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.
Yeah!
Now it's falling around you
pickup the pieces you know they wont fit
tear drops are falling down like rain
ocean water around you
I see it coming round again, I know
now I realize that I'll be fine
and I'll forget you
Will you ever learn
that there's more to life than helping yourself?
will I reach out my hand
and stop you from falling
which starts this over again
This time there's no where left to talk
as I run down the boardwalk
trying hard to forget your face I know
wish I could finally find the strength
to open up your letters
I think, I'll throw them all away instead
Now I realize, that I'll be fine
and I'll forget you
Will you ever learn
that there's more to life than helping yourself?
will I reach out my hand
and stop you from falling
which starts this over again
(part 1)
Don't know if I can bring myself
to open up your letters
maybe I'll throw them all away
forget you all together
know now I'm waiting back at home
know now I'm waiting back at home
and I am starving for affection
affection.......
(part 2)
I see you
I know you
I can see right through you
I can see right through you
When will I finally find the strength
to open up your letters?
I think I'll throw them all away
forget you all together
when will I find my way back home
find my way on back home my way back home....
and now its falling around you
pick up the pieces you know they wont fit.
Now it's falling around you
pickup the pieces you know they wont fit
tear drops are falling down like rain
ocean water around you
I see it coming round again, I know
now I realize that I'll be fine
and I'll forget you
Will you ever learn
that there's more to life than helping yourself?
will I reach out my hand
and stop you from falling
which starts this over again
This time there's no where left to talk
as I run down the boardwalk
trying hard to forget your face I know
wish I could finally find the strength
to open up your letters
I think, I'll throw them all away instead
Now I realize, that I'll be fine
and I'll forget you
Will you ever learn
that there's more to life than helping yourself?
will I reach out my hand
and stop you from falling
which starts this over again
(part 1)
Don't know if I can bring myself
to open up your letters
maybe I'll throw them all away
forget you all together
know now I'm waiting back at home
know now I'm waiting back at home
and I am starving for affection
affection.......
(part 2)
I see you
I know you
I can see right through you
I can see right through you
When will I finally find the strength
to open up your letters?
I think I'll throw them all away
forget you all together
when will I find my way back home
find my way on back home my way back home....
and now its falling around you
pick up the pieces you know they wont fit.
Lyrics submitted by germantownrd
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