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.
They said, "Release Remote Control"
But we didn't want it on the label
They said, "Fly to Amsterdam"
The people laughed, but the press went mad
Ooh-oh, someone's really smart
Ooh-oh, complete control, yeah, that's a laugh
On the last tour, my mates they couldn't get in
I'd open up the back door but they'd get run out again
And at every hotel we was met by the law
Come for the party, come to make sure
Ooh-oh, have we done something wrong?
Ooh-oh, complete control, even over this song
You're my guitar hero
They said we'd be artistically free
When we signed that bit of paper
They meant "Let's make a lots of money
And worry about it later"
Ooh-oh, I'll never understand
Ooh-oh, complete control, let me see your other hand
I don't trust you, so why should you trust me?
Huh?
All over the news spread fast
They're dirty, they're filthy
They ain't a-gonna last
This is Joe Public speaking (control)
I'm controlled in the body (C-O-N, control)
I'm controlled in the mind
This is the top rockers (control)
With your zone in the price you whore (C-O-N, control)
Come to me
Total, C-O-N, control
Total, (parent control) C-O-N, control
We've got the rock 'n roll (C-O-N, control)
That means you
I kick it, I fight it, I gotta get up at it (C-O-N, control)
I gotta kick it
But we didn't want it on the label
They said, "Fly to Amsterdam"
The people laughed, but the press went mad
Ooh-oh, someone's really smart
Ooh-oh, complete control, yeah, that's a laugh
On the last tour, my mates they couldn't get in
I'd open up the back door but they'd get run out again
And at every hotel we was met by the law
Come for the party, come to make sure
Ooh-oh, have we done something wrong?
Ooh-oh, complete control, even over this song
You're my guitar hero
They said we'd be artistically free
When we signed that bit of paper
They meant "Let's make a lots of money
And worry about it later"
Ooh-oh, I'll never understand
Ooh-oh, complete control, let me see your other hand
I don't trust you, so why should you trust me?
Huh?
All over the news spread fast
They're dirty, they're filthy
They ain't a-gonna last
This is Joe Public speaking (control)
I'm controlled in the body (C-O-N, control)
I'm controlled in the mind
This is the top rockers (control)
With your zone in the price you whore (C-O-N, control)
Come to me
Total, C-O-N, control
Total, (parent control) C-O-N, control
We've got the rock 'n roll (C-O-N, control)
That means you
I kick it, I fight it, I gotta get up at it (C-O-N, control)
I gotta kick it
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