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.
You could be the one in the yard who tends the farm
Or the one on the hill who paints it
You could be the one in the house who loves the art
Or the one on the suit who pays him
No one knows who you are
No one knows who you are
The moon goes round
The world goes round the sun
And you won't know your worth until it's done
And I can change your orbit, change your size
But I don't want to launch you, till it's wise
To set you spinning away like stars and satellites
Like stars and satellites
You could be the one tying the boats up by the dock
Or the one in the shed who makes them
You could be the one in the car who buys the yacht
Or the one will come to save him
No one knows who you are
No one knows who you are
The moon goes round
The world goes round the sun
And you won't know your worth until it's done
And I can change your orbit, change your size
But I don't want to launch you, till it's wise
To set you spinning away like stars and satellites
Like stars and satellites
Will you answer the call on the telephone?
Will you follow the map we sent?
Will you take all the pills and the dollar bills
And the lies that came and went?
Will you reach for the sky, think that you can fly?
Will you tumble and fall from grace?
Will you study the plans of those invisible bands
Till it's time to take your place?
Like stars and satellites
"How do I come down?"
"How do I come down?"
"How do I come down?"
"How do..."
No one knows who you are
No one knows who you are
The moon goes round
The world goes round the sun
And you won't know your worth until it's done
And I can change your orbit, change your size
But I don't want to launch you, till it's wise
To set you spinning away like stars and satellites
Like stars and satellites
Like stars and satellites
Like stars and satellites
Or the one on the hill who paints it
You could be the one in the house who loves the art
Or the one on the suit who pays him
No one knows who you are
No one knows who you are
The moon goes round
The world goes round the sun
And you won't know your worth until it's done
And I can change your orbit, change your size
But I don't want to launch you, till it's wise
To set you spinning away like stars and satellites
Like stars and satellites
You could be the one tying the boats up by the dock
Or the one in the shed who makes them
You could be the one in the car who buys the yacht
Or the one will come to save him
No one knows who you are
No one knows who you are
The moon goes round
The world goes round the sun
And you won't know your worth until it's done
And I can change your orbit, change your size
But I don't want to launch you, till it's wise
To set you spinning away like stars and satellites
Like stars and satellites
Will you answer the call on the telephone?
Will you follow the map we sent?
Will you take all the pills and the dollar bills
And the lies that came and went?
Will you reach for the sky, think that you can fly?
Will you tumble and fall from grace?
Will you study the plans of those invisible bands
Till it's time to take your place?
Like stars and satellites
"How do I come down?"
"How do I come down?"
"How do I come down?"
"How do..."
No one knows who you are
No one knows who you are
The moon goes round
The world goes round the sun
And you won't know your worth until it's done
And I can change your orbit, change your size
But I don't want to launch you, till it's wise
To set you spinning away like stars and satellites
Like stars and satellites
Like stars and satellites
Like stars and satellites
Lyrics submitted by Octavarium64
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