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.
Time's so cold
Time is all the light that's ever gone
The whole thing's over before it starts
The wires unfold
The winding waste of hours oversold
The whole thing's over before it starts
And time feels old
Time feels old
What a war
If all these evil hours were unsure
Would the world still die out before it's born?
Would we go too far?
The light still burning out our bleeding hearts?
And the whole thing over before it starts?
'Cos time feels old
Time feels old
The earth's made it up too long
The day's done and time feels wrong
But don't look back
It's already way gone
After that
They want you to move on
They make it hard to understand
From where you are they make you follow in your footsteps
They make it hard to understand
From where you are they make your choice to be a man
The earth's made it up too long
The day's done and time feels wrong
Time is all the light that's ever gone
The whole thing's over before it starts
The wires unfold
The winding waste of hours oversold
The whole thing's over before it starts
And time feels old
Time feels old
What a war
If all these evil hours were unsure
Would the world still die out before it's born?
Would we go too far?
The light still burning out our bleeding hearts?
And the whole thing over before it starts?
'Cos time feels old
Time feels old
The earth's made it up too long
The day's done and time feels wrong
But don't look back
It's already way gone
After that
They want you to move on
They make it hard to understand
From where you are they make you follow in your footsteps
They make it hard to understand
From where you are they make your choice to be a man
The earth's made it up too long
The day's done and time feels wrong
Lyrics submitted by allandude
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