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.
Ever since I saw you
On my so-called life,
I've been writing you these letters
Asking you to be my wife.
But its been almost a year
And still I've gotten no reply,
I'm assuming you have met some other guy.
So I sit in my room,
Watch Romeo & Juliet
A thousand times.
I wish I was as cool
As Leonardo is
But I'm not.
[Chorus]
I went on Jerry Springer
To confess my love to you
You said I didn't have a chance
And there was nothing I could do
You told me I was crazy
And wished that I was dead.
You threw a chair right upside my head
Today I highjacked a plane
I wrote your name across the sky,
Miss Clare Danes.
But they were waiting on the ground
To take me straight to jail
[Chorus]
I'm staring at your pictures
From my lonely little cell
I'm writing you this letter
To let you know i doing well
Until we meet again
You know I'll cry a thousand tears
And I'll see you in another twenty years.
I'll see you in another twenty years.
I'll see you in another twenty years.
On my so-called life,
I've been writing you these letters
Asking you to be my wife.
But its been almost a year
And still I've gotten no reply,
I'm assuming you have met some other guy.
So I sit in my room,
Watch Romeo & Juliet
A thousand times.
I wish I was as cool
As Leonardo is
But I'm not.
[Chorus]
I went on Jerry Springer
To confess my love to you
You said I didn't have a chance
And there was nothing I could do
You told me I was crazy
And wished that I was dead.
You threw a chair right upside my head
Today I highjacked a plane
I wrote your name across the sky,
Miss Clare Danes.
But they were waiting on the ground
To take me straight to jail
[Chorus]
I'm staring at your pictures
From my lonely little cell
I'm writing you this letter
To let you know i doing well
Until we meet again
You know I'll cry a thousand tears
And I'll see you in another twenty years.
I'll see you in another twenty years.
I'll see you in another twenty years.
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this is probably the ataris' best song on "look forward to failure" besides san dimas high school football rules. obviously it's about guy who is crazily in love with a girl that wants nothing to do with him. it's a great song. w00t yay for ataris. =D
the guy being kris and the grrrrrl being clare danes. he had 'a major crush' on her in 'my so called life' hense the song title.
This is just a crazy all around feel good song!!! I love the ending!
'my so called life' is a tv show... claire danes is an actress who stars this show (i think, i'm not from usa)
kris wrote this song and was going to show it to claire danes but she was dating ben lee and didn't want anything with him ... so he wrote the song "ben lee"
where the hell are the lyrics to san dimas high school football rules?..i like that song..but am personally too lazy to put them up there myself...hahahaha...any body wanna do it for me? so that i may comment on it? lol..oh yeah..my so called life is a good song too (=
this is the first ataris song i ever heard... they introduced me to punk in general (punk in general -- is that ok to say?) anyways, this song is hilarious and the ataris rock!
hahaha!! he got smacked in the head!! Rock on Ataris! Keep those stinkin psycho stalkers away Claire Danes! I wanna see the music video of this if there is one.
:)... nuff said
this is one great song n i love it
Which part does Mark Hoppus sing? Is it the "I'm staring at your pictures from my lonely little cell"? It doesn't sound like him. Or is he the backup "ahhh ahh"? Haha. I can't tell, damnit.