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.
Fail the sun to shine
As there is no more beauty left to alighten
What was once flourished has withered away
And what will not weather I cannot stomach
Oh the cruelty of a persistent scar
Fail the sun to shine
I can keep my lips from trembling
While I sever with regretful hands
The strings so carelessly attached to me
I can remove the litter of intimacy
Alas, this won't be the death of me
If that which breaks merely tears seldom lasts
How can that which breaks ever heal
This won't be the death of me
I would rather bleed than feel
I would rather bleed
No man can learn the value of his life without pain
And yet no man deserves a life's worth in pain
And I have a lifetime left to learn
Am I not a better man?
A man who has grown sound and strong
A man who has learned from his misery
Am I not a better man?
A clever man who taught his flesh the way of steel
This lasting man of resolve and will
Am I not a better man?
Or just a bitter man?
That rots with memories and only grows cold?
And indeed, I have grown cold
And this moment feels like the harshest end to the coldest day
This day has lasted a lifetime
With an eternity left to lapse
Here I am, forsaken
Just as I forsook the sun
A blend of venom and winter
The kiss of frost and poison
How I wish for a steady hand to wipe away these scars
Or a tender kiss to render me forgetful
Were the sun to follow bitter examples
We would truly know winter
Eternally
May the sun shine on the forsaken
May the sun shine brightly
And illuminate our scars
As there is no more beauty left to alighten
What was once flourished has withered away
And what will not weather I cannot stomach
Oh the cruelty of a persistent scar
Fail the sun to shine
I can keep my lips from trembling
While I sever with regretful hands
The strings so carelessly attached to me
I can remove the litter of intimacy
Alas, this won't be the death of me
If that which breaks merely tears seldom lasts
How can that which breaks ever heal
This won't be the death of me
I would rather bleed than feel
I would rather bleed
No man can learn the value of his life without pain
And yet no man deserves a life's worth in pain
And I have a lifetime left to learn
Am I not a better man?
A man who has grown sound and strong
A man who has learned from his misery
Am I not a better man?
A clever man who taught his flesh the way of steel
This lasting man of resolve and will
Am I not a better man?
Or just a bitter man?
That rots with memories and only grows cold?
And indeed, I have grown cold
And this moment feels like the harshest end to the coldest day
This day has lasted a lifetime
With an eternity left to lapse
Here I am, forsaken
Just as I forsook the sun
A blend of venom and winter
The kiss of frost and poison
How I wish for a steady hand to wipe away these scars
Or a tender kiss to render me forgetful
Were the sun to follow bitter examples
We would truly know winter
Eternally
May the sun shine on the forsaken
May the sun shine brightly
And illuminate our scars
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these lyrics are unbeleiveable .. when i read them i feel like i'm reading poetry they are so original and well written
The sixth line is "Oh, how the cruelty of a person can scar"
And, the song is pretty self-explanatory...
Obvious meaning. SHAI HULUD destroys.