Leave me dreaming on the bed
See you right back here tomorrow
For the next round.

Keep this scene inside your head
As the bruises turn to yellow
The swelling goes down.

And if you're ever around
In the city or the suburbs
Of this town
Be sure to come around
I'll be wallowing in sorrow
Wearing a frown
Like Pierrot the clown.

Saw you crashing around the bay
Never seen you act so shallow
Or look so brown.

Remember all the thing's you'd say
How your promises rang hollow
As you threw me into the ground.

And if you're ever around
In the city or the suburbs
Of this town
Be sure to come around
I'll be wallowing in sorrow
Wearing a frown
Like Pierrot the clown.

When I dream , I dream your lips
When I dream , I dream your kiss
When I dream , I dream your fists
Your fists, your fists.

Leave me bleeding on the bed
See you right back here tomorrow
For the next round.

Keep this scene inside your head
As the bruises turn to yellow
The swelling goes down.

And if you're ever around
In the city or the suburbs
Of this town
Be sure to come around
I'll be wallowing in sorrow
Wearing a frown
Like Pierrot the clown.


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Pierrot the Clown Lyrics as written by Stefan Olsdal Brian Molko

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    I think the other person that Brian is singing about is actually not a real person , but the heroin . Just think about it guys,heroin gives him the pleasure he needs "i dream your kiss , your lips" but then the after effects leave him "bleeding on the bed....till the next round" When he says "remember all the things you said , how your promises rang hollow" - that's the sense of pleasure that heroin promises , but after the effect has gone , he just "throws him into the grown" , "wearing a frown like Pierrot the Clown" . He's unhappy , he knows his miserable and he know's what the heroin does to him . It's a violent relationship , a relationship that every junkie has with his drug of choice - a mix of pleasure/pain (kisses,lips/fists)

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