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Rob the Bank

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Rob the bank of England and America
Rob the bank of the entire euro zone

Rob the bank of Mexico and Canada
Rob the bank
Then take me home
But take me home

(Make love)

Rob the bank
Make a joke of your dyslexia
Rob the bank
Then pick your nose

Rob the bank, paint a picture of a swastika
Rob the bank
Then take me home
But take me home

(Make love)

And if ever I suspect
That in your head you're somewhere else
Or you are faking
Or maybe you don't think of me at all
And if ever you conspire to woo another
I will not be forsaken
Beware the very hell and all its fury
If I am scorned
Scorned!

Rob the bank of Luxemburg and Monaco
Rob the bank of Lichtenstein and Rome

Rob the bank hit the biggest volt in Moscow
Rob the bank
Then take me home
But take me home

(Make love)

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vindie On Apr 07, 2014

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2014-04-07 20:06:44

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Cover art for Rob the Bank lyrics by Placebo

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This song is about someone who is so much in love with his partner that they do not care what they do. They can rob banks or paint swasticas on walls, as long as they return back to them. The person has lost their sense of right and wrong.

Their judgment is clouded by this obsessive love they feel towards their partner. And they will not let go of what they have: 'You worry though we had enough of you and me. Of fire and scorn', or it will end badly.

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