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.
Mary is as Mary does
Don't try too hard to understand her
You will miss the point
And you will hit her heart
She is as she is
Just try to love her
Why must somebody be
How you perceive they should be
Why not love somebody for who they are
Where they are
Somebody like me
Somebody like me
Susan is as Susan was
She can't get her head out of her past
Life is her baton
And you were her field
I don't have her number but i do have to ask
Why must somebody be
How you perceive they should be
Why not love somebody for who they are
Where they are
Somebody like me
Somebody like me
A conversation lull
We're just a ship without a hull
Forget what I said and call us friends
But don't you sail away
Without sayin' what you gotta say
I know you well
So what the hell
I gotta say it again
Why must somebody be
How you perceive they should be
Why not love somebody for who they are
Where they are
Somebody like me
Somebody like me
Don't try too hard to understand her
You will miss the point
And you will hit her heart
She is as she is
Just try to love her
Why must somebody be
How you perceive they should be
Why not love somebody for who they are
Where they are
Somebody like me
Somebody like me
Susan is as Susan was
She can't get her head out of her past
Life is her baton
And you were her field
I don't have her number but i do have to ask
Why must somebody be
How you perceive they should be
Why not love somebody for who they are
Where they are
Somebody like me
Somebody like me
A conversation lull
We're just a ship without a hull
Forget what I said and call us friends
But don't you sail away
Without sayin' what you gotta say
I know you well
So what the hell
I gotta say it again
Why must somebody be
How you perceive they should be
Why not love somebody for who they are
Where they are
Somebody like me
Somebody like me
Lyrics submitted by WyldHorsesTX
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