germany on August 18th 2000. This was a quite short set consisting of only twelve songs.

📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 “𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘” 📌
📢 "It isn't written about anyone in particular, it's a song for no one really. It's straightforward lyrically and you can read it as someone falling in love or even someone kicking a really intense drug habit. I think the provisional line in the song is 'I didn't want you anyway' about something taking over your life without you asking for it. Or if you have to give up something bad in your life, healthwise, it's not necessarily because you want to, it could be something as simple as cigarettes or something far more dangerous."
(Brian, unknown magazine, 2000 [source: angelfire])

Photo credit:  Claudia Schmölders 

📜 𝗟𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗦
Days before you came
Freezing cold and empty
Towns that change their name
And a horn of plenty

Days before you came
Counting breaths inside me
Even crack-cocaine
couldn't start to hide me

Won't you join me now?
Baby's looking torn and frayed
Join the masquerade
Join the masquerade

Won't you join me now?
Baby's looking to get laid
Join the masquerade
Join the masquerade.

Days before you came
It always seemed enticing
to be naked and profane
There is no denying

Days before you came
Thunderbolt and lightning
Each day a brand new vein
Each tourniquet colliding

I didn't want you anyway 

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