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.
Just drifting along with the world
Every motion is paranoid and paralyzing
Give it up
Or give 'em hope
Let us all survive the wake
We, we're a race, a human race
Under the glass behind it all
Watch us crawl, watch us crawl so fearfully
I might be wrong after all, I might be wrong
But weren't we just so delicate yesterday
Sit back and think about it
Sleep it off, sleep on it
Come to, and make your motions
Sit back and think about it
Sleep it off, sleep on it
Come to, and make your motions
Listen up
Listen up
Listen up
There's a calling ahead
A desperation, a falling of man
We are all lost in the sound
Lost in the sound
Lost in the sound of separation
Hands in the air and love at our sides
There's gotta be something bigger
With the beating in our throats
And the tremble in our grip, this can't be it
I'll come up, I'll come up for peace
I'll come down, I'll come down for truth
I'll give in, I'll give up for you
I'll come up, I'll come up for peace
I'll come down, I'll come down for truth
I'll give in, I'll give up for you
I'll give up, I'll give up, I'll give up, I'll give up
The floors are shaking
And we've lost our step
Oh Lord, have mercy
Have mercy on us all
The floors are shaking
And we've lost our step
Oh Lord, have mercy
Have mercy on us all
Oh
Every motion is paranoid and paralyzing
Give it up
Or give 'em hope
Let us all survive the wake
We, we're a race, a human race
Under the glass behind it all
Watch us crawl, watch us crawl so fearfully
I might be wrong after all, I might be wrong
But weren't we just so delicate yesterday
Sit back and think about it
Sleep it off, sleep on it
Come to, and make your motions
Sit back and think about it
Sleep it off, sleep on it
Come to, and make your motions
Listen up
Listen up
Listen up
There's a calling ahead
A desperation, a falling of man
We are all lost in the sound
Lost in the sound
Lost in the sound of separation
Hands in the air and love at our sides
There's gotta be something bigger
With the beating in our throats
And the tremble in our grip, this can't be it
I'll come up, I'll come up for peace
I'll come down, I'll come down for truth
I'll give in, I'll give up for you
I'll come up, I'll come up for peace
I'll come down, I'll come down for truth
I'll give in, I'll give up for you
I'll give up, I'll give up, I'll give up, I'll give up
The floors are shaking
And we've lost our step
Oh Lord, have mercy
Have mercy on us all
The floors are shaking
And we've lost our step
Oh Lord, have mercy
Have mercy on us all
Oh
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