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.
Moses Brown told the children to sit down please
He noticed that they had lost their identity
He came to town to give you a toy that everybody's puttin' down
To give you a toy that everybody's puttin' down
"Now you must guard this holy peace that lies within it
Don't hesitate to give it away if anybody needs it
And let it be a steppin' stone and when you walk alone
Sing this song, sha, la, la, la, la?
"Bring in the clowns"
I heard the angels tell the queen of Venus
"Now reach into the sky, ask sweet forgiveness"
"Open you eyes"
I heard a man say we had reached Glory land
The toy that Moses spoke about is in our hands
"You must forget about hard times they have ended
The joy you prayed about must now begin
And if you ever need me to lean upon
Reach to the sky and sing this song, sha, la, la, la, la?
"As I was floating through the sky
I saw you lying on the ground
You'd been clinging to those lies
You thought they'd never let you down
I flew into blue eyes, ten miles, ten miles high
"As I was floating through the sky
I saw you lying on the ground
You'd been clinging to those lies
You thought they'd never let you down
I flew into blue eyes, ten miles, ten miles high?
He noticed that they had lost their identity
He came to town to give you a toy that everybody's puttin' down
To give you a toy that everybody's puttin' down
"Now you must guard this holy peace that lies within it
Don't hesitate to give it away if anybody needs it
And let it be a steppin' stone and when you walk alone
Sing this song, sha, la, la, la, la?
"Bring in the clowns"
I heard the angels tell the queen of Venus
"Now reach into the sky, ask sweet forgiveness"
"Open you eyes"
I heard a man say we had reached Glory land
The toy that Moses spoke about is in our hands
"You must forget about hard times they have ended
The joy you prayed about must now begin
And if you ever need me to lean upon
Reach to the sky and sing this song, sha, la, la, la, la?
"As I was floating through the sky
I saw you lying on the ground
You'd been clinging to those lies
You thought they'd never let you down
I flew into blue eyes, ten miles, ten miles high
"As I was floating through the sky
I saw you lying on the ground
You'd been clinging to those lies
You thought they'd never let you down
I flew into blue eyes, ten miles, ten miles high?
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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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