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.
Call on the Fates; this'll take a second
While I fall on my face like everyone else
And we can talk all we want, but all I can say
Is that I'm sorry and I'm sorry
But I'm never gonna do it again
Counting on my relative friends
When this keeps coming up again and again
If everybody knows how it's gonna end
Why doesn't someone stop me?
Because I'm sick of waking up on your floor
For the sixth or seventh night in a row
I'm lying next to you in all of my clothes
Someone stop me
It's hard to rely on the rhythm section
When they're all packing up and they're heading for the exit
Yeah, we're all just the same, a bunch of slaves to fashion
Who are tall, dark, and scared, and just praying for some action
How am I supposed to know what makes this happen?
How am I supposed to know what makes this happen?
How am I supposed to know what makes this happen?
How am I supposed to know what makes this happen?
I'm counting on my relative friends (inaction)
'Cause this keeps coming up again and again (inaction)
If everybody knows how it's gonna end (inaction)
Why doesn't someone stop me? (inaction)
Because I'm sick of waking up on your floor (inaction)
For the sixth or seventh night in a row (inaction)
I'm lying next to you in all of my clothes
Someone stop me
I can't keep counting on my relative friends (inaction)
'Cause this keeps coming up again and again (inaction)
If everybody knows how it's gonna end (inaction)
Why doesn't someone stop me? (inaction)
Because I'm sick of waking up on your floor (inaction)
For the sixth or seventh night in a row (inaction)
I'm lying next to you in all of my clothes
Someone stop me
While I fall on my face like everyone else
And we can talk all we want, but all I can say
Is that I'm sorry and I'm sorry
But I'm never gonna do it again
Counting on my relative friends
When this keeps coming up again and again
If everybody knows how it's gonna end
Why doesn't someone stop me?
Because I'm sick of waking up on your floor
For the sixth or seventh night in a row
I'm lying next to you in all of my clothes
Someone stop me
It's hard to rely on the rhythm section
When they're all packing up and they're heading for the exit
Yeah, we're all just the same, a bunch of slaves to fashion
Who are tall, dark, and scared, and just praying for some action
How am I supposed to know what makes this happen?
How am I supposed to know what makes this happen?
How am I supposed to know what makes this happen?
How am I supposed to know what makes this happen?
I'm counting on my relative friends (inaction)
'Cause this keeps coming up again and again (inaction)
If everybody knows how it's gonna end (inaction)
Why doesn't someone stop me? (inaction)
Because I'm sick of waking up on your floor (inaction)
For the sixth or seventh night in a row (inaction)
I'm lying next to you in all of my clothes
Someone stop me
I can't keep counting on my relative friends (inaction)
'Cause this keeps coming up again and again (inaction)
If everybody knows how it's gonna end (inaction)
Why doesn't someone stop me? (inaction)
Because I'm sick of waking up on your floor (inaction)
For the sixth or seventh night in a row (inaction)
I'm lying next to you in all of my clothes
Someone stop me
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Inaction Lyrics as written by Keith Murray Christopher Cain
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