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.
Hey what's the big deal?
Tell me how to feel?
I know where we boomeranged and fell from grace
Point me to the stars I'm up for the chase
I know where we fell on our face
Jump with me
You jump with me
Hey, what's the big deal?
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
I don't want to boomerang
I don't want to cannonball
I'm not angling
I don't want to fall
Tell me I'm the anchor of my own ascension
Tell me I'm a tourist in the fourth dimension?
Hey, what's the big deal?
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
Work it out
I am vibrating at the speed of light
Take my hand, we'll wind up the night
Spin me, win me, lift me, kiss me
Trip me, cuss me, bend me, trust me
Touch me now
You take my hand
You trust me now
You understand
So what's the big deal?
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
I am vibrating at the speed of light
Tell me how to feel?
I know where we boomeranged and fell from grace
Point me to the stars I'm up for the chase
I know where we fell on our face
Jump with me
You jump with me
Hey, what's the big deal?
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
I don't want to boomerang
I don't want to cannonball
I'm not angling
I don't want to fall
Tell me I'm the anchor of my own ascension
Tell me I'm a tourist in the fourth dimension?
Hey, what's the big deal?
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
Work it out
I am vibrating at the speed of light
Take my hand, we'll wind up the night
Spin me, win me, lift me, kiss me
Trip me, cuss me, bend me, trust me
Touch me now
You take my hand
You trust me now
You understand
So what's the big deal?
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
I'm an animal
I am vibrating at the speed of light
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If the tracks on Around the Sun had been like this song or Bad Day, I would have enjoied that record so much more...
i've only heard this song once (i wish i owned in time, but i dont) so my meaning might be wrong. i think its about how people act like animals instead of human beings sometimes.
I recon its about the fact that everyone has such a big issue with people that are slightly 'different' to your average joe, and how this affects Michael, because of being gay. Good song.
I agree ^_^
In In Time, it says it was a completely meaningless song written spontaniously in about ten minuets. Haha. You're all wrong, I rein supreeme! ...anyway, does anyone know what's being said in the background when they're changing "I'm an animal..."?
The answer landed on my rooftop. Whoa. The future and the truth on my rooftop. Whoa. The future is calling me to work it out. Whoa.
edit* It's calling me to work it out.
For ten minutes, this poem is surely a masterwork within the constraints of being meaningless and being fleetly penned.
This song rules...I've always loved "Losing My Religion", this takes maybe a close second for how much it rules.
This song talks about the fact we are animals
Yeah it's "humans are animals" and, I think, a reference to quantum physics changing our perception of reality, yet at the same time we're still animals, so the meaning of quantum physics is fairly irrelevant. So you have "I'm vibrating at the speed of light" (as is everything) and "Tell me I'm a tourist in the fourth dimension" leading to "So what's the big deal? I'm an animal." Whatever, the song rocks ;o)