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.
Hey, you're in trouble, friend.
Borrowing time 'til you get hurt again.
How many times you gave blood --
that many times you gave up
trying to stretch your check-book
'til month's end.
It's my mind to walk this line,
banking on the fact that I'll be fine.
But I got a friend who's systems fail
and if she can't even afford that cocktail,
the treble down there's creeping up behind
'Cause when the C.D.C. spreads fear, who'll ease the trouble down there?
And when the N.I.H. runs scared, who'll ease the trouble down there?
And when the A.M.A. don't care,who'll ease the trouble down there?
Oh you're in trouble
Trouble! Trouble!
Borrowing time 'til you get hurt again.
How many times you gave blood --
that many times you gave up
trying to stretch your check-book
'til month's end.
It's my mind to walk this line,
banking on the fact that I'll be fine.
But I got a friend who's systems fail
and if she can't even afford that cocktail,
the treble down there's creeping up behind
'Cause when the C.D.C. spreads fear, who'll ease the trouble down there?
And when the N.I.H. runs scared, who'll ease the trouble down there?
And when the A.M.A. don't care,who'll ease the trouble down there?
Oh you're in trouble
Trouble! Trouble!
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What? No comments???!!! Blasphemy!
This song is about health.
This song is about the lack of health care system in America. I feel Ted's pain and anguish in the words and sounds expressed. He's screaming out for you, America. "You're in trouble! Trouble! Trouble!"
You borrow time 'til you are hurt. You borrow without medical insurance to INSURE that if something happens to you, your fellow citizens and government care enough for you to provide for you. Or you borrow lifetime working away for insurance IN CASE something ever happens.
Ted is a very healthy, loving, spiritual vegan. He has no health insurance. He walks a line, banking on the fact that he'll be fine.
Others DO NOT fare so well.
Ted knows.
Ted cares.
I care.
Do you?
Who does?
Does the money-machine: Coca-Cola? Cancer Institutes? McDonald's? Meat factories? Kaiser PERMANENTe? Permanent. Permanent. Permanent pain, suffering, and confusion over dis-ease and a human being's right to BE. How to be? How to be healthy.
C.D.C. abbreviates Centers for Disease Control. They spread vicious fear-striking rumours, by way of their friends at the press.
The N.I.H. (National Institutes of Health) won't stand aggressively against the corporate machine either. They're just running scared.
The A.M.A. (American Medical ASSociation) could give a f*** less about you, your seven prescription pills on average per day, being American, or the suffering you and yours will have. They will continue to be PAID for keeping you a sick CUSTOMER...because--after all--doctors need jobs, right?