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'm not harmonic
I can't reach self-esteem
That's quite ironic
coz I thought I'd be happy living my dream
I don't feel supersonic
I don't drive in the lane of whipped cream
I'm more like a chronic
ignorantly swimming upstream
What can I do to be happy?
I have problems to decide
When it looks to me the grass is greener
On the other side
How do I live for the moment
when I always want to be else where?
How do I reach a fulfilment
when I'm crashed and got parts to repair?
Why is my only amusement
giving other people despair?
Why do I give jealous judgement
on another's affair?
I want to get satisfaction just like
the Stones and Manu Chao
Gotta ignore all rejection
I gotta keep trying anyhow
I want to be close to the action
I want to live my life now
For this correction I need direction
gotta find it within myself somehow
So maybe one day I'll be happy?!
But until then I have to realise
That the grass is not always greener
It's only up to be to recognize
That the grass is not always greener
It's in your head it might look greener
Coz the grass will never be greener
On the other side
I can't reach self-esteem
That's quite ironic
coz I thought I'd be happy living my dream
I don't feel supersonic
I don't drive in the lane of whipped cream
I'm more like a chronic
ignorantly swimming upstream
What can I do to be happy?
I have problems to decide
When it looks to me the grass is greener
On the other side
How do I live for the moment
when I always want to be else where?
How do I reach a fulfilment
when I'm crashed and got parts to repair?
Why is my only amusement
giving other people despair?
Why do I give jealous judgement
on another's affair?
I want to get satisfaction just like
the Stones and Manu Chao
Gotta ignore all rejection
I gotta keep trying anyhow
I want to be close to the action
I want to live my life now
For this correction I need direction
gotta find it within myself somehow
So maybe one day I'll be happy?!
But until then I have to realise
That the grass is not always greener
It's only up to be to recognize
That the grass is not always greener
It's in your head it might look greener
Coz the grass will never be greener
On the other side
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Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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dude, this song reflects how i am feeling right about now, and i'm sure alot of people can relate to it. millencolin rock! i love them!