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 give up, please say what you say, what you're never gonna say
I've said enough, but I know that enough is never enough
'Cause you're showing a shield with your eyes
My heart is tough, but the strain held ways in a different way
It's cold, it's rough, and it cries when I leave but I know I'm gonna stay
Ooh, light your battlelines
Don't hide away the fire that burns inside
'Cause outside, it is just you and me
So no one can lose this fight
This fight is for love
This fight, this fight is for love, oh
We climbed so high, and we saw so far and it seemed so right
But we fell down, yeah we gotta get up and we gotta move on
And we'll build our way back to the top
We'll get scars, we'll get burnt, yeah I'll get hurt
But then in love, that's just the way
Ooh, light your battlelines
Don't hide away the fire that burns inside
'Cause outside, it is just you and me
So no one can lose this fight
This fight is for love
This fight, this fight is for love, oh
I figured out the fear that's been holding you back
Don't give up, don't give up, come on let's fight, fight
Face to face, eye to eye, let love take us, ooh yeah
Light your battlelines
Don't hide away the fire that burns inside, oh yeah
Ooh, light your battlelines (Come on and light your battlelines)
Don't hide away the fire that burns inside (don't hide away)
'Cause outside, it is just you and me (just you and me, oh)
So no one can lose this fight
This fight is for love (this fight is for love)
This fight, this fight is for love, oh
I've said enough, but I know that enough is never enough
'Cause you're showing a shield with your eyes
My heart is tough, but the strain held ways in a different way
It's cold, it's rough, and it cries when I leave but I know I'm gonna stay
Ooh, light your battlelines
Don't hide away the fire that burns inside
'Cause outside, it is just you and me
So no one can lose this fight
This fight is for love
This fight, this fight is for love, oh
We climbed so high, and we saw so far and it seemed so right
But we fell down, yeah we gotta get up and we gotta move on
And we'll build our way back to the top
We'll get scars, we'll get burnt, yeah I'll get hurt
But then in love, that's just the way
Ooh, light your battlelines
Don't hide away the fire that burns inside
'Cause outside, it is just you and me
So no one can lose this fight
This fight is for love
This fight, this fight is for love, oh
I figured out the fear that's been holding you back
Don't give up, don't give up, come on let's fight, fight
Face to face, eye to eye, let love take us, ooh yeah
Light your battlelines
Don't hide away the fire that burns inside, oh yeah
Ooh, light your battlelines (Come on and light your battlelines)
Don't hide away the fire that burns inside (don't hide away)
'Cause outside, it is just you and me (just you and me, oh)
So no one can lose this fight
This fight is for love (this fight is for love)
This fight, this fight is for love, oh
Lyrics submitted by Abbie96
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