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Garbage — Bleed Like Me
Album: Bleed Like Me
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Released: 2005
Length: 3:56
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Avalanche is sullen and too thin
She starves herself to rid herself of sin
And the kick is so divine when she sees bones beneath her skin
And she says:
Hey baby can you bleed like me?
C'mon baby can you bleed like me

Chris is all dressed up and acting coy
Painted like a brand new Christmas toy
He's trying to figure out if he's a girl or he's a boy
And he says:
Hey baby can you bleed like me?
C'mon baby can you bleed like me

Doodle takes Dad's scissors to her skin
And when she does relief comes setting in
While she hides the scars she's making underneath her pretty clothes
She sings:
Hey baby can you bleed like me?
C'mon baby can you bleed like me

Therapy is Speedie's brand new drug
Dancing with the devil's past has never been too fun
It's better off than trying to take a bullet from a gun
And she cries:
Hey baby can you bleed like me?
C'mon baby can you bleed like me

JT gets all fucked up in some karaoke bar
After two drinks he's a loser after three drinks he's a star
Getting all nostalgic as he sings "I Will Survive"
Hey baby can you bleed like me?
C'mon baby can you bleed like me

You should see my scars
You should see my scars
You should see my scars
You should see my scars

And try to comprehend that which you'll never comprehend
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Love that Shirley.
Posted 5 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Who needs that?
Posted 5 years ago by 123heyaho!    [ Reply ]
bloody garbage ~
Posted 6 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
Two chicks named Manson: Shirley and Marilyn. Which would you date?
 
The female one.  Plus she's got a nice Edinburgh accent.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
cool tune in its way (but ooof brought to mind a sweet woman from back in '86 who several times cut herself just for whatever... did not follow through with that "relationship" - they're out there folks)
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
My favorite Garbage track, by far.
Posted 8 years ago by Wilfrue    [ Reply ]
Great song.  A band I original thought was just some passing one hit wonder when they first came out, 20 years later I am still impressed with their work; old and new.
Posted 8 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
I like this band quite a bit, but this is not my favorite track. There are several song on Not Your Kind of People (the newest album at time of writing) that I think RP listeners would dig. 
Posted 8 years ago by rushfan    [ Reply ]
 le_colonel wrote:
I forgot that this is a pretty good song. How apt to hear some Garbage on here again what with the new album around the corner.
Definitely thrilled about the end of their hiatus.

 
I just read this comment and thought, yeah this guy has a point.

Then I saw it was me who wrote it 4 years back. Well, good to see I still agree with whatever I thought then. 
Posted 8 years ago by le_colonel    [ Reply ]
More Garbage Bill!!!! :) ♥
Posted 8 years ago by marcedeleon    [ Reply ]
Everybody in my assisted-living facility loves Garbage. 
Posted 10 years ago by DeeCee1109    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches be dancing buck ass naked all over the world like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners...  we love this song...  it tweaks our nipples...  love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Sounds like she was listening to Take a Walk on the Wild Side a bit too much that day
Posted 11 years ago by SpiderJerusalem    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Two chicks named Manson: Shirley and Marilyn. Which would you date?
Posted 11 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
I really like the vocals, the overall composition, the theme. Best song I've heard on RP for a long while. Where have I been?
Posted 12 years ago by Kokoloco53    [ Reply ]
 gemtag wrote:

Actually I'd like to hear some Luscious Jackson.
 
Yes! Me too. Some LJ on RP would be refreshing.
Posted 12 years ago by MTL_Robbie    [ Reply ]
I forgot that this is a pretty good song. How apt to hear some Garbage on here again what with the new album around the corner.
Definitely thrilled about the end of their hiatus.
Posted 12 years ago by le_colonel    [ Reply ]
 Forest267 wrote:
Sounds like "Naked Eye" by Luscious Jackson...
 
Actually I'd like to hear some Luscious Jackson.
Posted 12 years ago by gemtag    [ Reply ]
The melody reminds me a bit of U2's The First Time... I like it.
Posted 13 years ago by Rabid_Engineer    [ Reply ]
I find the lyrics pretty spot on. I'm an 'old' and I remember feeling like this. So. Let's not dismiss the starvers, the cutters, the posers. With luck we find our way out eventually.
Posted 13 years ago by kulbreez    [ Reply ]
haunting but pollyanish.
Posted 13 years ago by p2h2d2    [ Reply ]
Sounds like "Naked Eye" by Luscious Jackson...
Posted 14 years ago by Forest267    [ Reply ]
Finally, an F-bomb!
Posted 14 years ago by Crawlmeister    [ Reply ]
She described my every karaoke experience....after 3 drinks I'm a star!
Posted 14 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
 used to love Garbage, now I'm kind of bored.
Posted 14 years ago by stevepants    [ Reply ]
Great Band, Decent Song, Atrocious Album...Fit Singer

