He certainly did earn that reputation.
All right!
Whoo!
A pretty face and a dirty love
Knew right away that I had to get my hooks in you
Yeah, yeah
I'm running low on memories
If you wanna make a buck, boy, you gotta be a tease, uh-huh
I say yeah, yeah
I need it all, baby, that's no lie
I need a lover with an alibi
I wanna fall into a love so sweet
Honey baby, baby, I'm hard
Hard to beat
A pound of flesh and a touch of bone
Smells in the air but I'm feeling so alone, uh-huh
I say yeah, yeah
Hallucination, true romance
I needed love but I only got a chance, uh-huh
And that ain't all
I tell ya honey, it's a crying shame
All the pretty girls they look the same
I wanna fall into a love so sweet
Honey, baby, baby I'm hard
Hard to beat
Whoo!
Hey
Hey
Your pretty face is going to hell
Your pretty face is going to hell
Honey, honey, I can tell
Your pretty face is going to
Hell!
That's right, baby
Hell!
A pretty face and a dirty love
Knew right away that I had to get my hooks in you
I say yeah, yeah
I'm running low on my memories
If you wanna make a buck, boy, you gotta be a tease, uh-huh
And that ain't all
Ow!
I need it all, honey, that's no lie
I need a lover with an alibi
I wanna fall into a love so sweet
Honey baby, baby I'm hard
Hard to beat
Whoo!
Yeah
Hey
Your pretty face is going to hell, your pretty face is going to hell
Honey, honey, I can tell, your pretty face is going to hell
Honey, baby, ride on, ride on pretty mama
Honey, honey, ride on your rollerskates
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Ah, honey, whoo, baby, oh yeah
Come on, a-baby, baby, baby, baby , no-no, baby, baby
Baby, baby, honey baby, don't you fight me
Really, don't you fight me
Really, don't you fight me
Really, don't you fight me
Really, don't you, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby, all right on mama, baby, I said
Oh, baby baby, hey, hey, honey, hey-hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Baby, baby, your pretty face is a-going to hell
Your pretty face is going to hell
Honey, honey, I can tell
Your pretty face is going to hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Whoo!
A pretty face and a dirty love
Knew right away that I had to get my hooks in you
Yeah, yeah
I'm running low on memories
If you wanna make a buck, boy, you gotta be a tease, uh-huh
I say yeah, yeah
I need it all, baby, that's no lie
I need a lover with an alibi
I wanna fall into a love so sweet
Honey baby, baby, I'm hard
Hard to beat
A pound of flesh and a touch of bone
Smells in the air but I'm feeling so alone, uh-huh
I say yeah, yeah
Hallucination, true romance
I needed love but I only got a chance, uh-huh
And that ain't all
I tell ya honey, it's a crying shame
All the pretty girls they look the same
I wanna fall into a love so sweet
Honey, baby, baby I'm hard
Hard to beat
Whoo!
Hey
Hey
Your pretty face is going to hell
Your pretty face is going to hell
Honey, honey, I can tell
Your pretty face is going to
Hell!
That's right, baby
Hell!
A pretty face and a dirty love
Knew right away that I had to get my hooks in you
I say yeah, yeah
I'm running low on my memories
If you wanna make a buck, boy, you gotta be a tease, uh-huh
And that ain't all
Ow!
I need it all, honey, that's no lie
I need a lover with an alibi
I wanna fall into a love so sweet
Honey baby, baby I'm hard
Hard to beat
Whoo!
Yeah
Hey
Your pretty face is going to hell, your pretty face is going to hell
Honey, honey, I can tell, your pretty face is going to hell
Honey, baby, ride on, ride on pretty mama
Honey, honey, ride on your rollerskates
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Ah, honey, whoo, baby, oh yeah
Come on, a-baby, baby, baby, baby , no-no, baby, baby
Baby, baby, honey baby, don't you fight me
Really, don't you fight me
Really, don't you fight me
Really, don't you fight me
Really, don't you, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby, all right on mama, baby, I said
Oh, baby baby, hey, hey, honey, hey-hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Baby, baby, your pretty face is a-going to hell
Your pretty face is going to hell
Honey, honey, I can tell
Your pretty face is going to hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell, hell
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
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And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
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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.
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In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Man! What a great song, I mean, this raw power sound played really loud really makes me wanna break something and scare some bunch of old ladies with this magnificant sound of destruction and noise, I love it!