Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
No need to pull some weight around
But then I ain't gonna just sit here
Like a clown and just wait around
I'm taking what I've earned to be taking
And you know you only get stronger
When your heart is aching, oh love
But me I've had enough of
Walking around for some red tape
You know it's just a fake
And I say it's a big mistake
And we're all human
So there's no need to be taking it
With some honor and harmony
We'll surely be making it
With a little bit of honor and harmony, yeah
Just a little bit of honor and harmony, yeah
Come on, now
What shall we choose to be our tactics
In this age of computer taxes, oh no
When in this new era to come
We shall be organized and not supervised
From the physical to the spiritual
All our works will be so critical
Our offense and mental will soar
And you know that this ornamental will be so pure
And we won't sweat the expense
In the new millennium
We are raising through the fog
Helping the healing God
The next awakening is you
And we're all human
There's no need to be taking it
With some honor and harmony
We'll surely be making it
With a little bit of honor and harmony, yeah
A little bit of honor and harmony, yeah
Come on, now
The next awakening is you
The next awakening is you
The next awakening is you
The next awakening is you
But then I ain't gonna just sit here
Like a clown and just wait around
I'm taking what I've earned to be taking
And you know you only get stronger
When your heart is aching, oh love
But me I've had enough of
Walking around for some red tape
You know it's just a fake
And I say it's a big mistake
And we're all human
So there's no need to be taking it
With some honor and harmony
We'll surely be making it
With a little bit of honor and harmony, yeah
Just a little bit of honor and harmony, yeah
Come on, now
What shall we choose to be our tactics
In this age of computer taxes, oh no
When in this new era to come
We shall be organized and not supervised
From the physical to the spiritual
All our works will be so critical
Our offense and mental will soar
And you know that this ornamental will be so pure
And we won't sweat the expense
In the new millennium
We are raising through the fog
Helping the healing God
The next awakening is you
And we're all human
There's no need to be taking it
With some honor and harmony
We'll surely be making it
With a little bit of honor and harmony, yeah
A little bit of honor and harmony, yeah
Come on, now
The next awakening is you
The next awakening is you
The next awakening is you
The next awakening is you
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"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
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Hayalperest
Hayalperest
This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Holiday
Bee Gees
Bee Gees
@[Diderik:33655] "Your a holiday!" Was a popular term used in the 50s/60s to compliment someone on their all around. For example, not only are they beautiful, but they are fun and kind too ... just an all around "holiday".
I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.
"And you know you only get stronger When your heart is asking" should be "aching" not "asking"...
"But me I've had enough of walking around" should be "waiting" not "walking"
And this song it totally awesome... its on one of my surf videos and just reminds me of all around good times