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.
Don't take, don't take, don't break my amateur art
Ne te moques pas, te fous pas, te fous pas, casses pas
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art
We're the Blue Peter generation
Brought up on amateur creation
Check our hobbies and collections
Our lower middle class directions
My work's won kiddie competitions
Filled leisure time with my inventions
Read books that stretched imagination
I loved my breaktime education
Don't take, don't take, don't break my amateur art
I heart my art
Don't make, don't make, don't make a joke of my heart
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art
DIY - Do or die
(Why don't you...sing write paint make?)
DIY - Do or die
DIY - oh why
(Why don't you...DIY)
DIY - do do do...
DIY - why not
I heart my art
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art
We're the pre-mixed generation
Buy into quicker-fix emotion
Grown up, want only-child attention
Fed up on going through the motions
Dress up and kill the television
Play names and word association
Paint sounds, electro conversation
Go games and adult education
Don't take, don't take, don't break my cut and paste art
I heart my art
Don't make, don't make, don't make a joke of my art
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art
DIY - Do or die
(Why don't you...sing write paint make?)
DIY - Do or die
DIY - oh why
(Why don't you...DIY)
DIY - do do do...
DIY - why not
Don't take, don't take, don't break my amateur art
I heart my art
Don't make, don't make, don't make a joke of my art
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art
DIY - Do or die
(Why don't you...sing write paint make?)
DIY - Do or die
DIY - oh why
(Why don't you...DIY)
DIY - do do do...
DIY - why not
I heart my art
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art
DIY
Ne te moques pas, te fous pas, te fous pas, casses pas
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art
We're the Blue Peter generation
Brought up on amateur creation
Check our hobbies and collections
Our lower middle class directions
My work's won kiddie competitions
Filled leisure time with my inventions
Read books that stretched imagination
I loved my breaktime education
Don't take, don't take, don't break my amateur art
I heart my art
Don't make, don't make, don't make a joke of my heart
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art
DIY - Do or die
(Why don't you...sing write paint make?)
DIY - Do or die
DIY - oh why
(Why don't you...DIY)
DIY - do do do...
DIY - why not
I heart my art
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art
We're the pre-mixed generation
Buy into quicker-fix emotion
Grown up, want only-child attention
Fed up on going through the motions
Dress up and kill the television
Play names and word association
Paint sounds, electro conversation
Go games and adult education
Don't take, don't take, don't break my cut and paste art
I heart my art
Don't make, don't make, don't make a joke of my art
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art
DIY - Do or die
(Why don't you...sing write paint make?)
DIY - Do or die
DIY - oh why
(Why don't you...DIY)
DIY - do do do...
DIY - why not
Don't take, don't take, don't break my amateur art
I heart my art
Don't make, don't make, don't make a joke of my art
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art
DIY - Do or die
(Why don't you...sing write paint make?)
DIY - Do or die
DIY - oh why
(Why don't you...DIY)
DIY - do do do...
DIY - why not
I heart my art
Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art
DIY
Lyrics submitted by Neota
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i've been told that this is referencing their music (they do it by themselves) and people not respecting it. whatever it means, it's now my favorite song. so sad.
i think this song is talking about how today, kids don't live how they used to. society is too controling and we have less freedom now. i think thats what it means anyway... (:
anybody knows what D I Y means?? maybe stupid question, but I can't imagine...
DIY means 'do it yourself'.
i love this song.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIY_ethic there you can get informations about DIY :P btwn such a lovely song. one of my favs...
this might be stupid. but does anyone know what the "Blue Peter generation" is?
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blue peter is a television show created by bbc. this may or may not be what they are talking about, but i dont really like this song haha
in blue peter, they had competitions on who made the best things...out of stuff like toilet roll tubes and yoghurt pots. when this generation were growing up, they all wanted their stuff on the show, and were really proud of their stuff etc... i think it's a nostalgic song, but also talking about their music at the moment...don't want their style stolen now, don't want their amateur blue peter creations made fun of :P
umm...i think it's just making fun of pretentious people. i can't imagine any other proper justification for the line "i heart my art" also they're saying "my work's won kiddie competitions" much like many pretentious people who are all like "well, i'm obviously better than you, pecause i was in so & so magazine, i mean yeah, it was when i was 9, but still, i am sooooo cool". and then they say: "grown up, want only child attention" which is a pretty perfect desription of the mentality of all those pretentious 20somethings that grew up in such sheltered environment, they don't know how to deal with the worl, and just push everyone away by being such a snob. also, they talk in french, and all the pretentious kids where i'm from are always like: "oh look i can say this in french, i totally tought myself. wow, watch me like, french inhale my cigarette. wow, i am so cool and french."
i love the way in the chorus everything that is said in English is said in French. made me really love French
Don't take (ne prends pas) Don't take (voles pas), don't break (casses pas) my amateur art I heart my art Don't make (ne te moques pas) Don't make (te fous pas), don't make (te fous pas) a joke of my art (Ne plaisantes pas avec mon art)