Posted 14 years ago by roxmilt    [ Reply ]
Good band, good song.
Posted 14 years ago by rtwingo    [ Reply ]
Bad band; weak song.{#Puke}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Good band, weak song.
Posted 14 years ago by david1045    [ Reply ]
 iggam wrote:
This is like bad junior high school poetry complete with the self-mutilaiton references. I've like their stuff in the past, but it's getting less interesting. 
 
Polly Jean:  Too old for emo?  Too rich to be a cutter?  Discuss.

Posted 14 years ago by nate917    [ Reply ]
I like their older stuff.
Posted 14 years ago by smokingpikachu    [ Reply ]
 iggam wrote:
This is like bad junior high school poetry complete with the self-mutilaiton references. I've like their stuff in the past, but it's getting less interesting. 
 
You've got to be kidding? I'm guessing your poetry/lyrical offerings would truly be on the "junior high" level. {#Snooty}
Posted 15 years ago by htowncoog    [ Reply ]
What happened to Jackie? I hear (s)he thought (s)he was James Dean for a day.

Posted 15 years ago by vit    [ Reply ]
This is like bad junior high school poetry complete with the self-mutilaiton references. I've like their stuff in the past, but it's getting less interesting. 
Posted 15 years ago by iggam    [ Reply ]
 jamesphoenix wrote:
this is the best song off their new album - really the only one worth playing. Play more old garbage!
 
I don't agree. It's a very good song but far from the best from this album. Run Baby Run, It's All Over But the Crying and Happy Home are all great. In fact, I think Happy Home is so good it can contend for Garbage's all-time Top 5 or Top 10.


Posted 15 years ago by le_colonel    [ Reply ]
One of their best tunes!
Posted 15 years ago by htowncoog    [ Reply ]
Heartwrenching lyrics:

