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.
A man in my shoes runs a light
And all the papers lied tonight
But falling over you
Is the news of the day
Angels fall like rain
And love is all of heaven away
Inside you the time moves
And she don't fade
The ghost in you
She don't fade
Inside you the time moves
And she don't fade
A race is on I'm on your side
And hearing you my engines die
I'm in a mood for you
For running away
Stars come down in you
And love, you can't give it away
Inside you the time moves
And she don't fade
The ghost in you
She don't fade
Inside you the time moves
And she don't fade
Don't you go
It makes no sense
When all your talking supermen
Just take away the time
And get in the way
Ain't it just like rain
And love, is only heaven away
Inside you the time moves
And she don't fade
The ghost in you
She don't fade
Inside you the time moves
And she don't fade
And all the papers lied tonight
But falling over you
Is the news of the day
Angels fall like rain
And love is all of heaven away
Inside you the time moves
And she don't fade
The ghost in you
She don't fade
Inside you the time moves
And she don't fade
A race is on I'm on your side
And hearing you my engines die
I'm in a mood for you
For running away
Stars come down in you
And love, you can't give it away
Inside you the time moves
And she don't fade
The ghost in you
She don't fade
Inside you the time moves
And she don't fade
Don't you go
It makes no sense
When all your talking supermen
Just take away the time
And get in the way
Ain't it just like rain
And love, is only heaven away
Inside you the time moves
And she don't fade
The ghost in you
She don't fade
Inside you the time moves
And she don't fade
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The Ghost in You Lyrics as written by Timothy Butler Richard Lofthouse Butler
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A man in my shoes runs a light and all the papers lied tonight but falling over you is the news of the day...
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"A man in my shoes" means the author is a celebrity who made a faux pas which was exaggerated by the press/paparazzi. Yet, his girlfriend is an EVEN BIGGER celebrity than he is, so much so, that the press story about him is minor in comparison to the news coverage she is getting. Which leads him to describe that it is impossible for him as a celebrity to have ANY relationship with any female because his celebrity gets in the way, or theirs does. In fact, "Angels fall like rain and love is all of heaven away." So, what the author is left with, is what COULD have been. And, because memories don't necessarily fade and they definitely don't age, nor can they cry--because they are not real--"inside you the time moves and she don't fade, the ghost in you she don't fade". Since he is a celebrity, he can only wish for a real relationship and have memories of the women he would have liked to love but instead watch them as they too are managed by their agents and their "Supermen".
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Or...maybe the chorus is a present day reflection of the lost love that lingers and the verses are a memory of what happened.
Or...maybe the chorus is a present day reflection of the lost love that lingers and the verses are a memory of what happened.
and now he is thinking about dying 'love is only heaven away' to be with her.
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