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.
I don't know nothing,
I don't know a thing
But if I just keep on listening,
Together we'll sing
I've been walking for about a thousand years
And my feet are tired of crying
All those painful tears
And my sight is going blind
And my soul is way down low
But I haven't seen a thing,
So that's all i can know
I said cause I don't know nothing,
I don't know a thing
But if I just keep on listening,
Together we'll sing
I've been drinking to drown away my tears
And I'm sick of all the violence
And I'm sick of all the fears
But I'm moving down the road,
True I'm moving kind of slow
But I haven't heard a thing,
So that's all I can know
Said cause I don't know nothing,
Y'all don't know a thing
But if we just keep on listening,
Together we'll sing
I don't think that it's going that good today
I can't take my eyes off of the rain
And everybody's running away
Well I don't think
That it's going that good today
Can't take my eyes off of the rain
And everybody's running away
I ran away to the top of the world today
I've been crying and losing lots of sleep
Cause the roads are getting longer
Winter snows come kinda deep
But I still will move along
And I still can feel the sun
And I see or hear a thing
And I'll break into a run
Said cause I don't know nothing,
Y'all don't know a thing
But if we just keep on listening,
Together we'll sing
I don't think that it's going that good today
I can't take my eyes off of the rain
And everybody's going insane
Well I don't think that
It's going that good today
I can't take my eyes off of the rain
Everybody's running away
I ran away to the top of the world today
I ran away to the top of the world today
Ran away top of the world today
I don't know a thing
But if I just keep on listening,
Together we'll sing
I've been walking for about a thousand years
And my feet are tired of crying
All those painful tears
And my sight is going blind
And my soul is way down low
But I haven't seen a thing,
So that's all i can know
I said cause I don't know nothing,
I don't know a thing
But if I just keep on listening,
Together we'll sing
I've been drinking to drown away my tears
And I'm sick of all the violence
And I'm sick of all the fears
But I'm moving down the road,
True I'm moving kind of slow
But I haven't heard a thing,
So that's all I can know
Said cause I don't know nothing,
Y'all don't know a thing
But if we just keep on listening,
Together we'll sing
I don't think that it's going that good today
I can't take my eyes off of the rain
And everybody's running away
Well I don't think
That it's going that good today
Can't take my eyes off of the rain
And everybody's running away
I ran away to the top of the world today
I've been crying and losing lots of sleep
Cause the roads are getting longer
Winter snows come kinda deep
But I still will move along
And I still can feel the sun
And I see or hear a thing
And I'll break into a run
Said cause I don't know nothing,
Y'all don't know a thing
But if we just keep on listening,
Together we'll sing
I don't think that it's going that good today
I can't take my eyes off of the rain
And everybody's going insane
Well I don't think that
It's going that good today
I can't take my eyes off of the rain
Everybody's running away
I ran away to the top of the world today
I ran away to the top of the world today
Ran away top of the world today
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