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.
Well there's a feelin' in the air
Just like a Friday afternoon
Yeah you can go there if you want
Though it fades too soon
So go on, let it be
If there's a feelin' coming over me
Seems like it's always understood this time of year
Well I know there's a reason to change
Well I know there's a time for us
Think about the good times and you live with all the bad
You can feel it in the air
Feelin' right this time of year
Well there's a football in the air
Across the leaf-blown field
Yeah, and there's your first car on the road
And the girl you steal
So go on, if you fell
If there's a feelin' that there's somethin' else
Seems like it's always understood this time of year
Well I know there's a reason to change (this time of year)
Yeah I know there's a time for us (this time of year)
Think about the good times but you live with all the bad (this time of year)
You can feel it in the air
Feelin' right this time of year
Well there's a feelin' in the air
Just like a Friday afternoon
Yeah you can go there if you want
Thought it fades too soon
So go on, let it be
If there's a feelin' comin' over me
Seems like it's always understood this time of year
Well I know there's a reason to change (this time of year)
Yeah I know there's a time for us (this time of year)
Ya think about the good times, and you live with all the bad (this time of year)
You can feel it in the air
Feel it in the air
Yeah I can feel it in the air
Well I can feel it in the air
Yeah you can feel it in the air
Feelin' right this time of year
Just like a Friday afternoon
Yeah you can go there if you want
Though it fades too soon
So go on, let it be
If there's a feelin' coming over me
Seems like it's always understood this time of year
Well I know there's a reason to change
Well I know there's a time for us
Think about the good times and you live with all the bad
You can feel it in the air
Feelin' right this time of year
Well there's a football in the air
Across the leaf-blown field
Yeah, and there's your first car on the road
And the girl you steal
So go on, if you fell
If there's a feelin' that there's somethin' else
Seems like it's always understood this time of year
Well I know there's a reason to change (this time of year)
Yeah I know there's a time for us (this time of year)
Think about the good times but you live with all the bad (this time of year)
You can feel it in the air
Feelin' right this time of year
Well there's a feelin' in the air
Just like a Friday afternoon
Yeah you can go there if you want
Thought it fades too soon
So go on, let it be
If there's a feelin' comin' over me
Seems like it's always understood this time of year
Well I know there's a reason to change (this time of year)
Yeah I know there's a time for us (this time of year)
Ya think about the good times, and you live with all the bad (this time of year)
You can feel it in the air
Feel it in the air
Yeah I can feel it in the air
Well I can feel it in the air
Yeah you can feel it in the air
Feelin' right this time of year
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"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:
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I can remember listening to this song driving to the lake, or headed out to Colorado. Theres just this feeling you get, like just before it rains. Its almost indescribable and this song just tops it off. It helps you feel that way any time. This is a truely great song, way to go BTE
This song's amazing. Makes a great grad song too! especially since around here they do commencement in the fall.
this song makes me cry. seriously. It is about how the great life doesn't last. but it is definatly my favorite of thiers to perform myself. It also makes me miss the south, where it is like this year round.
I really like this song alot.
you think about the good times and you live with all the bad. how truer can a song get? for me this song is about the cycles of sadness, that you can predict it coming like the seasons, or the weather. and there's really no escape. this song is painfully sad, whenever im alone this song invariably plays in my mind.
There's also a second version of this song available on BTE's Greatest Hits album...
the main difference is that they stick in the first verse to "Get You In" after the second chorus..
I sit and watch your flowers wilting in the kitchen I felt like I was one of them gasping for air I go from room to room hoping to find your presence I play my music louder than you like me to
This is an incredible song either way you hear it
this is the song that will sum up highschool. goin to the football games every friday night in the fall. im goin to be startin my senior year and i hope i live this song
I love hearing this song in the fall. Even though it's been 10 years since I was in high school, I get this feeling every fall that there's something I need to be doing- I should be at marching band practice! I should be buying school supplies! School is starting. I wonder if this feeling willl come every fall for me. I also know that while I get lost in the nostalgic feeling, it never lasts long- it fades too soon. To firefighter751- enjoy your senior year! Time goes so quickly.
One of my all time favorite songs. The lyrics are general enough for almost anyone to relate to & the music and mood is perfect
another one of my BTE favorites. I call this song my "back-to-college song."
i work in Metro Manila (philippines) but every friday, i have to go back to UPLB (3 hour ride), just to relax, and relive college..and i just love listening to this song on the road.
it's like someone's telling me that "it's okay, go on. have fun". And I listen to it over and over, with some of the tracks on my player. I just can't get enough of it.