"Doodle takes Dad's scissors to her skin
And when she does relief comes setting in
While she hides the scars she's making underneath her pretty clothes
She sings:
Hey baby can you bleed like me?
C'mon baby can you bleed like me"
Posted 15 years ago by ScopArch    [ Reply ]
Everything Liz Phair wishes she could be.
Posted 16 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Verpeiler wrote:
I loved the first two albums. Great stuff. After that I lost interest, though. This I hardly recognized ... and then I realized it's, well ... its garbage
Me to....not garbage song I would miss. And I couldn't give a shit about her scars...
Posted 16 years ago by sqqqrly    [ Reply ]
Shirley RAWKS!!! I can't remember where I heard this story, maybe from the source: Garbage was doing a photo shoot for the cover of Spin (several yrs ago) and just as they were snapping, she peed on the floor. They photoshopped it out.
Posted 16 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
jamesphoenix wrote:
Beatiful Garbage does in fact REALLY suck. This album is better, but... If you want to hear great Garbage, check out their first album (self titled) or "version 2.0" That said, this is the best song off their new album - really the only one worth playing. Play more old garbage!
I loved the first two albums. Great stuff. After that I lost interest, though. This I hardly recognized ... and then I realized it's, well ... its garbage
Posted 17 years ago by Verpeiler    [ Reply ]
such a positive, uplifting message for the youth of today!!!
Posted 17 years ago by rtkmusic    [ Reply ]
Ooh, didn't like that.
Posted 17 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Didn't Hole do a song with the phrase "bleed like me" in it too?
I purposely popped the infor up on this one this because I believed it was Hole.
Posted 17 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]
mxdcec wrote:
GARBAGE LYRICS (deleted)
Or, alternately, one could click on the SONG LYRICS link above... (and save having to scroll half a page down to find meaningful posts) Likeable tune, though there are many more from Garbage I prefer over this...a little too "airy" for them.
Posted 19 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
Sorry, but I find Garbage's "I'm so depressed" attitude unconvincing.
Posted 19 years ago by LordBaltimore    [ Reply ]
I like this one.
Posted 19 years ago by Pipes    [ Reply ]
I was going to bag on this song, until I heard this lyric: JT gets all fucked up in some karaoke bar After two drinks he's a loser after three drinks he's a star Getting all nostalgic as he sings "I Will Survive" How many times have I been right there. Sad, I know.
Posted 19 years ago by TampaPurple    [ Reply ]
jamesphoenix wrote:
Beatiful Garbage does in fact REALLY suck. This album is better, but... If you want to hear great Garbage, check out their first album (self titled) or "version 2.0"
I like Beautiful Garbage. I think of the first album as the band finding their sound. With Version 2.0 they define their sound. And with BG, they refine it. I like all three.
That said, this is the best song off their new album - really the only one worth playing.
I can't agree with that. I find "Run Baby Run," "The Boys Wanna Fight," and "Why Don't You Come Over" more energizing myself.
Play more old garbage!
Play ANY Garbage.
Posted 19 years ago by aceface    [ Reply ]
Didn't Hole do a song with the phrase "bleed like me" in it too?
Posted 19 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Hmmmm...if you can't say something nice...I'll be quiet now
Posted 19 years ago by RobGraham    [ Reply ]
I always thought this band had a very interesting, great sound. They still have, but they used to combine that with good songs. I can't say I'm too impressed about this one, in that respect.
Posted 19 years ago by Johray63    [ Reply ]
jamesphoenix wrote:
Beatiful Garbage does in fact REALLY suck. This album is better, but... If you want to hear great Garbage, check out their first album (self titled) or "version 2.0" That said, this is the best song off their new album - really the only one worth playing. Play more old garbage!
Yeah, we want old Garbage...new Garbage stinks!
Posted 19 years ago by Peyote    [ Reply ]
I love the double-bass part, it reminds me of the heavy hair rock bands - very cool usage here!
Posted 19 years ago by jbtidwell    [ Reply ]
yogaboat wrote:
This is the first Garbage I've heard that I actually like!
:nodhead:
Posted 19 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
This is the first Garbage I've heard that I actually like!
Posted 19 years ago by yogaboat    [ Reply ]
Havn't been too impressed with what I've heard from this album so far, but I like this one.
Posted 19 years ago by timandjuliet    [ Reply ]
rah wrote:
will the real lou reed please stand up?
I was thinking Suzanne Vega. Pretty good tune tho
Posted 19 years ago by B-dub    [ Reply ]
This is cool. I hear hints of the Breeders, and a bit of that song about any idiot can be whatever for a day that we hear on RP once in a while, but just hints.
Posted 19 years ago by resonator    [ Reply ]
Beatiful Garbage does in fact REALLY suck. This album is better, but... If you want to hear great Garbage, check out their first album (self titled) or "version 2.0" That said, this is the best song off their new album - really the only one worth playing. Play more old garbage!
Posted 19 years ago by jamesphoenix    [ Reply ]
gillespp wrote:
Thankfully, it IS better.
beautifulgarbage must really suck...
Posted 19 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
It's good to see that these guys still rock. S.
Posted 19 years ago by Sean-E-Sean    [ Reply ]
mrselfdestruct wrote:
Please, please, please let this album be better than beautifulgarbage....
Thankfully, it IS better.
Posted 19 years ago by gillespp    [ Reply ]
MUST they use that tacky synth horn? Good golly, that chaps my ass.
Posted 19 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
yeah ah,feel nothing so new in this cd,but shirley is good enough already.so ..its not like BSB come back again. its Garbage,Garbage is the lord
Posted 19 years ago by yancymeng    [ Reply ]
Gotta get this CD!
Posted 19 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
rulebritannia wrote:
This song is song is so fine it makes me wonder why I've never been a fan......
yup...great song.
Posted 19 years ago by Bocephus    [ Reply ]
ginger wrote:
Wow -- I can't believe this is Garbage! I've always been a fan and I had no clue this was them. Quite mellow and pretty compared to their usual stuff.
This song is song is so fine it makes me wonder why I've never been a fan......
Posted 19 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
Please, please, please let this album be better than beautifulgarbage....
Posted 19 years ago by mrselfdestruct    [ Reply ]
Hey! Old school Garbage! I likey.
Posted 19 years ago by Trustocity    [ Reply ]
Nice new sound from a fantastic band IMO.
Posted 19 years ago by brander    [ Reply ]
quite new too..though I have the album *pwnd*
Posted 19 years ago by Sobient    [ Reply ]
will the real lou reed please stand up?
Posted 19 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Wow -- I can't believe this is Garbage! I've always been a fan and I had no clue this was them. Quite mellow and pretty compared to their usual stuff.
Posted 19 years ago by ginger    [ Reply ]
As with the "new" Fiona Apple... Damn it's nice hearing guys like this evolve. For musicians... as far as I am concerned, it's evolve or die. This is nice... really nice.
Posted 19 years ago by bobringer    [ Reply ]