‘36 Degrees’ was released as the third single from Placebo’s debut album, peaking at number 80 on the UK Singles Charts. The music video features the band playing instruments under water. During the Once More With Feeling DVD commentary, the band revealed they were held down with weights, and would...
[Verse 1]
We were tight, but it falls apart as silver turns to blue
Waxing with a candlelight, and burning just for you
Allocate your sentiment, and stick it in a box
I've never been an extrovert, but I'm still breathing
[Chorus]
Someone tried to do me ache
Someone tried to do me ache
Someone tried to do me ache (it's what I'm afraid of)
Someone tried to do me ache (it's what I'm afraid of)
[Verse 2]
With hindsight, I was more than blind, lost without a clue
Thought I was getting carat gold, and what I got was you
Stuck inside the circumstances, lonely at the top
I've always been an introvert
Happily bleeding
[Chorus]
Someone tried to do me ache
Someone tried to do me ache
Someone tried to do me ache (it's what I'm afraid of)
Someone tried to do me ache (it's what I'm afraid of)
[Outro]
Four, seven, two, three, nine, eight, five
I gotta breathe to stay alive
And one, four, two, nine, seven, eight
Feels like I'm gonna suffocate
Fourteen, sixteen, twenty-two
This skin that turns to blister blue
Shoulders toes and knees, I'm thirty-six degrees
Shoulders toes and knees, I'm thirty-six degrees
Shoulder toes and knees, I'm thirty-six degrees
Shoulders toes and knees, I'm thirty-six degrees
Shoulder toes and knees, I'm thirty-six degrees
Shoulder toes and knees, I'm thirty-six degrees
36 Degrees was written by Robert Schultzberg & Stefan Olsdal & Brian Molko.
36 Degrees was produced by Brad Wood.
Placebo released 36 Degrees on Wed Jun 12 1996.