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 dark as night
I saw the light
It shone with more
Desire than
I'd seen before
The leaves begin to fall
I smell the air
And hear a voice saying
Come back
Come back
I need you now
Come back
Come back
I need you now
It's time to lie
Down on the shore
Where you once cried
For more, for more
Come back
Come back
I need you now
Come back
Come back
I need you now
It's true
It's true
I've been avoiding you
When all you gave to me
Was so pure and so complete
The sounds that lull to sleep
The flickering of the lights
The water so deep
Come back
Come back
I need you now
Come back
Come back
I need you now
It's time to lie
Down on the shore
Where you once cried
For more, for more
Come back
Come back
I need you now
Come back
Come back
I need you now
I saw the light
It shone with more
Desire than
I'd seen before
The leaves begin to fall
I smell the air
And hear a voice saying
Come back
Come back
I need you now
Come back
Come back
I need you now
It's time to lie
Down on the shore
Where you once cried
For more, for more
Come back
Come back
I need you now
Come back
Come back
I need you now
It's true
It's true
I've been avoiding you
When all you gave to me
Was so pure and so complete
The sounds that lull to sleep
The flickering of the lights
The water so deep
Come back
Come back
I need you now
Come back
Come back
I need you now
It's time to lie
Down on the shore
Where you once cried
For more, for more
Come back
Come back
I need you now
Come back
Come back
I need you now
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Come Back Lyrics as written by Sally Mary Seltmann
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I feel like this song is about some sort of romantic relationship: "It's time to lie Down on the shore Where you once cried For more, for more"
Umm...I think maybe that in the couple, one person left (I'm thinking it's the girl because the singer is a girl): "Come back Come back I need you now Come back Come back I need you now"
"It's true
It's true <---obviously she was afraid of falling in love because she I've been avoiding you acknowledges the fact that the relationship was supportive When all you gave to me Was so pure and so complete The sounds that lull to sleep
The flickering of the lights <----I think those 3 lines are just some random thoughts of memory The water so deep" that only the person who'd been in the relationship would understand. 'the sounds that lull to sleep' maybe being when they fell asleep to the sound of their breathing. 'the flickering lights' remembering how the lights were a little quirky in the ceiling of a room in which they spent the day. 'the water so deep' if they went to the -OH WAIT! Okay, new idea. You know the part where they say: 'It's time to lie Down on the shore Where you once cried For more, for more" I think it's a memory of one weekend or vacation or whatever, where they went to the beach 'It's time to lie Down on the shore' 'the water so deep', had a wonderful time ;P 'Where you once cried For more, for more", and fell asleep to the winking stars 'the flickering lights' and the lapping of the waves 'the sounds that lull to sleep'.
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Somehow that whole relationship ended and she or he (whichever one singing "come back") wants the other to come back because they are having a hard time and need to be loved: "When dark as night I saw the light <----dark as night being tough times, light being the other person who they It shone with more loved. and "with more desire then I'd seen before' they want to be with Desire than person again I'd seen before
The leaves begin to fall <---time goes by...fall..seasons I smell the air <---winter smells, crunching dewy leaves of autumn, spring flowers And hear a voice saying <---the voice being their owns thoughts Come back Come back I need you now <--- yeah. Come back Come back I need you now"
ET VOILA! Le Fin! I have interpreted it! :D