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.
Get up, smile, find a need, wash your hair, bleach your teeth
Develop habit,
Automatic
Compromise, build a bridge,
Sacrifice, sacrilege
Sell yourself,
Automatic
Nobody out there knows
None of them have intent
Pretension and purpose
Fashioned in plastic heads
Everyone drives all day
None of them have a goal
Everyone's lost their way
All of them play the game
Set a goal
Make it happen
Imagine love
Fake a passion
Change your name
Stay in fashion
Make a deal
Make it happen
Compromise, build a bridge
Sacrifice, sacrilege
Same cars
Same clothes
Same desires
Same woes
Lose it all
Automatic
Nobody out there feels
None of them sees the end
Pretension and purpose
Fashioning plastic heads
Everyone drives all day
Searching their empty hearts
Everyone's lost their way
All of us fall apart
Automatic
Automatic
Develop habit,
Automatic
Compromise, build a bridge,
Sacrifice, sacrilege
Sell yourself,
Automatic
Nobody out there knows
None of them have intent
Pretension and purpose
Fashioned in plastic heads
Everyone drives all day
None of them have a goal
Everyone's lost their way
All of them play the game
Set a goal
Make it happen
Imagine love
Fake a passion
Change your name
Stay in fashion
Make a deal
Make it happen
Compromise, build a bridge
Sacrifice, sacrilege
Same cars
Same clothes
Same desires
Same woes
Lose it all
Automatic
Nobody out there feels
None of them sees the end
Pretension and purpose
Fashioning plastic heads
Everyone drives all day
Searching their empty hearts
Everyone's lost their way
All of us fall apart
Automatic
Automatic
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Automatic Lyrics as written by Brendon Arthur James William David South
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Maybe trying to get inside the head of Derrick Plourde moments/ days before his death... dunno... this whole album makes me feel sad. I cant help thinking of the waste of talent the day it all went down. :(
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ooh i kind of like this song. never heard of this band before, but i just purevolumed them. Anyway, i think this song is just about the way that people compromise themselves so they can be viewed favorably by soicety. The whole automatic theme is talking about becoming unfeeling, so that it just comes naturally when you have to break down and replace pieces of who you are
tical2k hit it, someone in grips of depression is looking at life and seeing that nothing they do is different from anyone else. "Same cars, same clothes, same desires, same woes" means that everyone around is living the same life with the same aspirations which basically equate to nothing in the end. Great song, damned shame anyone should ever feel this way about life.
Its just as you all say. Joey tries to go deep into Derrick's mind and find how he felt with his depression ruining his mind over and over. Creepy talks about something similar, and the whole LP turns around these kind of stuff. Pretty cool and sad at the same time for people with depression and suicidal tendencies, makes you wonder if anything is worth it.