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.
She's only testin' her wings and if you give in to her
You'll be just another feather in her cap
She'll drop you in a flash
She's castin' a spell
Well, if she's castin' a spell
I can cast one as well
She's castin' a spell
She's castin' a spell
Well, if she's castin' a spell
I can cast one as well
So I said, "No, no, no, I ain't fallin' for this"
This girl is built to tease
She's only testin' the efficiency of her kiss
She's castin' a spell
Well, if she's castin' a spell
I can cast one as well
She's castin' a spell
Well, if she's castin' a spell
I can cast one as well
She wants to check out
How you check out on her test bed?
Will you get in her book or will you go right to her head?
She's castin' a spell
Well, if she's castin' a spell
I can cast one as well
And so I cast it right back on her
Don't you know my luck?
She fell under the influence and then the thunder struck
We're castin' a spell
Now we're castin' a spell
You can cast one as well
She's castin' a spell
She's castin' a spell
She's castin' a spell
She's castin' a spell
Now we're castin' a spell
You can cast one as well
She's castin' a spell
She's castin' a spell
She's castin' a spell
Now we're castin' a spell
You can cast one as well
She's castin' a spell
She's castin' a spell
You'll be just another feather in her cap
She'll drop you in a flash
She's castin' a spell
Well, if she's castin' a spell
I can cast one as well
She's castin' a spell
She's castin' a spell
Well, if she's castin' a spell
I can cast one as well
So I said, "No, no, no, I ain't fallin' for this"
This girl is built to tease
She's only testin' the efficiency of her kiss
She's castin' a spell
Well, if she's castin' a spell
I can cast one as well
She's castin' a spell
Well, if she's castin' a spell
I can cast one as well
She wants to check out
How you check out on her test bed?
Will you get in her book or will you go right to her head?
She's castin' a spell
Well, if she's castin' a spell
I can cast one as well
And so I cast it right back on her
Don't you know my luck?
She fell under the influence and then the thunder struck
We're castin' a spell
Now we're castin' a spell
You can cast one as well
She's castin' a spell
She's castin' a spell
She's castin' a spell
She's castin' a spell
Now we're castin' a spell
You can cast one as well
She's castin' a spell
She's castin' a spell
She's castin' a spell
Now we're castin' a spell
You can cast one as well
She's castin' a spell
She's castin' a spell
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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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