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.
You said that life was hard enough as it is
From the time we open our eyes
It’s a dangerous sport
And we figured it was all about sex and death
Sat there bigging up ourselves and feeling smug
Notices the creases and the cracks in the plan
How the surest of the surest can slip through our hands
Now we can’t afford to think about it any longer
Need some water and some bed rest for a hangover cure
And I want it easy on the senses
We want it easy on the eye
Easy to be questioned
Easy to reply
Easy on the senses
We want it easy on the eye
Easy to be questioned
Easy to reply
There’s so much that I don’t know and I never will
Sometimes to learn something you have to lose something else
But I know every inch of your skin
The dimples, the aches, the pains, and the sins
You said I run from confrontation
Don’t want to face my demons
They might give me what for
I’m sure that I’m not different from anyone else
I want love and understanding
And a place to grow old
And I want it easy on the senses
We want it easy on the eye
Easy to be questioned
Easy to reply
Easy on the senses
We want it easy on the eye
Easy to be questioned
Easy to reply
All of the answers are probably in you and me
But all I want right now is hours of T.V.
And on Saturdays I only want to dance
And squeeze out every Sunday to the last
I’m sure that I’m not different from anyone else
I want love and understanding
And a place to grow old
And I want it easy on the senses
We want it easy on the eye
Easy to be questioned
Easy to reply
Easy on the senses
I want it easy on the eye
Easy to be questioned
Easy to reply
I want it easy
From the time we open our eyes
It’s a dangerous sport
And we figured it was all about sex and death
Sat there bigging up ourselves and feeling smug
Notices the creases and the cracks in the plan
How the surest of the surest can slip through our hands
Now we can’t afford to think about it any longer
Need some water and some bed rest for a hangover cure
And I want it easy on the senses
We want it easy on the eye
Easy to be questioned
Easy to reply
Easy on the senses
We want it easy on the eye
Easy to be questioned
Easy to reply
There’s so much that I don’t know and I never will
Sometimes to learn something you have to lose something else
But I know every inch of your skin
The dimples, the aches, the pains, and the sins
You said I run from confrontation
Don’t want to face my demons
They might give me what for
I’m sure that I’m not different from anyone else
I want love and understanding
And a place to grow old
And I want it easy on the senses
We want it easy on the eye
Easy to be questioned
Easy to reply
Easy on the senses
We want it easy on the eye
Easy to be questioned
Easy to reply
All of the answers are probably in you and me
But all I want right now is hours of T.V.
And on Saturdays I only want to dance
And squeeze out every Sunday to the last
I’m sure that I’m not different from anyone else
I want love and understanding
And a place to grow old
And I want it easy on the senses
We want it easy on the eye
Easy to be questioned
Easy to reply
Easy on the senses
I want it easy on the eye
Easy to be questioned
Easy to reply
I want it easy
Lyrics submitted by ThatWeirdGirl
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