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.
the searchlights have stopped, that means the helicopters have stopped looking for me. and i finally got to see the sky. bright red with brilliance, just like the blood that came shooting out of your eyes. if you won't look at me you won't look at anyone. the comparison is astounding. as the grass turned the color of the sky you told me you were sorry. as the grass turned the color of the sky you told me you were wrong. that's what the all say. on your knees and tell me you can live without me. your empty sockets will serve as my love.
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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brutal song. love the part "If you won't look at me you won't look at anyone." the clapping helps too.
It sounds to me like it's about a guy who was in hiding after someone had framed him and after he was on the clear, he went searching for this person for revenge. Or I could be completely wrong... either way this song is awesome. You cant help but dance.
Cool interpretation dude; never really thought about it like that. And FxFxIxNxE, Vincent's stated in a lot of interviews that his lyrics can mean several different things to several different people.
SKULL FUCK!!
hebrokeastring is a dolt. the song is about an ex girlfriend. it's a big metaphor!
Basically sounds like a guy tears out a girl's eyeballs and screws her empty sockets for revenge.
"As the grass turned the color of the sky you told me you were sorry / As the grass turned the color of the sky you told me you were wrong" basically means that she never apologized or admitted that anything she did was wrong in any way, and the guy is punishing her for it by cutting out her eyeballs (if you won't look at me you won't look at anyone / just like the blood that came shooting out of your eyes / your empty sockets will serve as my love, etc.).
this song is about a guy on the run after murdering his girlfriend that wanted to break up with him the your empty sockets will serve as my love part means he shot her eyes out and just like his love for her, there was nothing left
yeah its about fucking a bitch's eye sockets mane
This song is about a guy that murdered his girlfriend cause she tried to leave him. So he ripped her eyes out of her sockets, cause he doesn't want her to "see" (love) anybody else, but him. Then he got caught and was put away for a loooong time and broke out of jail. Now he's running and apparently got away.
Anyway, love this song
its about this guy who killed his girlfriend, and as the helicopters are looking for him, he just lays in the grass and looks at the sky
this is prolly about a cheating girlfriend who has eyes for some other guy so he rips them out sweet revenge