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.
If every child chased dreams of
societal reorganisation
In place of sweet wrappers and escape
Then we would see Mr Cadbury's
enlightened industrialism
for what it really, fucking is
social morphene: we'd have ourselves a pre-school army!
Walt Disney, is pushing social and sexual hierachy
My bed time stories a GMTV gomulka
Slumbering, in my Jimmy Jammies!
My wonderous imagination, long since closed and put away
Willy Wonka was a capitalist, confidence, trickster
A poster boy for neo-liberalism
A full stop on revolt.
See the BFG a propagandist for an unnacountable regeme
Orwells vision, with a wrinkled face
hold out the arm and quiet the voice
My first McDonlads visit, a vacination
The time my parents took me to the school/clinic
Handed me over, to the teahcer/nurse/whatever
Hold out the arm and quiet the voice x3
I too
got sucked in by the myth machine
unatainable
but I just wish we weren't so fuckin mindless
little more suspision in our fairy tales please!
drowned in
recurring nightmare of casual influence
but I just wish weren't so fuckin mindless
Mum and Dad, Mum I'm sorry I won't do what Enid Blyton tells me
Our jealousy, at their opportunity
the once weak will one day rule this world
because the monsters underneath the bed,
are merely jaded feelings.
societal reorganisation
In place of sweet wrappers and escape
Then we would see Mr Cadbury's
enlightened industrialism
for what it really, fucking is
social morphene: we'd have ourselves a pre-school army!
Walt Disney, is pushing social and sexual hierachy
My bed time stories a GMTV gomulka
Slumbering, in my Jimmy Jammies!
My wonderous imagination, long since closed and put away
Willy Wonka was a capitalist, confidence, trickster
A poster boy for neo-liberalism
A full stop on revolt.
See the BFG a propagandist for an unnacountable regeme
Orwells vision, with a wrinkled face
hold out the arm and quiet the voice
My first McDonlads visit, a vacination
The time my parents took me to the school/clinic
Handed me over, to the teahcer/nurse/whatever
Hold out the arm and quiet the voice x3
I too
got sucked in by the myth machine
unatainable
but I just wish we weren't so fuckin mindless
little more suspision in our fairy tales please!
drowned in
recurring nightmare of casual influence
but I just wish weren't so fuckin mindless
Mum and Dad, Mum I'm sorry I won't do what Enid Blyton tells me
Our jealousy, at their opportunity
the once weak will one day rule this world
because the monsters underneath the bed,
are merely jaded feelings.
Lyrics submitted by Harry_Manback
Charlie And The Propaganda Myth Machine Lyrics as written by Cameron David Dean Benjamin Russell Erring Dawson
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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<font color=#ff66ff><b>Also, I love the bass at the beginning. Julz rocks!!! And still works a normal job when not playing in MD!!</font></b>