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.
All the umbrellas in london
Couldn't hide my love for you
All the rain on thames-side
Couldn't stop shining through
I dreamt of you last night
Lying next to me in blue
All the umbrellas in london
Couldn't hide my love for you
Run to the window and call out my name
We'll meet where the sun goes to hide from the rain
From the rain
From the rain
All the umbrellas in london
Couldn't hide my love for you
When everyone else is hiding
Rainy sundays drunk at two
You'll whisper sweet lies to me
And one of them will be true
All the umbrellas in london
Couldn't hide my love for you
The gloom of the city at evening is still
You whisper come to me
And I always will
Always will
Always will
All the rain in this town
And still the sky is blue
Saint james square is teeming with doves
And that's what set me free
Across the darkening city
To an attic room for two
All the umbrellas in london
Couldn't hide my love for you
I counted all the lights
They don't shine as bright
They don't pierce the night
Like you do
Like you do
Like you do
Like you do
Couldn't hide my love for you
All the rain on thames-side
Couldn't stop shining through
I dreamt of you last night
Lying next to me in blue
All the umbrellas in london
Couldn't hide my love for you
Run to the window and call out my name
We'll meet where the sun goes to hide from the rain
From the rain
From the rain
All the umbrellas in london
Couldn't hide my love for you
When everyone else is hiding
Rainy sundays drunk at two
You'll whisper sweet lies to me
And one of them will be true
All the umbrellas in london
Couldn't hide my love for you
The gloom of the city at evening is still
You whisper come to me
And I always will
Always will
Always will
All the rain in this town
And still the sky is blue
Saint james square is teeming with doves
And that's what set me free
Across the darkening city
To an attic room for two
All the umbrellas in london
Couldn't hide my love for you
I counted all the lights
They don't shine as bright
They don't pierce the night
Like you do
Like you do
Like you do
Like you do
Lyrics submitted by Halloween Alaska
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