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.
Don't listen to the TV
Don't listen to the radio
Don't let anybody tell you
That this old ship is going down
Black bottom of the ocean
Picked up by an invisible hand
Have a feeling down my insides
And now, the sea, the stars, the sky
The sea, the sea, the sea
Washed over to the waterfall
I got swallowed by the undertow
I twist, I turn, but I know there's only one way out of this
So honey if you're listening
Press your lip to the overflow
Cause I'm just down here praying someone hears my S-O-S
I'm drowning, reel me in
Fly back into the lifeboat
Where did the women and the children go
Are these men my only friends
And we love, we love, we cry, we cry
Out of the boats into the crowds and ooh ho,
Out of the crowds into the sleepy room
Pull the covers up to my chin
And we fall, our eyes, we rise, I fall
We leave it all behind
Washed over to the waterfall
I got swallowed by the undertow
I twist, I turn, but I know there's only one way out of this
So if there's anybody listening
Press your lip to the radio
Cause I'm just down here praying someone hears my SOS
I'm drowning, reel me in, reel me in
Walk back along the gangway
Back to the arms of the ones I love
Guess you guys keep your secrets
Hello, hello, hello
Washed over to the waterfall
I got swallowed by the undertow
I twist, I turn, but I know there's only one way out of this
So if there's anybody listening
Press your lip to the radio
Cause I'm just down here praying someone hears my SOS
Washed over to the waterfall, ooh ho
I twist, I turn, but I know there's only one way out of this
So if there's anybody listening
Press your lip to the radio
Cause I'm just down here praying someone hears my SOS
I'm drowning, reel me in, reel me in
Don't listen to the T-V
Don't listen to the radio
Don't listen to the radio
Don't let anybody tell you
That this old ship is going down
Black bottom of the ocean
Picked up by an invisible hand
Have a feeling down my insides
And now, the sea, the stars, the sky
The sea, the sea, the sea
Washed over to the waterfall
I got swallowed by the undertow
I twist, I turn, but I know there's only one way out of this
So honey if you're listening
Press your lip to the overflow
Cause I'm just down here praying someone hears my S-O-S
I'm drowning, reel me in
Fly back into the lifeboat
Where did the women and the children go
Are these men my only friends
And we love, we love, we cry, we cry
Out of the boats into the crowds and ooh ho,
Out of the crowds into the sleepy room
Pull the covers up to my chin
And we fall, our eyes, we rise, I fall
We leave it all behind
Washed over to the waterfall
I got swallowed by the undertow
I twist, I turn, but I know there's only one way out of this
So if there's anybody listening
Press your lip to the radio
Cause I'm just down here praying someone hears my SOS
I'm drowning, reel me in, reel me in
Walk back along the gangway
Back to the arms of the ones I love
Guess you guys keep your secrets
Hello, hello, hello
Washed over to the waterfall
I got swallowed by the undertow
I twist, I turn, but I know there's only one way out of this
So if there's anybody listening
Press your lip to the radio
Cause I'm just down here praying someone hears my SOS
Washed over to the waterfall, ooh ho
I twist, I turn, but I know there's only one way out of this
So if there's anybody listening
Press your lip to the radio
Cause I'm just down here praying someone hears my SOS
I'm drowning, reel me in, reel me in
Don't listen to the T-V
Don't listen to the radio
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