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Placebo - Surrounded By Spies Fucking love this band 💜 #cybersecgirl #placebo #tunestr “It’s a true story told through a lens of paranoia, complete disgust for modern society’s values and the deification of surveillance capitalism.” https://video.nostr.build/f6dbff11488b58ddab34660ae77d209a6e4174dfe934172df2f73e385e24fe2f.mp4 I saw you jump from a burning building I saw you jump from a burning building I’ve seen you move like Elvis set on fire I’ve seen you move like Elvis set on fire This search for meaning is killing me This search for meaning is killing me This search for meaning is killing me This search for meaning Ping pong ball at the back of my throat Ping pong ball at the back of my throat And I won't be spoken to like that And I won't be spoken to like that Suspicious bag on the platform Suspicious bag on the platform Suspicious bag on the platform Suspicious bag on the platform Ex-drummer’s nose stuck in the past Ex-drummer’s nose stuck in the past Found dead behind the wheel of a car Found dеad behind the wheel of a car World leadеr going under the knife World leader going under the knife Stage four, stage two, stage three Stage four, stage two, stage three We go to Sweden in the back of a cab We go to Sweden in the back of a cab And every picture house is empty And every picture house is empty I gave my heart, now I want it back Gave my heart, now I want it back I gave my heart, now I want it back I gave my heart, now I want it back I am surrounded by spies I am surrounded by spies I am surrounded by spies I am surrounded by spies Dead fly on the national anthem Dead fly on the national anthem Dead fly on the national anthem Dead fly on the national anthem I see faces on the bathroom floor I see faces on the bathroom floor I see faces on the bathroom floor Come on over and I'll show you more Where are you now when I need you the most? (Shut up) Where are you now when I need you the most? (Shut up) Where are you now when I need you the most? (Shut up) Where are you now when I need you the most? (Shut up) I am surrounded by spies I am surrounded by spies I am surrounded by spies I am surrounded by spies I am surrounded by spies I am surrounded by spies I am surrounded by spies I am surrounded by spies I am surrounded by spies I am surrounded by spies I am surrounded by spies I am surrounded by spies Spies Spies Spies ________ The song was inspired by frontman Brian Molko discovering his neighbours were spying on him: “I began writing the lyrics when I discovered my neighbors were spying on me on behalf of parties with a nefarious agenda. “I then began to ponder the countless ways in which our privacy has been eroded and stolen since the introduction of worldwide CCTV cameras. “The rise of the internet and the cellphone has turned practically every user into a paparazzo and spectators in their own lives. “And we have mostly all offered up personal information to enormous multinationals whose sole intent is to exploit us. “I used the cut-up technique invented by William S Burroughs and popularised in modern song by David Bowie. “It’s a true story told through a lens of paranoia, complete disgust for modern society’s values and the deification of surveillance capitalism.”