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.
gets hard and harder, the piston strains to the mortar
that's when I'm in love I'm in love I'm in love
what I seek is rhythm
put that strain into my head Lord
Lord take me and make me reel,
take these fantasies and turn them into a reality
Lord I know it's a simple and a dumb wish
I know that I'm stupid, Lord, but grant me this:
if you can be kind Lord, I can be strong
if you can be kind Lord, I can be faithful
I can be patient, I can be loving, I can be strong
I can be evil, I can be wicked, I can be alone
I can be truthful, I can be a liar, I can be lost
I can be evil, I can be wicked, I can be one
so stand alone, stand alone
Lord take it from my gentle hands
what I want is music, what I want is living, what I want is this:
what I want is myself unto the borders and into the bliss
what I want is a record of all that has passed through these little hands
what I want is a record of all that I have loved
and all that I will
and I want a picture, a picture that I can kiss
my little sweetheart, my true and new one,
my one and only love
that's when I'm in love I'm in love I'm in love
what I seek is rhythm
put that strain into my head Lord
Lord take me and make me reel,
take these fantasies and turn them into a reality
Lord I know it's a simple and a dumb wish
I know that I'm stupid, Lord, but grant me this:
if you can be kind Lord, I can be strong
if you can be kind Lord, I can be faithful
I can be patient, I can be loving, I can be strong
I can be evil, I can be wicked, I can be alone
I can be truthful, I can be a liar, I can be lost
I can be evil, I can be wicked, I can be one
so stand alone, stand alone
Lord take it from my gentle hands
what I want is music, what I want is living, what I want is this:
what I want is myself unto the borders and into the bliss
what I want is a record of all that has passed through these little hands
what I want is a record of all that I have loved
and all that I will
and I want a picture, a picture that I can kiss
my little sweetheart, my true and new one,
my one and only love
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