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.
Ha, ha, ha, ha!
Even better than the real thing!
Johnny, take a walk with your sister the moon
Let her pale light in to fill up your room
You've been living underground
Eating from a can
You've been running away
From what you don't understand
She's slippery
You're sliding down
She'll be there when you hit the ground
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
She moves in mysterious ways
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
She moves in mysterious ways
Johnny, take a dive with your sister in the rain
Let her talk about the things you can't explain
To touch is to heal
To hurt is to steal
If you want to kiss the sky
Better learn how to kneel
(On your knees, boy)
She's the wave
She turns the tide
She sees the man inside the child
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
She moves in mysterious ways
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
She moves in mysterious ways
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
Lift my days, light up my nights
One day you will look back
And you'll see where
You were held, how
By this love while
You could stand there
You could move on this moment
Follow this feeling
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
She moves in mysterious ways
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
She moves in mysterious ways
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
We move through miracle days
Spirit moves in mysterious ways
She moves with it
She moves with it
Lift my days, light up my nights
Even better than the real thing!
Johnny, take a walk with your sister the moon
Let her pale light in to fill up your room
You've been living underground
Eating from a can
You've been running away
From what you don't understand
She's slippery
You're sliding down
She'll be there when you hit the ground
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
She moves in mysterious ways
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
She moves in mysterious ways
Johnny, take a dive with your sister in the rain
Let her talk about the things you can't explain
To touch is to heal
To hurt is to steal
If you want to kiss the sky
Better learn how to kneel
(On your knees, boy)
She's the wave
She turns the tide
She sees the man inside the child
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
She moves in mysterious ways
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
She moves in mysterious ways
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
Lift my days, light up my nights
One day you will look back
And you'll see where
You were held, how
By this love while
You could stand there
You could move on this moment
Follow this feeling
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
She moves in mysterious ways
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
She moves in mysterious ways
It's all right, it's all right, it's all right
We move through miracle days
Spirit moves in mysterious ways
She moves with it
She moves with it
Lift my days, light up my nights
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U2 wrote about Sophia from Gnosticism or another female spirit like Gaia, the Queen of the South, or The Great Harlot. The word for spirit is feminine in Hebrew, but that does not make God The Father's spirit feminine! U2 is not singing about the Holy Spirit. They are singing quite the opposite! They are singing the song of The Flatterer, Lucifer, "Ye shall be as God," when they sing, "if you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel." That is Satan's flattery that you can fly because you are egoless. The song is called Mysterious Ways, so it should be obvious that this is ancient Mystery Religion, Mystery Babylon the Great that falls in the book of Revelation. The Bible says what is actually a mystery is that one man's sacrifice (Jesus) can save everyone. The Bible talks of a mystery, and tells you what it is, just not how it is accomplished!