This Picture Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Deadcjunkie 

Cover art for This Picture lyrics by Placebo

I think it starts out with a reflection of this girl. Maybe he wrote something about how he thought her mind worked and she didn't like it, or disagreed, so they split up...

I agree with apc, there's definately some kind of dom/sub thing going on there, but, 'what's wrong with this picture' could also be referring to the fact that their sex life is so kinked. Dunno about that thought actually...

She seems to have left his life, and the fact that she's a 'forbidden snowflake' seems to imply she's 'melted'. snow also has typical links with purity, innocence, etc.

the open sores could be injuries inflicted during sex? some kind of masochistic thing? or bloodplay. broken semaphore could be confusion in their communications, which would link back in with 'put our friendship to the test'. They don't understand each other.

Missing her picture could be that he misses the IDEA of her, and the whole faded disintegrated thing could be that he's forgetting exactly how it was. ON the other hand, fear of growing old suggests boredom with something... or he's disinterested in his current relationship cause its boring?

Maybe he played with the whole BDSM thing because he was bored of plain ol' sex...

Angelic fruitcake suggests that she was too much for him too handle. Too crazy when it came to kinky stuff that he had to let her go cause he couldnt keep up maybe. this is all speculation.

It does seem to me like he tried to make a relationship with her work, maybe trying BDSM because she liked it and he wanted to keep her and their relationship interesting, (maybe also because he feels he's getting older and cant do things like that anymore) but he loses her in the end??

I dunno.

I'm also wondering if the fact that Placebo before it was Placebo was called Ashtray Heart has anything to do with it...