Song To Say Goodbye Lyrics

Lyric discussion by 00Meredith00 

Cover art for Song To Say Goodbye lyrics by Placebo

I think this song is talking about subjects once close friend (''Someone to whom I could relate'') who is drug addict and who introduced subject into a world of drugs and the subject hates him because of that. In this moment his friend is dying from an overdose while subject is trying to save his life (''Now I'm trying to wake you up To pull you from the liquid sky Coz if I don't we'll both end up With just your song to say goodbye.''), despite the fact that he hates him right now because all the damage he's done to him (''Now I'm breaking down your door To try and save your swollen face Though I don't like you anymore You lying, trying waste of space...''). Subject thinks that his friend was lucky and probably had great career as a singer (''You were always one of those Blessed with lucky sevens And the voice that made me cry'') before he start doing drugs. Now when the drugs destroyed his life, he is comminting suicide and leaving suicide note in a form of a song (''...With just your song to say goodbye My Oh My A song to say goodbye...It's a song to say goodbye.'')

My Interpretation

How sad, but also reality, because unfortunately there are many people who feel that way thinking there is no way out, how truly sad, when really there is hope and a way out for all of us. Even when we mess up sometimes, it does not have to bury us. We can find the way out.