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've been waiting all night long
I've been waiting to sing your song
Tonight, will you help me
Just help me find your key?
I run my hands down your neck
Across your back to another fret
I know you're fragile
You're bound to self-destruct
And I can see right through your skin
Your bones are hollow, they're paper-thin
Tonight, you're weightless
I know the way you feel
So try, try lifting all your weight
For a man, a man gone wrong.
And try, try wasting all your days
On a man, a man like me.
And my love is a lot like yours
It's been crippled by the wars we wage
We're hopeless
We're on the losing side
You never speak when we're making love
You never mean it when you come to me
With your arms stretched
Defenseless and alone
So try, try lifting all your weight
For a man, a man gone wrong.
And try, try wasting all your days
On a man, a man like me.
I taste you on my fingers
And I smell you on my lips
I don't know where you're going
But you're going to slip
Hey, honey, better save yourself
You're never gonna make it
Hey, honey, honey, better save yourself
You're never gonna make it.
So try, try lifting all your weight
For a man, a man gone wrong.
And try, try wasting all your days
On a man, a man like me.
I've been waiting to sing your song
Tonight, will you help me
Just help me find your key?
I run my hands down your neck
Across your back to another fret
I know you're fragile
You're bound to self-destruct
And I can see right through your skin
Your bones are hollow, they're paper-thin
Tonight, you're weightless
I know the way you feel
So try, try lifting all your weight
For a man, a man gone wrong.
And try, try wasting all your days
On a man, a man like me.
And my love is a lot like yours
It's been crippled by the wars we wage
We're hopeless
We're on the losing side
You never speak when we're making love
You never mean it when you come to me
With your arms stretched
Defenseless and alone
So try, try lifting all your weight
For a man, a man gone wrong.
And try, try wasting all your days
On a man, a man like me.
I taste you on my fingers
And I smell you on my lips
I don't know where you're going
But you're going to slip
Hey, honey, better save yourself
You're never gonna make it
Hey, honey, honey, better save yourself
You're never gonna make it.
So try, try lifting all your weight
For a man, a man gone wrong.
And try, try wasting all your days
On a man, a man like me.
Lyrics submitted by Aristophanes
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"I run my hands down your neck Across your back to another fret "
Well, frets are on guitars, so either he is singing to a guitar or he is simply describing how he wrote a song for a woman he loves and now he is performing it for her.
"And my love is a lot like yours It's been crippled by the wars we wage We're hopeless We're on the losing side "
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