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.
I lost all faith today in suicidal featherweights
With broken wrists and weaker fists
This is the last fight I'll give away
And there’s something terrible locked in her attic,
so I'm told
I can feel it on my face
I still feel you everywhere
And operator I can't hold much longer,
can't hold much longer, can't hold on
And operator I can't hold much longer,
can't hold much longer, can't hold on
'Cause there’s a spot by a bathroom door
where I dropped so fast straight through the floor
when I lost my grip on everything
Eight feet under water is where we dare
Our locked lips keep out the water and the liars
full of nothing but air
So if anybody talks of me
tell them I am never coming home again,
tell them I am gone
There's a place that I might fit in,
but it reeks of where we’ve been
Perfect footprints from our feet
that our haunted just by me
To the lady of the hour, liquor love is all the rage
Your skin feels way too sour and I've lost my sense of taste
And operator I can't hold much longer,
can't hold much longer, can't hold on
And operator I can't hold much longer,
can't hold much longer, can't hold on
There's a hole that we all fall in
where we fight for oxygen
That’s where I caught my grip and became King
Eight feet undercover, don’t forget that I'm here
Warm secrets under covers with new friends
and your holiday lovers
So if anybody talks of me
tell them I am never coming home again,
tell them I am gone
If anybody talks of me
tell them I am never coming home again,
tell them I am gone
So if anybody talks of me
tell them I'll be gone forever
without these scars that are completly invisble
With broken wrists and weaker fists
This is the last fight I'll give away
And there’s something terrible locked in her attic,
so I'm told
I can feel it on my face
I still feel you everywhere
And operator I can't hold much longer,
can't hold much longer, can't hold on
And operator I can't hold much longer,
can't hold much longer, can't hold on
'Cause there’s a spot by a bathroom door
where I dropped so fast straight through the floor
when I lost my grip on everything
Eight feet under water is where we dare
Our locked lips keep out the water and the liars
full of nothing but air
So if anybody talks of me
tell them I am never coming home again,
tell them I am gone
There's a place that I might fit in,
but it reeks of where we’ve been
Perfect footprints from our feet
that our haunted just by me
To the lady of the hour, liquor love is all the rage
Your skin feels way too sour and I've lost my sense of taste
And operator I can't hold much longer,
can't hold much longer, can't hold on
And operator I can't hold much longer,
can't hold much longer, can't hold on
There's a hole that we all fall in
where we fight for oxygen
That’s where I caught my grip and became King
Eight feet undercover, don’t forget that I'm here
Warm secrets under covers with new friends
and your holiday lovers
So if anybody talks of me
tell them I am never coming home again,
tell them I am gone
If anybody talks of me
tell them I am never coming home again,
tell them I am gone
So if anybody talks of me
tell them I'll be gone forever
without these scars that are completly invisble
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
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I agree it has a little to do with suicide but theres more to it than that... i see it in three pieces... First, he loses everything and has thoughts of suicide... 'Cause there’s a spot by a bathroom door where I dropped so fast straight through the floor when I lost my grip on everything
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"Eight feet undercover, don’t forget that I'm here Warm secrets under covers with new friends and your holiday lovers"
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I agree with guitar player in that the lines
"Eight feet undercover, don't forget that I'm here Warm secrets under covers with new friends and your holiday lovers"
means that the girl is moving on and he is afraid she will forget him.
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It's "Eight feet under covers, don't forget that I'm here Warm secrets undercover with new friends and your holiday lovers"