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 don't know you, not sure I want to
You're far away, so far, so far
My resistance, it's the distance
I am far away, so far, so far
Just one day, it's o-o-over
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
It probably wouldn't, wouldn't have worked out
Anyway
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
We probably wouldn't have got along, anyway
Anyway
Stand on a star, close eyes, close
Turn around, turn around till you fall down
Stand on a star, close your eyes
Are we getting closer to the ground
Just one day, it's o-o-over
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
It probably wouldn't have worked out
Anyway
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
We probably wouldn't have got along, anyway
I'll keep you still, still I will
I'll keep you still
Like a photograph, like a photograph I will
I will keep you, yeah, I'll keep you still
We talked and on and wondering why
Long until dawn, staring up at the sky
And our mouths they were moving, our minds they were kissing
You smiled and said it is what you had been missing
Oh, oh, over, I'll close my eyes, tell me pretty lies
Oh, I wouldn't speak, no, I won't to say a word
I'll close my eyes, tell me pretty lies
'Cause when I speak the lines, the lines get blurred
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
It probably wouldn't, wouldn't have worked out
Anyway
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
We probably wouldn't have got along, anyway
I'll close my eyes, tell me pretty lies
Oh, I wouldn't speak, no, I won't to say a word
I'll close my eyes, tell me pretty lies
'Cause when I speak the lines, the lines get blurred
You're far away, so far, so far
My resistance, it's the distance
I am far away, so far, so far
Just one day, it's o-o-over
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
It probably wouldn't, wouldn't have worked out
Anyway
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
We probably wouldn't have got along, anyway
Anyway
Stand on a star, close eyes, close
Turn around, turn around till you fall down
Stand on a star, close your eyes
Are we getting closer to the ground
Just one day, it's o-o-over
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
It probably wouldn't have worked out
Anyway
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
We probably wouldn't have got along, anyway
I'll keep you still, still I will
I'll keep you still
Like a photograph, like a photograph I will
I will keep you, yeah, I'll keep you still
We talked and on and wondering why
Long until dawn, staring up at the sky
And our mouths they were moving, our minds they were kissing
You smiled and said it is what you had been missing
Oh, oh, over, I'll close my eyes, tell me pretty lies
Oh, I wouldn't speak, no, I won't to say a word
I'll close my eyes, tell me pretty lies
'Cause when I speak the lines, the lines get blurred
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
It probably wouldn't, wouldn't have worked out
Anyway
One, one perfect day
Let's keep, keep it that way
We probably wouldn't have got along, anyway
I'll close my eyes, tell me pretty lies
Oh, I wouldn't speak, no, I won't to say a word
I'll close my eyes, tell me pretty lies
'Cause when I speak the lines, the lines get blurred
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