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.
I'm walking down the street
I'm feeling kind of beat
From dragging myself to nowhere
Would you want to hold my hand?
No, you wouldn't understand
Blame it on society
No one's good enough
I saw the sun die; blackout
All of you people, watch out
Stay for the week and we can
Hide 'til it all blows over
I saw you yesterday
But you turned the other way
"How's the going?" should I say?
Yeah, I know you know my name
Won't you come in for some tea?
We can talk about the world
How it's all made up, you see
Who's lying?
I saw the sun die; blackout
All of you people, watch out
Stay for the week and we can
Hide 'til it all blows over
Rise
We will
Rise
Would you take me,
Mold me,
Break me?
No more faking,
Take me somewhere real
Where I can feel
Feel
I saw the sun die; blackout
All of you people, watch out
Stay for the week and we can
Hide 'til it all blows over
I saw
I'm feeling kind of beat
From dragging myself to nowhere
Would you want to hold my hand?
No, you wouldn't understand
Blame it on society
No one's good enough
I saw the sun die; blackout
All of you people, watch out
Stay for the week and we can
Hide 'til it all blows over
I saw you yesterday
But you turned the other way
"How's the going?" should I say?
Yeah, I know you know my name
Won't you come in for some tea?
We can talk about the world
How it's all made up, you see
Who's lying?
I saw the sun die; blackout
All of you people, watch out
Stay for the week and we can
Hide 'til it all blows over
Rise
We will
Rise
Would you take me,
Mold me,
Break me?
No more faking,
Take me somewhere real
Where I can feel
Feel
I saw the sun die; blackout
All of you people, watch out
Stay for the week and we can
Hide 'til it all blows over
I saw
Lyrics submitted by tippy_typewriter
Blackout Lyrics as written by Sonja Kittelsen Rudolf Schenker
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sentric Music
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