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.
And we both go down together
We'd stay there forever
Just try to get up
And I'm sorry
This wasn't easy
When I asked you, believe me
And never let go
Well I'm thinking of the worst things
That I could say to you
But a promise doesn't mean a thing, anymore
And this never will be right with me
And now you're trying desperately
But I'm tongue tied and terrified, of what I'll say
And then we both go down together
We may stay there forever
I'll just try to get up
And I'm sorry
But this wasn't easy
When I asked you, believe me
You never let go
But I let go
I could only sing you sad songs
And you could sing along
And you could see the melody
That's been calling out your wrongs
And this never will be right with me
And now you're trying desperately
But I'm tongue tied and terrified, of what I'll say
But I never told you everything
I'm losing hope and fading dreams
And every single memory along the way
And then we both go down together
We may stay there forever
I'll just try to get up
And I'm sorry
But this wasn't easy
When I asked you, believe me
You never let go
But I let go
And we both go down together
And stay there forever
Just try to get up
And then we both go down together
We may stay there forever
I'll just try to get up
And I'm sorry
But this wasn't easy
When I asked you, believe me
You never let go
But I let go
We'd stay there forever
Just try to get up
And I'm sorry
This wasn't easy
When I asked you, believe me
And never let go
Well I'm thinking of the worst things
That I could say to you
But a promise doesn't mean a thing, anymore
And this never will be right with me
And now you're trying desperately
But I'm tongue tied and terrified, of what I'll say
And then we both go down together
We may stay there forever
I'll just try to get up
And I'm sorry
But this wasn't easy
When I asked you, believe me
You never let go
But I let go
I could only sing you sad songs
And you could sing along
And you could see the melody
That's been calling out your wrongs
And this never will be right with me
And now you're trying desperately
But I'm tongue tied and terrified, of what I'll say
But I never told you everything
I'm losing hope and fading dreams
And every single memory along the way
And then we both go down together
We may stay there forever
I'll just try to get up
And I'm sorry
But this wasn't easy
When I asked you, believe me
You never let go
But I let go
And we both go down together
And stay there forever
Just try to get up
And then we both go down together
We may stay there forever
I'll just try to get up
And I'm sorry
But this wasn't easy
When I asked you, believe me
You never let go
But I let go
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