The Crawl Lyrics

Lyric discussion by blue_bathtub 

Cover art for The Crawl lyrics by Placebo

I think this is about someones life being destroyed by drugs and also about someone who was in a relationship with him/her.

It takes the pain away that could not make you stay it's way to broke to fix no glue, no bag of tricks

The other person has left, because his person is too dependent on drugs.<

Don't go and lose your face at some stranger's place and don't forget to breathe and pay before you leave

This sounds like it could be a farewell from the girlfriend/boyfriend to the drug addict. Maybe The first two lines, they are pleading not to do it, but then in the next two lines, they accept they will go do it no mater what.<

Lay me down, the lie will unfurl lay me down to crawl.

I think this is about becoming dependent on drugs, the line unfurls and you become useless.

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