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.
You know it's the time
So goodbye for now
I crudely descend
The stairway to defend
Me and my 424
I piss you off in slanted rhyme
Walk away in 3/4 time
And the nude descends
The stairway once again
Basement living always mends
I'll come to you then
Shell shocked pale gray
A box of T-D-K's
And me and my 424
You can ask my 424
For guidance and for help
As it pulled me through
Number five and number twelve
Say goodbye to model two
Cause the discontinued you
I got parts and I got spares
Unlimited repairs
For my 424
It's not really four tracks
You can add and you can subtract
Unlimited sky above you and
Me and my 424
So goodbye for now
I crudely descend
The stairway to defend
Me and my 424
I piss you off in slanted rhyme
Walk away in 3/4 time
And the nude descends
The stairway once again
Basement living always mends
I'll come to you then
Shell shocked pale gray
A box of T-D-K's
And me and my 424
You can ask my 424
For guidance and for help
As it pulled me through
Number five and number twelve
Say goodbye to model two
Cause the discontinued you
I got parts and I got spares
Unlimited repairs
For my 424
It's not really four tracks
You can add and you can subtract
Unlimited sky above you and
Me and my 424
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is it possible that he uses the nude descending a staircase to contrast his own work?
the nude descends the stairway once again basement living always mends i'll come to you then shell shocked pale gray a box of TDK's and me and my 424
that particular painting challenged the limits of the era driving people to look forward. i think vanderslice is encouraging people to look back. coming to them after they have suffered the shell shock of being modernized with his retro active recording techniques. reminding them that everything that comes the past isn't a terrible thing.
A copy of the painting hung in the stairwell of his basement.