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.
When you told me how sad you were,
I couldn't believe my ears for I was at the same time.
And what you said before about trying to
Find your place in this great big world. I can see what you're saying.
But look at all of the beautiful things surrounding you,
Look at what you've done.
These are the fruits of what has been haunting you,
I know it's hard to find.
Something gold in the midst of a wretched ????, but you did,
You did just fine.
What you said then, I could not hold
In my hands or in my heart, in fact I dropped right down on to the floor.
Th fact is you you're a carried soul, you can feel the burden of the
World on the face of the man that walked right past you.
These are the fruits of what has been haunting you,
I know it's hard to find.
Something good from that past that was handed to you,
You did just fine.
I couldn't believe my ears for I was at the same time.
And what you said before about trying to
Find your place in this great big world. I can see what you're saying.
But look at all of the beautiful things surrounding you,
Look at what you've done.
These are the fruits of what has been haunting you,
I know it's hard to find.
Something gold in the midst of a wretched ????, but you did,
You did just fine.
What you said then, I could not hold
In my hands or in my heart, in fact I dropped right down on to the floor.
Th fact is you you're a carried soul, you can feel the burden of the
World on the face of the man that walked right past you.
These are the fruits of what has been haunting you,
I know it's hard to find.
Something good from that past that was handed to you,
You did just fine.
Lyrics submitted by skacore_dude
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