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.
Spots warts and blemishes
Deep receding crevices
Seem to disappear
With foundation on my face
Foundation on my face!
Shadow conjures cheekbones
Hides a nasal disgrace
A disfigured atrocity
J-j-jutting out of place
Jutting out of place!
Make up to break up
Make up to break up
Make up to break up
Make up, break up, make up
To break up
Girls with eyes like swimming pools
Are the ones that I despise
'Cause I need lots of colour
To hide my bloodshot eyes
Hide my bloodshot eyes!
Now to paint by number
Over the cavernous pit
Lots of glossy red
To hide my pale cracked lips
Hide my pale cracked lips!
Make up to break up
Make up to break up
Make up to break up
Make up, break up, make up
Now comes the break up
From the make up
Just like the devil's rain
See-see-colours run insane
Colours run insane!
Foundation starts to tremble
My nose a grotesque abstract
My mouth a gaping gap
My eyes are shooting blood
My face is cracking up
My face is cracking up!
Make up to break up
Deep receding crevices
Seem to disappear
With foundation on my face
Foundation on my face!
Shadow conjures cheekbones
Hides a nasal disgrace
A disfigured atrocity
J-j-jutting out of place
Jutting out of place!
Make up to break up
Make up to break up
Make up to break up
Make up, break up, make up
To break up
Girls with eyes like swimming pools
Are the ones that I despise
'Cause I need lots of colour
To hide my bloodshot eyes
Hide my bloodshot eyes!
Now to paint by number
Over the cavernous pit
Lots of glossy red
To hide my pale cracked lips
Hide my pale cracked lips!
Make up to break up
Make up to break up
Make up to break up
Make up, break up, make up
Now comes the break up
From the make up
Just like the devil's rain
See-see-colours run insane
Colours run insane!
Foundation starts to tremble
My nose a grotesque abstract
My mouth a gaping gap
My eyes are shooting blood
My face is cracking up
My face is cracking up!
Make up to break up
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Make up to Break Up [Bonus Track] Lyrics as written by Morris Fenton
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Ironic how? Her signature eye makeup, at the point this song was written, hadn't been really developed, she was much more natural-faced. Look at the earliest gigs.