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.
No thanks
No more
No love
I'm done
I've had enough
You're going off with her and I wish I was
But there's another can be just because
All right
Be on your way
The kindest thing to say is not that you have fallen for me
Say you'll come back to my arms again someday
Oh
Baby write some words about how you can't shut me out
How you must find a way to see me one more time
One more time
And please call up all your friends and tell them it can't end
You don't know what you'd do if you lost her and lost me too
That's fine
That's good
That's nice
I understand the price
The cost of craving dark instead of light
I flip a coin to see if you still care tonight
My blood
My hand
My soul
I've thrown them on to you without control
The things I freely give you stole
And now I'm left in pieces
Baby tell the world about me
The way you won me over in a city you can't remember
You think it was September
Sweet September
Oh baby
Oh
It's all right
I know she needs you more than I do
And I wouldn't win this fight
But there is one thing that you've gotta do
You've gotta tell the world about a girl you once knew
Oh
She wasn't meant to be but you fell so very deeply in love with me
To all the girls he's loved
To all the girls he's loved
No more
No love
I'm done
I've had enough
You're going off with her and I wish I was
But there's another can be just because
All right
Be on your way
The kindest thing to say is not that you have fallen for me
Say you'll come back to my arms again someday
Oh
Baby write some words about how you can't shut me out
How you must find a way to see me one more time
One more time
And please call up all your friends and tell them it can't end
You don't know what you'd do if you lost her and lost me too
That's fine
That's good
That's nice
I understand the price
The cost of craving dark instead of light
I flip a coin to see if you still care tonight
My blood
My hand
My soul
I've thrown them on to you without control
The things I freely give you stole
And now I'm left in pieces
Baby tell the world about me
The way you won me over in a city you can't remember
You think it was September
Sweet September
Oh baby
Oh
It's all right
I know she needs you more than I do
And I wouldn't win this fight
But there is one thing that you've gotta do
You've gotta tell the world about a girl you once knew
Oh
She wasn't meant to be but you fell so very deeply in love with me
To all the girls he's loved
To all the girls he's loved
Lyrics submitted by saraheliz4
Ode To... Lyrics as written by Rachael Amanda Yamagata
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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