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.
Oh I ain't joking when I'm telling ya
That while in the Yakima
Digging up them thunderegg stones
Well, we cracked them wide open
The mountain started smoking
And the sky turned the color of a crow
Fires in the northlands
Floods to the south
Put the pedal to the metal
And let it all hang out
Fires in the northlands
Floods to the south
Put the pedal to the metal
And let it all hang out
[Chorus]
The ash turned to confetti, hallelujah!
Outside them great Tri Cities, hallelujah!
Oh, God showed his great mercy, hallelujah!
Turned ash into confetti, hallelujah!
Handkerchiefs on coughing mouths
Running to the full hotels
Left us with no other place but home
And in the distance
Tail lights came and went
Sometimes as eyes of Vulcan sorcery
Fires in the northlands
Floods to the south
Put the pedal to the metal
And let it all hang out
Fires in the northlands
Floods to the south
Put the pedal to the metal
And let it all hang out
[Chorus]
Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe
We'll make it to that rise
Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe
We'll see another sunrise, oh yeah
[Chorus: x2]
Hallelujah! [Repeat: x2]
That while in the Yakima
Digging up them thunderegg stones
Well, we cracked them wide open
The mountain started smoking
And the sky turned the color of a crow
Fires in the northlands
Floods to the south
Put the pedal to the metal
And let it all hang out
Fires in the northlands
Floods to the south
Put the pedal to the metal
And let it all hang out
[Chorus]
The ash turned to confetti, hallelujah!
Outside them great Tri Cities, hallelujah!
Oh, God showed his great mercy, hallelujah!
Turned ash into confetti, hallelujah!
Handkerchiefs on coughing mouths
Running to the full hotels
Left us with no other place but home
And in the distance
Tail lights came and went
Sometimes as eyes of Vulcan sorcery
Fires in the northlands
Floods to the south
Put the pedal to the metal
And let it all hang out
Fires in the northlands
Floods to the south
Put the pedal to the metal
And let it all hang out
[Chorus]
Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe
We'll make it to that rise
Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe
We'll see another sunrise, oh yeah
[Chorus: x2]
Hallelujah! [Repeat: x2]
Lyrics submitted by TacticalElite
Sinkemlow Lyrics as written by Jean-paul Gaster Dan Maines
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In a shallow grave, we dug for thundereggs In the Yakima, with the rattlesnake When we came out, to unload the mother stone Day was night, wind was warm and birds they did not sing
Run son, get on in We must get to Kennewick Sodom and Gomorrah After this I'll pity them Mountains falling from above Pompeii you have our prayers and love
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