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Artist: Placebo
Canonical path: /placebo/bruise-pristine
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Bruise Pristine
Read Bruise Pristine lyrics by Placebo on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Bruise Pristine
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The means are right for taking, fade to grey
Trying to be ruthless, in the face of beauty
In this matrix, it's plain to see
It's either you or me
Bruise
Pristine
Serene
We were born to lose
Cast a line with a velvet glove
Reading like an open book, in the hands of love
In this matrix, it's plain to see
It's either you or me
Bruise
Pristine
Serene
We were born to lose
Encore [echoed]
Means are right for taking, fade to grey
Trying to be ruthless, in the face of beauty
In this matrix, it's plain to see
It's either you or me
Bruise
Pristine
Serene
We were born to lose
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Placebo performs "Bruise Pristine", and this lyric page sits inside the Placebo catalog on LyroVerse.
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