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.
Holy water
Clouds my thinking
Sinking low now
Keep on drinking
Down you go
Suffer long
Down you go
Sin make me strong
Down you go
Suffer long
Down you go
Sin make me strong, yeah
You control me
Soul, you stole mine
Wishful thinking
Six feet under
Down you go
Suffer long
Down you go
Sin make me strong
Down you go
Suffer long
Down you go
Sin make me strong, yeah
So feel what were my eyes
Sink into the holes in my eyes
My sins have made me blind
Sink into the holes in my eyes, yeah
Dead by dreaming
Sleep, you steal mine
Pools of cold sweat
Hatred burns me
Down you go
Suffer long
Down you go
Sin make me strong
Down you go
Suffer long
Down you go
Sin make me strong
Still shackled to the shadow
Still shackled to the shadow
That followed you
Still shackled to the shadow
Still shackled to the shadow
That followed
Still shackled to the shadow
Still shackled to the shadow
That followed you
That followed you
Clouds my thinking
Sinking low now
Keep on drinking
Down you go
Suffer long
Down you go
Sin make me strong
Down you go
Suffer long
Down you go
Sin make me strong, yeah
You control me
Soul, you stole mine
Wishful thinking
Six feet under
Down you go
Suffer long
Down you go
Sin make me strong
Down you go
Suffer long
Down you go
Sin make me strong, yeah
So feel what were my eyes
Sink into the holes in my eyes
My sins have made me blind
Sink into the holes in my eyes, yeah
Dead by dreaming
Sleep, you steal mine
Pools of cold sweat
Hatred burns me
Down you go
Suffer long
Down you go
Sin make me strong
Down you go
Suffer long
Down you go
Sin make me strong
Still shackled to the shadow
Still shackled to the shadow
That followed you
Still shackled to the shadow
Still shackled to the shadow
That followed
Still shackled to the shadow
Still shackled to the shadow
That followed you
That followed you
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