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.
Sorry to the people that I'm about to lie to
Sorry all the times I never really tried to
Sorry that I broke into a 7-Eleven
With a plastic gun I broke into your liquor store
Sorry about the coast
Sorry about the lamp post
Sorry for the dreams that we never had those
Sorry that I worn out my hand
Sorry that all my dreams I'm like a **** man
Instead of somebody good like you
And I'm sorry for the man that leads the truth
And I'm sorry bout the land of old
Sorry that you're grown and loose a tooth
When you're 80 years old with a dance card played in
She broke a dance card she can break a station
Sorry bout the land on the hand
Sorry that all my dreams I'm like a wanted man yeah
Sitting on your candy ass boy won't make it better
Sucking up and after the fat kid you walk like a rooster
Sitting on your candy ass boy won't make it better
I broke your window
I broke your window
I broke your window
I broke your window
Sorry that the soldiers are seventeen years old with an AK
Sorry like a streetlight road game
Sorry that I'm always understood
Sorry that I'm always doing the things I never shouldn't do
What's the difference to somebody like you
Sorry that the truth always slips by you
Sorry that the land at my hand
Sorry that convicted like a wanted man yeah
Sitting on your candy ass boy won't make it better
Coming up after the fat kid you walk like a rooster
Sitting on your candy ass boy won't make it better
I broke your window
I broke your window
I broke your window
I broke your window
Alright, alright, dirty, dirty
Sitting on your candy ass boy won't make it better
Sucking up and after the fat kid you walk like a rooster
Signing on after the fat kid won't make it better
Coming up and after the back you walk like a rooster
Sorry all the times I never really tried to
Sorry that I broke into a 7-Eleven
With a plastic gun I broke into your liquor store
Sorry about the coast
Sorry about the lamp post
Sorry for the dreams that we never had those
Sorry that I worn out my hand
Sorry that all my dreams I'm like a **** man
Instead of somebody good like you
And I'm sorry for the man that leads the truth
And I'm sorry bout the land of old
Sorry that you're grown and loose a tooth
When you're 80 years old with a dance card played in
She broke a dance card she can break a station
Sorry bout the land on the hand
Sorry that all my dreams I'm like a wanted man yeah
Sitting on your candy ass boy won't make it better
Sucking up and after the fat kid you walk like a rooster
Sitting on your candy ass boy won't make it better
I broke your window
I broke your window
I broke your window
I broke your window
Sorry that the soldiers are seventeen years old with an AK
Sorry like a streetlight road game
Sorry that I'm always understood
Sorry that I'm always doing the things I never shouldn't do
What's the difference to somebody like you
Sorry that the truth always slips by you
Sorry that the land at my hand
Sorry that convicted like a wanted man yeah
Sitting on your candy ass boy won't make it better
Coming up after the fat kid you walk like a rooster
Sitting on your candy ass boy won't make it better
I broke your window
I broke your window
I broke your window
I broke your window
Alright, alright, dirty, dirty
Sitting on your candy ass boy won't make it better
Sucking up and after the fat kid you walk like a rooster
Signing on after the fat kid won't make it better
Coming up and after the back you walk like a rooster
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