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.
Didn't you hurt yourself
Couldn't you wash the blood away
Didn't you love yourself
Couldn't you see the truth
Didn't why you wake to see the light
Couldn't you hear the truth
(god you're so shameless)
Stand up to me I know what you'll say
(god you're so shameless)
Why don't you wake up and stop all the pain
How could you really know as your
Blood flows
The damage left inside
If you should ever see the pain in me
You'd wish it away
Didn't you hurt yourself
Didn't you love yourself
Couldn't you find yourself
Such a shame it's a waste of a life
Couldn't you save yourself
How could you really know
How could you really know as your
Blood flows
The damage left inside
If you should ever see the pain in me
You'd wish it away
How could you really know as your
Blood flows
The damage left inside
If you should ever see the pain in me
You'd wish it away
How could you really know as your
Blood flows
The damage left inside
If you should ever see the pain in me
You'd wish it away
How could you really know as your
Blood flows
The damage left inside
If you should ever see the pain in me
You'd wish it away
Couldn't you wash the blood away
Didn't you love yourself
Couldn't you see the truth
Didn't why you wake to see the light
Couldn't you hear the truth
(god you're so shameless)
Stand up to me I know what you'll say
(god you're so shameless)
Why don't you wake up and stop all the pain
How could you really know as your
Blood flows
The damage left inside
If you should ever see the pain in me
You'd wish it away
Didn't you hurt yourself
Didn't you love yourself
Couldn't you find yourself
Such a shame it's a waste of a life
Couldn't you save yourself
How could you really know
How could you really know as your
Blood flows
The damage left inside
If you should ever see the pain in me
You'd wish it away
How could you really know as your
Blood flows
The damage left inside
If you should ever see the pain in me
You'd wish it away
How could you really know as your
Blood flows
The damage left inside
If you should ever see the pain in me
You'd wish it away
How could you really know as your
Blood flows
The damage left inside
If you should ever see the pain in me
You'd wish it away
Lyrics submitted by Metal6Hell6Maker6
Damaged Lyrics as written by John M. Connolly Clint Edward Lowery
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Sounds more along the lines of what kruemel is saying. It's probably about how someone was hurt. And the hurter didn't truly know how much he/she hurt the other person. "If you should ever see the pain in me, you'd wish it away." Probably implies that there's still some care involved in their relationship, and if that person could see how much the other person had been hurt, they'd try and make amends.