“Beautiful James” is the lead single from Placebo’s eighth album. It was released September 2021. ‘Bad Piano’ was the original working title for this song, which Brian Molko wrote at 5am during a two-week period of major insomnia in 2019. Melodies came to mind and that’s how ‘Beautiful James’ was cr...
[Verse 1]
Bring me back to life
Never let me go
Your troubles and your heart strife
I saw them
Take me by the hand
As we cross through battlefields
Nobody understands
'Cause there’s nobody at the wheel
[Chorus]
Beautiful James
I don't wanna wake you
Beautiful James
I don't wanna wake you
[Verse 2]
Everybody lies
One hundred times a day
The silence in your eyes
Is far too rare to give away
And it’s exactly why I stay
[Chorus]
Beautiful James
I don't wanna wakе you
Beautiful James
I don't wanna wake you
(Don't wanna wakе you)
Beautiful James
(Don't wanna wake you)
I don't wanna wake you
(Don't wanna wake you)
Beautiful James
(Don't wanna wake you)
I don’t wanna wake you
[Bridge]
Though I may have to
I may have to
I may have to
[Chorus]
Beautiful James
I don’t wanna wake you
(Don't wanna wake you)
Beautiful James
(Don’t wanna wake you)
I don't wanna wake you
(Don't wanna wake you)
Beautiful James
(Don't wanna wake you)
I don’t wanna wake you
Beautiful James was written by Stefan Olsdal & Brian Molko.
Beautiful James was produced by Adam Noble & Placebo.
Placebo released Beautiful James on Fri Sep 17 2021.
In the 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 on 𝑩𝑩𝑪 𝟔 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄, 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 said that he fully expects to get asked all the time who James is but that he won’t answer this question. Instead, he wants “each person who cares enough to listen to the record to find their own story … ‘Who’s your favorite James? … Who...