Ehm, I think I might be able to help with "the cigarette burns on my chest" part. As I know Brian has had a serious drug problem, concretely with smack, and many of Placebo songs contain information (or more likely hidden suggestions) about heroin... All long-time users who smoke cigarettes must have done it at least once - to fall asleep with lighted cigarette in their hand. Some people do it permanently and have burns everywhere - in their sofas, t-shirts etc... and smack very much helps this situation to happen, much more than for ex. alcohol or other drugs. "Burns on my chest" then in my opinion refers to a certain period in his life when he maybe used to hang out with this girl and do smack... and it was very relaxed so they would sometimes fall asleep with their cigarettes in the hand... I don´t know, maybe it´s completely wrong, but this is what I picture in my head while listening to this song.
Ehm, I think I might be able to help with "the cigarette burns on my chest" part. As I know Brian has had a serious drug problem, concretely with smack, and many of Placebo songs contain information (or more likely hidden suggestions) about heroin... All long-time users who smoke cigarettes must have done it at least once - to fall asleep with lighted cigarette in their hand. Some people do it permanently and have burns everywhere - in their sofas, t-shirts etc... and smack very much helps this situation to happen, much more than for ex. alcohol or other drugs. "Burns on my chest" then in my opinion refers to a certain period in his life when he maybe used to hang out with this girl and do smack... and it was very relaxed so they would sometimes fall asleep with their cigarettes in the hand... I don´t know, maybe it´s completely wrong, but this is what I picture in my head while listening to this song.