Jackie
♡ Placebo Lyrics

Jackie left on a cold, dark night
Her lover left her on a dark, lonely night in a cold manner

Telling me he'd be home
He made a promise to come back home to her

Sailed the seas for a hundred years
He was gone for a very long time sailing the high seas for decades

And left me all alone
He abandoned her and left her without any support

Now I've been dead for twenty years
She's been dead for two decades

I've been washing the sand with my ghostly tears
She's constantly crying tears even after death

Searching the shores for my Jackie-oh
She cannot let go and is still searching for her lost lover

And I remember the day that the young man came
She has a vivid memory of the day when someone told her about her lover's disappearance

Said, your Jackie's gone, he is lost in the rain
The young man told her that her lover was long gone and lost somewhere in the rain

And I ran to the beach
She immediately went to the beach to see for herself

And laid me down
She was devastated and lay down on the sand

You're all wrong, I said
She denied that her lover was gone and thought everyone was mistaken

And they stared to the sand
People around her looked down at the sand amazed by her denial

That man knows the sea like the back of his hand
She is convinced that her lover knows the sea very well

He'll be back some time
She thinks he will come back someday

Laughing at you
He will come back and laugh at the people who thought he was lost

And I've been waiting all this time
Even after death, she's still waiting for her lover to come back

For my man to come, take his hand in mine
She's still waiting for her partner's return so that they can continue their life together

And lead me away
She's ready for her lover to take her to a new place, better than the one she's been stuck in all these years

To unseen shores
She is looking for an out-of-the-box, exciting adventure with her lover

And I'll walk the sea forever more
She's ready to walk the seas together with her lover, no matter how long it takes or where it leads to

'Til I find my Jackie-oh
She will keep looking until she finds her lover, no matter how long it takes

Jackie-oh
Her lover's name is Jackie and she still calls him by that affectionate name