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.
I'll peel back the skin from my head
Let the sun melt you from my memory
I'll drink myself to sleep and escape
The nightmares of being awake
I'll set the air afire
You never even tried to tell me
What went wrong, what went wrong
In this train wreck that we built together
What went wrong, what went wrong
Under shaking skin, underneath it all
Kill me from within Kill me, kill me
You said always
Say you will, pretend to care
Say you will be there
Always
Say you will, pretend to care
Say you will be there
Always
Steal my breath, taint the air
Every bone in my body's been broken
And my life is a jaw wired shut,
My voice is my curse and my shelter from the pain
And I'm breathing carbon just to fall
Asleep at night Asleep at night
In this train wreck that we built together
Nothing's right, nothing's right
I'm teething
I'm cutting gums for the first time
Under shaking skin, underneath it all
Kill me from within Kill me, kill me
You said always
Say you will, pretend to care
Say you will be there
Always
Say you will, pretend to care
Say you will be there
You said always
You're stabbing my heart
Broken hearts, broken doors
Dying on a hotel floor
Because of a small black box you couldn't receive
I'll drive you home tomorrow in silence My sister will return it
This is the end of the summer, and the beginnings of the fall
You'll leave me two months later In an airport goodbye
And as the weeks go on the letters and the phone calls decrease
Ah, to fade from memory
So keep the punches coming:
left,right,right,left,left
Kick the throat you used to kiss
Push face into concrete
A smile, a giant fist
The bloody face of bliss
And as I gasp for my last breath,
I crawl back into your perfect poison arms
Let the sun melt you from my memory
I'll drink myself to sleep and escape
The nightmares of being awake
I'll set the air afire
You never even tried to tell me
What went wrong, what went wrong
In this train wreck that we built together
What went wrong, what went wrong
Under shaking skin, underneath it all
Kill me from within Kill me, kill me
You said always
Say you will, pretend to care
Say you will be there
Always
Say you will, pretend to care
Say you will be there
Always
Steal my breath, taint the air
Every bone in my body's been broken
And my life is a jaw wired shut,
My voice is my curse and my shelter from the pain
And I'm breathing carbon just to fall
Asleep at night Asleep at night
In this train wreck that we built together
Nothing's right, nothing's right
I'm teething
I'm cutting gums for the first time
Under shaking skin, underneath it all
Kill me from within Kill me, kill me
You said always
Say you will, pretend to care
Say you will be there
Always
Say you will, pretend to care
Say you will be there
You said always
You're stabbing my heart
Broken hearts, broken doors
Dying on a hotel floor
Because of a small black box you couldn't receive
I'll drive you home tomorrow in silence My sister will return it
This is the end of the summer, and the beginnings of the fall
You'll leave me two months later In an airport goodbye
And as the weeks go on the letters and the phone calls decrease
Ah, to fade from memory
So keep the punches coming:
left,right,right,left,left
Kick the throat you used to kiss
Push face into concrete
A smile, a giant fist
The bloody face of bliss
And as I gasp for my last breath,
I crawl back into your perfect poison arms
Lyrics submitted by hotenuf924
The Diamond Ring Lyrics as written by Desmond Child Jon Bon Jovi
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Great version of a great song,
Seems pretty personal "my sister will return it"
I like the old version better too.
I'm really starting to dig their new cd. It's good shit.
"Some mad cunts right here." haha, you rule dude.