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.
The isle is calling heroes
A green siren set apart
The flying men have landed with a start
In the corridors intelligence weave a shroud of negligence
The swords are rusted to a stain
And I don't know where to place the blame
There's something wrong in avalon (x2)
Once the future king, malfunction
Now the confidence has gone
The differential airspeed
The instruments and information feeds
The dossiers dosed and fixed
ZD576
A black mark, an unfound plane
And I don't know where to place the blame
There's something wrong in avalon (x2)
Once the future king, malfunction
Now the confidence has gone
A house rises from the grime
Cloaked in white somite and shine
The heroes come to rest at last
Too late to climb too young too fast
No accolades no names, no fame
And I don't know where to place the blame
There's something wrong in avalon (x2)
Once the future king, malfunction
Now the confidence has gone
ZD576
(spoken) The Ministry of Defence notes the committee's report, but does not accept its conclusion
A green siren set apart
The flying men have landed with a start
In the corridors intelligence weave a shroud of negligence
The swords are rusted to a stain
And I don't know where to place the blame
There's something wrong in avalon (x2)
Once the future king, malfunction
Now the confidence has gone
The differential airspeed
The instruments and information feeds
The dossiers dosed and fixed
ZD576
A black mark, an unfound plane
And I don't know where to place the blame
There's something wrong in avalon (x2)
Once the future king, malfunction
Now the confidence has gone
A house rises from the grime
Cloaked in white somite and shine
The heroes come to rest at last
Too late to climb too young too fast
No accolades no names, no fame
And I don't know where to place the blame
There's something wrong in avalon (x2)
Once the future king, malfunction
Now the confidence has gone
ZD576
(spoken) The Ministry of Defence notes the committee's report, but does not accept its conclusion
Lyrics submitted by danohuiginn
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