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Drowning By Numbers Lyrics — Placebo | Dork

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Drowning By Numbers Lyrics

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Drowning By Numbers

From Placebo: B-Sides2015

Written by Brian Molko, Robert Schultzberg, Stefan Olsdal

Produced by Placebo

Lyrics

Drowning By Numbers

Open up your heart, let me slip inside Such determination, always tries to turn the tide Open up your arms, let me dive into The big, big blue Try losing This chromosome It's my choosing Down to the bone Open up your heart, let me slip inside Such imagination always helps the feeling slide Open up your soul, falling back into The big, big blue Try losing This chromosome It's my choosing Down to the bone (Blood) dive in (Blood) drowning (Blood) dive in (Blood) drowning (Blood) dive in (Blood) drowning (Blood) dive in (Blood) Open up your heart, let me slip inside Auto-flagellation always helps the ghost to hide Open up your arms, let me dive into The big, big blue Try losing This chromosome It's my choosing Down to the bone (Blood) dive in (Blood) drowning (Blood) dive in (Blood) drowning (Blood) dive in (Blood) drowning (Blood) dive in (Blood) drowning (Blood) dive in (Blood) drowning (Blood) dive in (Blood) Drowning (blood) Drowning (blood) Drowning (blood) Drowning (blood)

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About this track

"Drowning By Numbers" is a song by Placebo from the album Placebo: B-Sides, released in 2015. The song was written by Brian Molko, Robert Schultzberg, Stefan Olsdal. It was produced by Placebo.

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