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.
So this is how it's gonna be, you and me are history
We will never look the same but the end is coming
Your time is running out, the rain is pouring
So raise your voice and shout
This is a blackout and you'll find out
It's gonna come and take everything you love away
A blackout coming to your town
We'll never run away so stand and fight another day
So this is where it all began, this is where the story ends
We will never need to leave, we keep running
The walls keep coming down, this is a warning
So raise your voice and shout
This is a blackout and you'll find out
It's gonna come and take everything you love away
A blackout coming to your town
We'll never run away so stand and fight another day
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
This is a blackout and you'll find out
It's gonna come and take everything you love away
The blackout coming to your town
We'll never run away so stand and fight another day
This is a blackout, this is a blackout
This is a blackout
We will never look the same but the end is coming
Your time is running out, the rain is pouring
So raise your voice and shout
This is a blackout and you'll find out
It's gonna come and take everything you love away
A blackout coming to your town
We'll never run away so stand and fight another day
So this is where it all began, this is where the story ends
We will never need to leave, we keep running
The walls keep coming down, this is a warning
So raise your voice and shout
This is a blackout and you'll find out
It's gonna come and take everything you love away
A blackout coming to your town
We'll never run away so stand and fight another day
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
Going out, going out, going out
This is a blackout and you'll find out
It's gonna come and take everything you love away
The blackout coming to your town
We'll never run away so stand and fight another day
This is a blackout, this is a blackout
This is a blackout
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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I love this song...I discovered it on a ps game called shaun white skateboarding