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.
Come on now
Pull the flesh over those bones and rise
'Cause you're not supposed to lie here
In the middle of the road, in the middle of the night
Stand up and breathe in again
And run along now to the other side
'Cause your friends are standing by
And tell them I'm sorry that I ever learned to drive
Pull the flesh over those bones and rise
'Cause you're not supposed to lie here
In the middle of the road, in the middle of the night
Stand up and breathe in again
And run along now to the other side
'Cause your friends are standing by
And tell them I'm sorry that I ever learned to drive
Lyrics submitted by iddonuk
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this song i like.
I love all of their music. This song made me cry when I first heard it.
Same here. <3
it's about the time he hit a deer with his car. i am completely not joking.
I wish I hadn't read that post about the deer. No offense intended to mimicry at all, but this song always made me think of two different things. One was my best friend's little brother being hit and killed by a car a few years ago. The other was about how much I hurt a girl a few years ago.
i heard it was about a kid getting hit by a car, not a deer, but i could be wrong.
FACT: This song is about a deer. When the Gloria homepage was up, Chris had kind of an online diary. Nothing special, only a few entries. One was about a dream he had, that included a deer.Hence Ascension Dream. And an even stronger proof: I got a TGR t-shirt, that hes these lines printed on, and next to the lyrics stands a deer. So, yeah, this song is about hitting a deer.
This song being about a deer or not, to me it's Chris singing to himself.
He's trying to pick himself up from whatever caused him to fall.
That's my perception of it.
It was definitely Jesus Christ who was hit by the car.
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