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B3

Release date: 8th October 2012

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About This Track

'B3' by Placebo is a 2012 track from the album 'B3EP'. The lyrics cast the speaker as refusing regret and resisting control, swearing off pandering, submission and contrition. They also frame a life lived in secrecy and confinement, with the voice sounding fatalistic and resigned while still drawing a hard line against giving in. The overall mood is defiant but edged with exhaustion, like a will to break free that has taken too long to form.

"B3" is a track by Placebo, from the album B3EP, released 8th October 2012. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 7 articles about Placebo.

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Placebo

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Lyrics

B3

[Verse 1]

I refuse to remain in regret

To pander like a slave to your wants

No contrition from me will you get

No submission to dilettantes

[Verse 2]

I've existed too long in secret

I have lived like a man confined

Epicene and elaborate

Fatalistic and resigned

[Chorus]

Passionflower

Catherine wheel

Higher power

Help me start to heal

[Verse 3]

Now I bathe in the sea at sunset

And the rain washes clean my mind

Every one of my needs will be met

Every planet will be aligned

[Chorus]

Passionflower

Catherine wheel

Higher power

Help me start to heal

Over power all my fear

From hour to hour

Guide me through the real

[Bridge]

I refuse to remain in regret

I refuse to be left behind

[Chorus]

Passionflower

Catherine wheel

Higher power

Help me start to heal

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2012

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12th October 2012

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2012

—I Know You Want to Stop
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—Time Is Money
—The Extra
—B3

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