This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
I always watch you when you're dreaming
Because I know it's not of me
I smoke a dozen cancer sticks
Imagine there are two or three ways
To make you love me
And not dream of someone else
Become the movie on your eyelids
The reflection of yourself
The reflection of yourself
I cry when I listen to you breathing
Because I know there's nothing else
The conscious of that crushing feeling
To know there's no connection left
That we both go through the motions
That we're both living somewhere else
That the movie on your eyelids
Is no reflection of myself
Is no reflection of myself
Is no reflection of myself
I wanna be, I wanna be your movie...
I wanna be, I wanna be your movie...
Why can't you be me?
Why can't you be me?
Why can't you be me?
Why can't you be me?
Be me, be me, be me...
Because I know it's not of me
I smoke a dozen cancer sticks
Imagine there are two or three ways
To make you love me
And not dream of someone else
Become the movie on your eyelids
The reflection of yourself
The reflection of yourself
I cry when I listen to you breathing
Because I know there's nothing else
The conscious of that crushing feeling
To know there's no connection left
That we both go through the motions
That we're both living somewhere else
That the movie on your eyelids
Is no reflection of myself
Is no reflection of myself
Is no reflection of myself
I wanna be, I wanna be your movie...
I wanna be, I wanna be your movie...
Why can't you be me?
Why can't you be me?
Why can't you be me?
Why can't you be me?
Be me, be me, be me...
Lyrics submitted by KT-, edited by Mellow_Harsher
The Movie On Your Eyelids Lyrics as written by William Lloyd Steve Forrest
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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One of the most amazing songs I've ever heard!
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oh my fucking god.
i have shivers going up my spine.
i am on the verge of tears.
i feel as though Brian was talking to me.
i will go to sleep listening this everynight.
<br /> "i will go to sleep listening this everynight" - i do the same thing every night before falling asleep)<br /> <br /> isn't Brian singing<br /> <br /> Because I know there's nothing else<br /> That conjures up that crushing feeling<br /> <br /> ????<br />
WHERE did you get that song??? Please, tell me, I want to find it. The lyrics are GREAT!!! Wow... I'm impressed that Placebo wrote them...
Forget it, I found it.
you're impressed?<br /> i think these lyrics are typical of a Placebo song, full of emotion and meaning and beauty :D
I'm not that keen on the music, but this song is all about Brian speaking gently in your ear sigh...
wow, this is beautiful...
the music sounds SO familiar but i can't put my finger on it. anyone know?
I think this has just become one of my favourite Placebo songs, sounds juuust like they're older material and I love it so much. Reminds me of Centrefolds a little bit... which is my favourite one :) I think this song is about unrequited love... knowing the person you love, loves someone else... it's heartbreaking man </3 BRIANN <3 xoxo
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It sounds like he was looking at his little son when he wrote this amazing song: "I always watch you when you're dreaming" ....
With the music so slow and Brian's peaceful voice, it just feels like he is looking at his son while he is asleep:
"I cry when I listen to you breathing Because I know there's nothing else The conscious of that crushing feeling To know there's no connection left"
and specialy the last lines: "Why can't you be me? Be me, be me, be me... "