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.
You must be out there
Every time I've got an hour on my hands I hope you feel me
Every now and then I understand the fact that you believed me
How can I go on
If you don't come along to set me off
I don't know nothing
How can I move on when I am half as strong
Without your strength
I don't know nothing
Cause you're not in my world to ease my worries
And you can't be the one I turn to
who's gonna watch over me if not you
Will your memory live on inside me
Ever since you went away I wondered why the world kept turning
Every time I think of you I feel the flame that keeps on burning
How can I go on
If you don't come along to set me off
I don't know nothing
How can I move on when I am half as strong
Without your strength
I don't know nothing
Though you're not in my world to ease my worries
And you can't be the one I turn to
you're gonna watch over me I feel you
Cause your memory lives on inside of me
You must be out there
Though you're not in my world to ease my worries
You must be out there
And you can't be the one I turn to
You must be out there
you're gonna watch over me I feel you
You must be out there
Cause your memory lives on inside of me
You must be out there
Every time I've got an hour on my hands I hope you feel me
Every now and then I understand the fact that you believed me
How can I go on
If you don't come along to set me off
I don't know nothing
How can I move on when I am half as strong
Without your strength
I don't know nothing
Cause you're not in my world to ease my worries
And you can't be the one I turn to
who's gonna watch over me if not you
Will your memory live on inside me
Ever since you went away I wondered why the world kept turning
Every time I think of you I feel the flame that keeps on burning
How can I go on
If you don't come along to set me off
I don't know nothing
How can I move on when I am half as strong
Without your strength
I don't know nothing
Though you're not in my world to ease my worries
And you can't be the one I turn to
you're gonna watch over me I feel you
Cause your memory lives on inside of me
You must be out there
Though you're not in my world to ease my worries
You must be out there
And you can't be the one I turn to
You must be out there
you're gonna watch over me I feel you
You must be out there
Cause your memory lives on inside of me
You must be out there
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