Bosco
Placebo * Track #10 On Loud Like Love
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Bosco by Placebo
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PlaceboProduced by
Adam NobleWrited by
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The final track on the record, one of the most honest of Brian’s songwriting career, and one he felt incredibly vulnerable recording. It’s only been played live once, during their special MTV Unplugged show.
Bosco Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I love you more than any man
But something's getting in the way
I do you harm because I can
For the second time today
Victims we are not of happenstance
But you're a victim all the same
Stuck inside a circumstance
With your confusion and your blame
[Chorus]
And when I get drunk
You take me home
And keep me safe
From harm
When I get drunk
You take me home
[Verse 2]
I ask you for another second chance
But then I drink it all away
And I get bellicose when you react
Full of frustration and dismay
I was so delicate when we began
So tender when I spoke your name
But now I'm nothing but a partisan
To my compulsion and my shame
[Chorus]
And when I get drunk
You take me home
And keep me safe
From harm
When I get drunk
You take me home
[Brige]
You know, I'm grateful
I appreciate
But in fact, it's baleful
How I suck you dry
How I suck you dry
How I suck you dry
How I suck you
How I suck you dry
How I suck you dry
How I suck you dry
[Verse 3]
I love you more than any man
But I seem to lay it all to waste
I do you harm because I can
With a joke in questionable taste
I've such duplicity at my command
So I keep on lying to your face
Then I run away to wonderland
And disappear without trace
[Chorus]
And when I get drunk
You take me home
And keep me safe
From harm
When I get drunk
You take me home
[Outro]
You know, I'm grateful
I appreciate
But, in fact, it's baleful
How I suck you dry
How I suck you dry
How I suck you dry
How I suck you
How I suck you dry
How I suck you dry
How I suck you dry
Bosco Q&A
Who wrote Bosco's ?
Bosco was written by Placebo.
Who produced Bosco's ?
Bosco was produced by Adam Noble.
What did Placebo say about "Bosco"?
Brian said:
That’s kind of what I consider perhaps to be the most vulnerable moment of my career, in terms of approaching a subject that’s kind of… a relationship that’s kind of torn apart by addiction. I’m very, very proud of “Bosco,” because I think it points toward a bright future for the band.
What else have the artists said about this song?
And then to “Bosco” which is kind of an apology and a search for redemption.
What is the importance of this song?
Brian has repeatedly said it is a quintessential Placebo song, able to “transcend” the band:
It’s a song that doesn’t need the band’s identity — doesn’t need Placebo’s identity — to infuse it with meaning. It can almost transcend our identity and exist within its own context, without needing to nes...