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.
Its 6AM, open roads and open skies
under this Wyoming sunrise
a close encounter with
the emptiness and nothingness
21 years out on the run from our small hometown
you could hear a whisper in the wind
filling me with confidence
so i took advice from the headlights
it made it clear it opened up my eyes
and it opened up my mind
holding on forever to these dreams
we made together
im never gonna let them die
cause i couldnt bear the sight
there is not a word spoken
living in the moment
we're broken down but we're not broken
it will be alright
the world lied awake
as the haze burned away
the wheel seemed to turn on its own
on its way toward the horizons golden
so sunrise, im holding on to you
lift me up, drop me down
through the sounds and ill float
across the coasts, the unknowns
or in our minds where no one knows
this is where we choose to run away
from all the things we just can't take
all the forced smiles and dreams that washed away
[away]
deams that washed away.
holding on forever to these dreams
we made together
im never gonna let them die
i couldn't bear the sight
there is not a word spoken
living in the moment
we're broken down but we're not broken
[it will be]
hold on,
[alright]
hold tight,
be strong,
[it will be alright]
hold on,
holding on forever to
[hold tight]
these dreams we made together
[be strong]
im never gonna let them die
[it will be alright]
living in the moment
it will be alright.
under this Wyoming sunrise
a close encounter with
the emptiness and nothingness
21 years out on the run from our small hometown
you could hear a whisper in the wind
filling me with confidence
so i took advice from the headlights
it made it clear it opened up my eyes
and it opened up my mind
holding on forever to these dreams
we made together
im never gonna let them die
cause i couldnt bear the sight
there is not a word spoken
living in the moment
we're broken down but we're not broken
it will be alright
the world lied awake
as the haze burned away
the wheel seemed to turn on its own
on its way toward the horizons golden
so sunrise, im holding on to you
lift me up, drop me down
through the sounds and ill float
across the coasts, the unknowns
or in our minds where no one knows
this is where we choose to run away
from all the things we just can't take
all the forced smiles and dreams that washed away
[away]
deams that washed away.
holding on forever to these dreams
we made together
im never gonna let them die
i couldn't bear the sight
there is not a word spoken
living in the moment
we're broken down but we're not broken
[it will be]
hold on,
[alright]
hold tight,
be strong,
[it will be alright]
hold on,
holding on forever to
[hold tight]
these dreams we made together
[be strong]
im never gonna let them die
[it will be alright]
living in the moment
it will be alright.
Lyrics submitted by emox
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