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.
Systematically layered beneath the understated
Borderland calling me home
Curiousity has taken it's toll
Empathetic - into the darkness I fall alone
Hear what you say when you whisper the truth of your lies
I wanna fly over falling stars
How I love breathing into this lifelessness
Reminds me I can't paint like God
Say no more
Carve me a smile, make it deep and wide and mortal
Drain my eyes 'til the sky goes pop
Bleeding out in my own idolatry for you
My adoration dripping drop by drop by drop
Can't get enough symphony in her eyes to eden
Enter me my last chance for hope
Had a god but I fucked her all the way...
Because she couldn't feel what I wrote
Say no more
I've heard enough to know
Do you want to bleed the sky?
You better say goodnight tonight
Bleed the sky tonight say goodnight tonight,
I've heard enough to know
I wanna bleed the sky
Make when we bring the Reaper
Sleepin' in the bloodshot eyes
Because I'm down with the sun
And when it keeps you high
Well then forget it - because we're gonna' pop this quiz
When I bleed the sky tonight say goodnight
No more life to live
say no more
Borderland calling me home
Curiousity has taken it's toll
Empathetic - into the darkness I fall alone
Hear what you say when you whisper the truth of your lies
I wanna fly over falling stars
How I love breathing into this lifelessness
Reminds me I can't paint like God
Say no more
Carve me a smile, make it deep and wide and mortal
Drain my eyes 'til the sky goes pop
Bleeding out in my own idolatry for you
My adoration dripping drop by drop by drop
Can't get enough symphony in her eyes to eden
Enter me my last chance for hope
Had a god but I fucked her all the way...
Because she couldn't feel what I wrote
Say no more
I've heard enough to know
Do you want to bleed the sky?
You better say goodnight tonight
Bleed the sky tonight say goodnight tonight,
I've heard enough to know
I wanna bleed the sky
Make when we bring the Reaper
Sleepin' in the bloodshot eyes
Because I'm down with the sun
And when it keeps you high
Well then forget it - because we're gonna' pop this quiz
When I bleed the sky tonight say goodnight
No more life to live
say no more
Lyrics submitted by missderelict
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