🔹🌛ℙ𝕃𝔸ℂ𝔼𝔹𝕆 𝕃𝕌𝕃𝕃𝔸𝔹𝕀𝔼𝕊 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕏𝕀𝕀𝕀.🌜🔹

𝐇𝐢 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬,
Do you notice how we gradually move from the earliest Placebo albums to the next ones? I may have missed some songs, but this is a pilgrimage of lullabies that please my soul, and of course not everyone necessarily agrees with my choice.
My main goal is to continue to take you through slow versions of Placebo's fast rock hits.
Today's choice fell on a song from the 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐒 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦:

🔹🎶"𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔"🎶🔹
𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨
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Photo credit: Thomas Rabsch

⭐𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠:
... it’s “𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦. 𝘞𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘺, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴… 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺.”
(𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑥 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑦 2007)

🔹But we all know that the entire Meds album is full of darkness, the deepest fall to the bottom of humanity... which is always followed, if we really want, by a return to the light.

⭐"𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘚𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.
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𝘔𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘨𝘨𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵. [𝘓𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴] 𝘐𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘯."
(𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜, '𝑅𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠' 𝑉𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑔. 2016)

Photo credit: Robin Kim

🔹When I first heard this song on the Meds album, it seemed like a clear straight return to the old Placebo. A great song with not too complicated text that again, as is usual with Brian's lyrics, can be interpreted in multiple ways.

🔹But true love only came with the slow version that I heard for the first time - in a live performance at the M6 Private concert in 2006.
Suddenly the lyrics is more speculated.. More contradictory...
Do you feel the same way?
That the rhythm and musical arrangement will change your perception of the text?

🔹Originally a very brisk song, it seems to indicate a clear solution - things are the way they are (narrator's alcoholism) and you, my love, make your choice, because you know I want you anyway...
🎶"𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮
𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰
𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 ..."

🔹But once the rhythm of the song slows down, the narrator's greater indecision becomes apparent. He knows that his actions (alcohol) are destroying their beautiful relationship.
🎶"𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘻 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦..
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦"
And that's why he's trying to tell her that she should end it, because he can't...
🎶"𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘰
𝘐𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘰
𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰..."

🔹But love is difficult precisely in how ambiguous it is and what difficult decisions and tests it brings...
Maybe the narrator is saying -
I'll give up alcohol '𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪...'💗

Photo credit: Scarlet Page

🙏𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬.
The true meaning of Christmas is not to try to be perfect in the eyes of others.

𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫💗.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐮.

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