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.
It's so hard to say goodbye
When I know it's for the last time
I know it's for the best
it won't be long 'til you get there
I know the hours move so slowly
I'll see you on the otherside
So go and carry her
Please go and carry her
I hope you're comfortable
I hope you're both smiling
It won't be long 'til you get there
I know the hours move so slowly
I'll see you on the otherside
So go and carry her
Please go and carry her
When I know it's for the last time
I know it's for the best
it won't be long 'til you get there
I know the hours move so slowly
I'll see you on the otherside
So go and carry her
Please go and carry her
I hope you're comfortable
I hope you're both smiling
It won't be long 'til you get there
I know the hours move so slowly
I'll see you on the otherside
So go and carry her
Please go and carry her
Lyrics submitted by amy_hurley
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I love this song! You can hear the emotion in charlie's voice. It's so sad! It's about saying goodbye to someone cause they are dying and that you will be with them again someday. but i dont know why its says, "I hope you're both smiling"?? Why both??
This song is dedicated to Charlie's Nan so i guess it's about her. Brilliant song
i put the lyrics on this site ... did i make any mistakes?
Hey, since this song is dedicated to his nan, i take that she died and he says "I hope you're both smiling" cus maybe her husband died before her and this way they get to be together again, and he gets to look after her again. Hence the title of the song! xXx
Also, I thought he said "I know the hours move so slowly"
yep, its "I know the hours move so slowly" ...
i thing that the person that charlie asks to carry her nan is death itself. "I hope you're both smiling" i guess he had already lost someone else... yep could be his nan's husband..
beautiful music, really nice :)
This song is so wonderful! You can hear so much emotion in Charlie's voice that it makes me wanna cry.
It's so hard to say goodbye When I know it's for the last time I know it's for the best
This verse says that it's hard to say goodbye when someone close to you dies. But you know it's for the best because that person doesn't have to suffer anymore.
it won't be long 'til you get there And all the years move so slowly I'll see you on the otherside So go and carry her Please go and carry her
I think "you get there" means going to heaven. Where everything will be good and Charlie says they will meet eachother there. I think he asks God to carry her.
I read somewhere Charlie's quite religious so I think Charlie's asking God to carry her instead of death itself like BingerBuena said.
just listened to the song for the first time and before I read about the song being dedicated, I kind of picked up that it was about an ex moving on and dating someone else, hence the "I hope you're both smiling"