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.
Tell me now you sinner
You run for a better world
Tell me why you'd leave her
Despite all the hurt
Don't deny that you once tried to mend
The circumstances now out of hand
And don't deny your life's a living hell
You're a shadow of your own self
Tell me now you sinner
Still lost in your secret world
Tell me now you've seen her
You know how she hurts
Don't deny that you will understand
The circumstances of pain at hand
And don't assert that we will both survive
'Cause I can't take more of life
Stretch your arms out for the fire
For another dark desire
In the fields you burn with loss again
As you dream your life away
Say: would you never walk away
On the break of a coming day
Would you end this line with me
Would you like to waste away what we've ever been?
Would you like to come along with me?
Would you like to lay to rest our insanity?
Would you like to cope for the unreal?
You run for a better world
Tell me why you'd leave her
Despite all the hurt
Don't deny that you once tried to mend
The circumstances now out of hand
And don't deny your life's a living hell
You're a shadow of your own self
Tell me now you sinner
Still lost in your secret world
Tell me now you've seen her
You know how she hurts
Don't deny that you will understand
The circumstances of pain at hand
And don't assert that we will both survive
'Cause I can't take more of life
Stretch your arms out for the fire
For another dark desire
In the fields you burn with loss again
As you dream your life away
Say: would you never walk away
On the break of a coming day
Would you end this line with me
Would you like to waste away what we've ever been?
Would you like to come along with me?
Would you like to lay to rest our insanity?
Would you like to cope for the unreal?
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