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.
Always living on the line of what you think is right or wrong,
there was a time when even i could not bear to be alone,
needing someone or something that is not mine to call my own,
to have and hold,
severing the only line of trust that you once thought you had,
now that i can see past you i can start to be a man,
death to me seems no mistake for i have yet to hate,
so can you see my pain, can you feel my pain, can you see my...
this, is my world,
and i see, what you don't,
forever, wanting more,
life breathes, from our soul,
looking into bloodshot eyes mesmerized they can't look back,
slowly turning in my mind is the visions of your death,
finding truth amongst my lies but not accepting now i grow,
and gain control,
opening to inner sanctums that you do not understand,
having no respect for life and taking it with my bare hands,
always searching with contempt for ways to rid my pounding head,
from this place,
This, is my world,
and i see, what you don't,
forever, wanting more,
life breathes, from our souls.
there was a time when even i could not bear to be alone,
needing someone or something that is not mine to call my own,
to have and hold,
severing the only line of trust that you once thought you had,
now that i can see past you i can start to be a man,
death to me seems no mistake for i have yet to hate,
so can you see my pain, can you feel my pain, can you see my...
this, is my world,
and i see, what you don't,
forever, wanting more,
life breathes, from our soul,
looking into bloodshot eyes mesmerized they can't look back,
slowly turning in my mind is the visions of your death,
finding truth amongst my lies but not accepting now i grow,
and gain control,
opening to inner sanctums that you do not understand,
having no respect for life and taking it with my bare hands,
always searching with contempt for ways to rid my pounding head,
from this place,
This, is my world,
and i see, what you don't,
forever, wanting more,
life breathes, from our souls.
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"As I'm sitting there with a severed head in my hand, talking to it... or looking at it and I'm about to go crazy, literally Im' about to go completely.... blindly loose and just fall apart."
"He hit her with a hammer in her sleep, cut off her head and hands. Entangled her vocal chords in a garbage disposal, threw darts at her severed head."
"The testimony shows that the frontal area of the brain and the skull was fractured, jagged and exposed a portion of the brain."
"It is further ordered that on a set schedualed date that you be put to death, by a current of electricity."
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pretty goddamn intense
Samples: "As I'm sitting there with a severed head in my hand, talking to it or looking at it and I'm about to go crazy, literally Im' about to go completely.... blindly loose and just fall apart."
"At the age of twenty four, he murdered his mother. Then called then police and confessed to having dismembered college co-eds for two years. As well as cannabalizing, and raping their headless corpses."
The samples in this song are taken from reports on a serial killer named Ed Kemper. All of the samples were taken from his trial & testimony. He killed his grandparents at a young age just to see what it was like and many young women later on. One of his last killings was his mother in which he used her head as a dartboard and put her vocal chords in the garbage disposal then called the police.
Another sample missed: "He cut off her head and hands, then put her vocal chords in the garbage disposal, and threw darts at her severed head."
"The testimony shows the the frontal area of the brain and skull was fractured, jagged, and froze (?) a portion of the brain. As further orders, on such scheduled date you shall be put to death, by current of electricity."
(I find this sample odd though because according to wikipedia he asked to be given the death penalty however he was given life in prison instead.)
More here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Kemper
go to crimelibrary.com it is a more reliable source
Wow, what a fucking heavy song. I love it!
The Berzerker, the insanist of the insane, and I love it to death, All hail The Berzerker.
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Bezerker are just plainly fucken Brilliant oh and fucked up but i love it.......