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 you give up too recently and follow every whim
Loose your mind before it could even begin
Missing link it might be what you got, so won't you give it a shot
So you do it all the same and you do it all again
You wake up in the morning and you ain't got a friend
Your boss is coming down on you and you can't pay the rent and then
Back into trouble again
Missing link has got you beaten, battered, bruised
If you had a problem now it's two
Missing link he took you down a notch so won't you give it a shot
You're always under pressure
It's harder to be sane when
You wake up and you realize that every day's the same
You can't go back to work and now you know just who to blame, ain't it a shame?
Back into trouble again
Missing link I know you tried to cut him loose
But missing link is still a part of you
Think you lost him but it ain't exactly showing
Got you by the neck and now there ain't no way of knowing
Pretend you got a will but you know just where it's going
Missing link has got you standing on the brink
Left the world to rot and to stink
Left the world you pick up the pieces of the puzzle
And now you get a lot of work done but you don't get a cent
You wake up in the morning and do it all again
Your landlords coming down on you and you can't pay the rent and then
Back into trouble again
Loose your mind before it could even begin
Missing link it might be what you got, so won't you give it a shot
So you do it all the same and you do it all again
You wake up in the morning and you ain't got a friend
Your boss is coming down on you and you can't pay the rent and then
Back into trouble again
Missing link has got you beaten, battered, bruised
If you had a problem now it's two
Missing link he took you down a notch so won't you give it a shot
You're always under pressure
It's harder to be sane when
You wake up and you realize that every day's the same
You can't go back to work and now you know just who to blame, ain't it a shame?
Back into trouble again
Missing link I know you tried to cut him loose
But missing link is still a part of you
Think you lost him but it ain't exactly showing
Got you by the neck and now there ain't no way of knowing
Pretend you got a will but you know just where it's going
Missing link has got you standing on the brink
Left the world to rot and to stink
Left the world you pick up the pieces of the puzzle
And now you get a lot of work done but you don't get a cent
You wake up in the morning and do it all again
Your landlords coming down on you and you can't pay the rent and then
Back into trouble again
Lyrics submitted by punkrockchick217
Missing Link Lyrics as written by Randy Fitzsimmons
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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