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 could go a step ahead and try
Harder than before but I deny
Always when I try a step
Something's gonna hold me back
Back to where I started
I just bump my head instead
Better leave me here all on my own
Better leave me or become my clone
Everyone who grabbed my hand
Fell into the same wasteland
Don't try to convince me
With your optimistic smile
I'd need a shotgun in my dreams tonight
To terminate my rotten side
Just need one shot into the center of my hate
To light the darkness and run free from that old spell
I don't know if hell or paradise
Belong together or if heaven tells no lies
You role the dice, you know the price
Is higher than you can afford
Beware of what you might see
Can you trust your blinded eyes?
I don't know if heaven tells no lies
Black is white and colors turn to gray
What was close is drifting far away
Just now right's already wrong
What turns weak was never strong
Can I kill the demon without blowing out my mind?
I'd need a shotgun in my dreams tonight
To terminate my rotten side
Just need one shot into the center of my hate
To light the darkness and run free from that old spell
I don't know if hell or paradise
Belong together or if heaven tells no lies
You role the dice, you know the price
Is higher than you can afford
Beware of what you might see
Can you trust your blinded eyes?
I don't know if heaven tells no lies
I will return, you have to burn
Abide my vision, you no longer keep me bound
I will be back, I will attack
In my religion I will make you hell hound drown
Harder than before but I deny
Always when I try a step
Something's gonna hold me back
Back to where I started
I just bump my head instead
Better leave me here all on my own
Better leave me or become my clone
Everyone who grabbed my hand
Fell into the same wasteland
Don't try to convince me
With your optimistic smile
I'd need a shotgun in my dreams tonight
To terminate my rotten side
Just need one shot into the center of my hate
To light the darkness and run free from that old spell
I don't know if hell or paradise
Belong together or if heaven tells no lies
You role the dice, you know the price
Is higher than you can afford
Beware of what you might see
Can you trust your blinded eyes?
I don't know if heaven tells no lies
Black is white and colors turn to gray
What was close is drifting far away
Just now right's already wrong
What turns weak was never strong
Can I kill the demon without blowing out my mind?
I'd need a shotgun in my dreams tonight
To terminate my rotten side
Just need one shot into the center of my hate
To light the darkness and run free from that old spell
I don't know if hell or paradise
Belong together or if heaven tells no lies
You role the dice, you know the price
Is higher than you can afford
Beware of what you might see
Can you trust your blinded eyes?
I don't know if heaven tells no lies
I will return, you have to burn
Abide my vision, you no longer keep me bound
I will be back, I will attack
In my religion I will make you hell hound drown
Lyrics submitted by SergeF2007
Heaven Tells No Lies Lyrics as written by Markus Peter Grosskopf
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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