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.
The three dimensional professional projections of spectral light
Connected from selection, air-tight
The isolated, the decisive, victory stimulated
The non-simulated patterns of flight originated
Now I'm a carnivore on a tour of duty
My band of brothers and full metal jackets establish cruelty
Black magic conjurer attack through the monitor
Destruction of assumption, one thing I can promise ya'
It half-cracked with cold shards of glass
Ritualistic annihilators that murder your cast
The future of the past, that last that feel
The seventh seal broken in half, ceremony is real
Become obsolete, high-strung from a beat
A strong minded individual delivering defeat
Blood rivers in the street, keep flowing or retreat
Deep omens keep opponents speech limited repeat
(whispered)
You're opening the door to the corridor stretching to the left
There's hunger in those eyes to get this off my chest
I am just a man who wants revenge, and I confess
I am full of rage and sin
Hung inside this cage again
When evil reigns 'cuz people like to win
It may seem sweet, but we won't like the end
So we shine brightly from the light within
(rapped)
You're opening the doors to the corridors stretching to the left
Anger within my eyes, but the truth is on my chest
I am just a man who wants revenge and I confess
I am full of rage and sin, locked inside this cage again
Where evil reigns and people like to win
It may seem sweet, but we won't like the end
So we shine brightly from the light within
Locked inside this cage again (x4)
Turn the music up a bit...
Yo, yo...
Dark secrets, demons with a conscience
I'm the Lone Ranger looking for Pocahontas
Teenage zombies flying the beat,
I'm dying to learn what I'm trying to be
Go Bad News Bears and the Dukes of Hazzard
The youth of my group is the truth, so have it.
Keep myself couped up, recoup quickly
Face still hurts but my kids stick with me
Death loved not far as we go,
Crazy face still not star of the show
I appreciate the chance to hurt, I'll kill you
Ice pick into your neck, I will do
anything
Talk to you like I might care
anything
Rippled by the nightmare, moonshine distillery
Back road to villiany
Military start at the part with artillery
With artillery (x14)
With Ta Ra Ta Ta Ta Ta...
Locked inside this cage again (x4)
Connected from selection, air-tight
The isolated, the decisive, victory stimulated
The non-simulated patterns of flight originated
Now I'm a carnivore on a tour of duty
My band of brothers and full metal jackets establish cruelty
Black magic conjurer attack through the monitor
Destruction of assumption, one thing I can promise ya'
It half-cracked with cold shards of glass
Ritualistic annihilators that murder your cast
The future of the past, that last that feel
The seventh seal broken in half, ceremony is real
Become obsolete, high-strung from a beat
A strong minded individual delivering defeat
Blood rivers in the street, keep flowing or retreat
Deep omens keep opponents speech limited repeat
(whispered)
You're opening the door to the corridor stretching to the left
There's hunger in those eyes to get this off my chest
I am just a man who wants revenge, and I confess
I am full of rage and sin
Hung inside this cage again
When evil reigns 'cuz people like to win
It may seem sweet, but we won't like the end
So we shine brightly from the light within
(rapped)
You're opening the doors to the corridors stretching to the left
Anger within my eyes, but the truth is on my chest
I am just a man who wants revenge and I confess
I am full of rage and sin, locked inside this cage again
Where evil reigns and people like to win
It may seem sweet, but we won't like the end
So we shine brightly from the light within
Locked inside this cage again (x4)
Turn the music up a bit...
Yo, yo...
Dark secrets, demons with a conscience
I'm the Lone Ranger looking for Pocahontas
Teenage zombies flying the beat,
I'm dying to learn what I'm trying to be
Go Bad News Bears and the Dukes of Hazzard
The youth of my group is the truth, so have it.
Keep myself couped up, recoup quickly
Face still hurts but my kids stick with me
Death loved not far as we go,
Crazy face still not star of the show
I appreciate the chance to hurt, I'll kill you
Ice pick into your neck, I will do
anything
Talk to you like I might care
anything
Rippled by the nightmare, moonshine distillery
Back road to villiany
Military start at the part with artillery
With artillery (x14)
With Ta Ra Ta Ta Ta Ta...
Locked inside this cage again (x4)
Lyrics submitted by Floating_Candles
Artillery Lyrics as written by Shane Jason Bunting Erez Aizen
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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This song was featured in the movie "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" Yay for the publicity, because I wish more people knew about Infected Mushroom. I personally don't care to figure out what this song means, because rap is crap.
I completely disagree. This song is unlike most mainstream rap and the lyrics are decent. They don't talk about, y'know, the cliché stuff rappers usually talk about like their bitches, their money, their consumption of illegal narcotics and so on.
That was the most thoroughly terrible post I have ever seen. It's completely contradictory to the point you are trying to make.
Not contradictory at all. Infected Mushroom isn't a rap group; this song isn't indicative of the main body of their work, which is largely psychedelic trance, a touch of Goa trance, and doesn't include vocals (or small samples only).
fuck everyone else finding out about them, i hate when bands become all trendy... but infected is no doubt badass and i see where your coming from.
-LOCKED INSIDE THIS CAGE AGAIN (basis for the meaning)
I think this one could be about alot of things, like a prison, or just the everyday prison that we call earth we cant leave.. not to mention our bodies if u see them as prisons lol Being stuck at WORK!School!Your familys house, ect..
Or about folks just living with a closed mind only watching TV and doing what your told. Being closed minded is a cage, its a small box, insanity, or UN-sane, or being open minded are outside of that box IMO
"Black magic conjurer attack through the monitor Destruction of assumption, one thing I can promise ya"
but i think they are talking about go'vt control, mind control,baking, political issues, ethics, religions, CULTURE, ect
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Though I agree on this, I have one alteration to that & an addition.<br /> <br /> The basis of the meaning could be more than JUST "Locked inside this cage again", I think that the "with artillery" part is very significant.<br /> <br /> We've got so many weapons that we can use to fight back, even if we're caged (by whatever means that may be).
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