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.
Awoke in this catatonic state, it's a frenzy
I struggle with the weight of the chain that it lends me
Pretty little girls and their thieving lips, yeah
Swing me off of my legs and put me up to my neck, oh oh oh, whoa whoa
Come on, baby, let's take a time out
Listen, baby, what did you find out?
Come on, baby, don't turn the lights out
What am I to say?
You were outta sight while I was outta my mind
I'm falling in a pattern that I can't deny
Oh, your cheated heart
A scent in the air, my familiar attraction
My crooked head spins to the chemical reaction, oh oh oh, whoa, whoa
I try to keep myself from jumping out of my skin
I try to think of you but my mind doesn't win, oh oh oh, whoa, whoa
Come on, baby, let's take a time out
Listen, baby, what did you find out?
Come on, baby, don't turn the lights out
What am I to say?
You were outta sight while I was outta my mind
I'm falling in a pattern that I can't deny
Oh, your cheated heart
Awoke in this catatonic state, it's a frenzy
I struggle with the weight of the chain, it offends me
Come on, baby, let's take a time out
Listen, baby, what did you find out?
Come on, baby, don't turn the lights out
What am I to say?
You were outta sight while I was outta my mind
I'm falling in a pattern that I can't deny
Oh, your cheated heart
I struggle with the weight of the chain that it lends me
Pretty little girls and their thieving lips, yeah
Swing me off of my legs and put me up to my neck, oh oh oh, whoa whoa
Come on, baby, let's take a time out
Listen, baby, what did you find out?
Come on, baby, don't turn the lights out
What am I to say?
You were outta sight while I was outta my mind
I'm falling in a pattern that I can't deny
Oh, your cheated heart
A scent in the air, my familiar attraction
My crooked head spins to the chemical reaction, oh oh oh, whoa, whoa
I try to keep myself from jumping out of my skin
I try to think of you but my mind doesn't win, oh oh oh, whoa, whoa
Come on, baby, let's take a time out
Listen, baby, what did you find out?
Come on, baby, don't turn the lights out
What am I to say?
You were outta sight while I was outta my mind
I'm falling in a pattern that I can't deny
Oh, your cheated heart
Awoke in this catatonic state, it's a frenzy
I struggle with the weight of the chain, it offends me
Come on, baby, let's take a time out
Listen, baby, what did you find out?
Come on, baby, don't turn the lights out
What am I to say?
You were outta sight while I was outta my mind
I'm falling in a pattern that I can't deny
Oh, your cheated heart
Lyrics submitted by BleedorBreathe
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