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.
So can't you see I need to leave
The world can burn without me
Don't I belong with every song
Keep letting rage come out me
Faith but not belief it helps me breathe
It feels like shade around me
Waste no relief I grind my teeth
I feel betrayed and lonely
Can it bleed you?
Can it see you?
Doesn't it hurt to hide it all?
Can it free you?
Can it feed you?
Ever the pride before the fall
Can it feel you?
Can it heal you?
Don't pass this up
Does it need you?
Does it please you?
Oh no
Faux and make believe
I can't conceive
Another way around these words
It's all so wrong
I'm too headstrong
To assuage the turnkey
Faith, the clover leaf
So keep this brief
But keep this cage around me
Hate with no reprieve
The knives unsheathed
I feel decay around me
Can it bleed you?
Can it see you?
Doesn't it hurt to hide it all?
Can it free you?
Can it feed you?
Ever the pride before the fall
Can it feel you?
Can it heal you?
Don't pass this up
Does it need you?
Does it please you?
Oh no
He says he's gonna hunt something
He seems to think the prey is me
If I can only have one wish
What do you think that wish would be?
Can it bleed you?
Can it see you?
Doesn't it hurt to hide it all?
Can it free you?
Can it feed you?
Ever the pride before the fall
Can it feel you?
Can it heal you?
Don't pass this up
Can it free you?
Can it feed you?
Ever the pride before the fall
Can it feel you?
Can it heal you?
Don't pass this up
Can it bleed you?
Can it see you?
Oh no
The world can burn without me
Don't I belong with every song
Keep letting rage come out me
Faith but not belief it helps me breathe
It feels like shade around me
Waste no relief I grind my teeth
I feel betrayed and lonely
Can it bleed you?
Can it see you?
Doesn't it hurt to hide it all?
Can it free you?
Can it feed you?
Ever the pride before the fall
Can it feel you?
Can it heal you?
Don't pass this up
Does it need you?
Does it please you?
Oh no
Faux and make believe
I can't conceive
Another way around these words
It's all so wrong
I'm too headstrong
To assuage the turnkey
Faith, the clover leaf
So keep this brief
But keep this cage around me
Hate with no reprieve
The knives unsheathed
I feel decay around me
Can it bleed you?
Can it see you?
Doesn't it hurt to hide it all?
Can it free you?
Can it feed you?
Ever the pride before the fall
Can it feel you?
Can it heal you?
Don't pass this up
Does it need you?
Does it please you?
Oh no
He says he's gonna hunt something
He seems to think the prey is me
If I can only have one wish
What do you think that wish would be?
Can it bleed you?
Can it see you?
Doesn't it hurt to hide it all?
Can it free you?
Can it feed you?
Ever the pride before the fall
Can it feel you?
Can it heal you?
Don't pass this up
Can it free you?
Can it feed you?
Ever the pride before the fall
Can it feel you?
Can it heal you?
Don't pass this up
Can it bleed you?
Can it see you?
Oh no
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Pride Before the Fall Lyrics as written by Shaun Morgan Welgemoed
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I think this song is either about 1)being ashamed of the person you're in love with or 2)how you think you're hotshit until you get rejected by someone you like. Haha. Either way, there is ANGER. I like this song, even though I'm usually not into the whole angry-as-hell genre. I haven't heard any of their other songs, so I don't know if "seether just rocks" but it's a good song.
Seether can not be topped. The heart and soul behind this band is the real deal.
'I am violence sent to F@#k you uuuuupp!'
You go Shaun!!
Seether just rocks.
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I love this song especially because of all the anger it shows, screaming, just loud in general makes it better to listen to when your in a bad mood
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I see it as a rape survivor expressing their rage and pain and wanting to take revenge out on the person who did it. But it almost sounds like they travelled back in time to before it happened and that's the perspective it's coming from. Idk. That's just my take and how I see it, even though that's probably not at all what the song is about.