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This Picture

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This Picture was released on March 24, 2003 by Elevator Lady Ltd as a part of the album Sleeping with Ghosts

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Placebo

Performer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Bill Lloyd

Engineer

Fergus Peterkin

Fergus Peterkin

Assistant Engineer

Jim Abbiss

Producer

Sean Magee

Mastering Engineer

Simon Barnicott

Simon Barnicott

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

I hold an image of the ashtray girl

Of cigarette burns on my chest

I wrote a poem that described her world

And put our friendship to the test

And late at night whilst on all fours

She used to watch me kiss the floor

What's wrong with this picture?

What's wrong with this picture?

Farewell the ashtray girl

Forbidden snowflake

Beware this troubled world

Watch out for earthquakes

Goodbye to open sores

To broken semaphore

You know you miss her

You miss her picture

Sometimes it's faded

Disintegrated

For fear of growing old

Sometimes it's faded

Assassinated

For fear of growing old

Farewell the ashtray girl

Angelic fruitcake

Beware this troubled world

Control your intake

Goodbye to open sores

Goodbye and furthermore

You know you miss her

You miss her picture

Sometimes it's faded

Disintegrated

For fear of growing old

Sometimes it's faded

Assassinated

For fear of growing old

Hang on

Though we try

It's gone

Hang on

Though we try

It's gone

Sometimes it's faded

Disintegrated

For fear of growing old

Sometimes it's faded

Assassinated

For fear of growing old

Can't stop growing old

Can't stop growing old

Can't stop growing old

Can't stop growing old

Can't stop growing old

Written by: Placebo

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