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.
In decadence I take thee by the hand
Too frail, to gain the promised land
Too frail, to take your pain away
Too frail, a sequel of decay
May millenniums gather
On the mirage of desolated souls
Far between departure and sorrow
I breed my afterthought
In thy hours of vast dejection's haunt, wane
An angel strays upon my door
So frail and lost within
To weep upon her days of yore
My decadent come in
Her stain and tears upon my floor
The sorrow that she brings
Devotion of a life outworn
In decadence come in
May thy lids desorb
From emerald seas
A pending solitary
Though thy pain redeems,
Life it seems to be
A fragile sanctuary
Too frail, to gain the promised land
Too frail, to take your pain away
Too frail, a sequel of decay
May millenniums gather
On the mirage of desolated souls
Far between departure and sorrow
I breed my afterthought
In thy hours of vast dejection's haunt, wane
An angel strays upon my door
So frail and lost within
To weep upon her days of yore
My decadent come in
Her stain and tears upon my floor
The sorrow that she brings
Devotion of a life outworn
In decadence come in
May thy lids desorb
From emerald seas
A pending solitary
Though thy pain redeems,
Life it seems to be
A fragile sanctuary
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I believe the words at the beginning of this song to be:
Checkered by the dawn, enslaved in life enthralling Swept up by the mortal waste of my enslaved emotion Aeons on the gloss in argentine pending Concuria stopping and prevail the conquering angina Concuria stopping and prevail the conquering...
That is very good, did you work that out by listening to it? Well done!
I took other a few people's intepretations from the Tristania forum, merged them, then replaced some words with what sounded more accurate in my view.
yup this song is beautiful, it doesnt mean anything realistic. According to an interview with band this song is about worldy problems and how fragile life is.
This song is so beautiful it brings me to tears.
I know what you mean ;)
I know what you mean ;)
Can anyone figure out the latin lyrics for this song?
This song is simply beautiful!I'm not really into all this gothic,or gothic doom music,but this band is just incredible.When I first saw their picture I tought Vibeke was Tarja Turunen,so I tought''what the hell?!''Even their voices are similar.But Vibeke is beter than Tarja,much better!
I love this song SOOOOOOO much!! It's probably THE most beautiful song I ever heard!! I miss Vibeke.
Oh yeah, I forgot. The song to me was about a woman who had seen a lot of sorrow and her life. She's become so hopeless and she feels that she can never see happiness and experience joy.
Did I mention how much I love this song?! I can't help it! It's like my most favorite song ever!!! I'd seriously marry someone immediately if they sang that song to me!!
I always thought this song was something to do with the beyond the veil concept but i don't really understand it.