Something Rotten Lyrics

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Cover art for Something Rotten lyrics by Placebo

The 'Miss you' part probably addresses the good part of the abuser that the one that's abused once knew. And he's holding onto that memory ('Down here it's clear that you're uncut'). He keeps pleading that the abuser starts to be good again, but all this time the protagonist is not doing anything to change his situation. He reminds himself to stay low, look down, stay on the ground, as to give his abuser no reason to go on abusing him.

And the protagonist knows that something is wrong with this situation because he misses 'something rotten' but smells its stinky smell at the same time. But he can't make up his mind about it, because he tries to forget what happens to him.

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