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.
Uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh (oh)
Uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh (oh)
Check it out, goin' out on the late night
Lookin' tight, feeling nice, it's a cock fight
I can tell, I just know that it's going down
Tonight
At the door, we don't wait 'cause we know them
At the bar, six shots just beginnin'
That's when dickhead put his hands on me
But you see
I'm not here for your entertainment
You don't really wanna mess with me tonight
Just stop and take a second
I was fine before you walked into my life
'Cause you know it's over
Before it began
Keep your drink, just give me the money
It's just you and your hand tonight
Uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh (oh)
Uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh (oh)
Midnight, I'm drunk, I don't give a fuck
Wanna dance by myself, guess you're out of luck
Don't touch, back up, I'm not the one
Bye-bye
Listen up, it's just not happenin'
You can say what you want to your boyfriends
Just let me have my fun tonight
Aight?
I'm not here for your entertainment
You don't really wanna mess with me tonight
Just stop and take a second
I was fine before you walked into my life
'Cause you know it's over
Before it began
Keep your drink, just give me the money
It's just you and your hand tonight
Uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh (oh)
Uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh (oh) (break, break, break, break, break it down)
You're in the corner with your boys, you bet 'em five bucks
You'd get the girl that just walked in, but she thinks you suck
We didn't get all dressed up just for you to see
So quit spilling your drinks on me
You know who you are
High fivin', talkin' shit
But you're goin' home alone, aren't ya?
'Cause I'm not here for your entertainment (no)
You don't really wanna mess with me tonight
Just stop and take a second (just stop and take a second)
I was fine before you walked into my life
'Cause you know it's over (know it's over)
Before it began
Keep your drink, just give me the money
It's just you and your hand tonight (it's just you and your hand)
I'm not here for your entertainment (no, no, no)
You don't really wanna mess with me tonight
Just stop and take a second (just take a second)
I was fine before you walked into my life
'Cause you know it's over
Before it began
Keep your drink, just give me the money
It's just you and your hand tonight (yeah, no)
Uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh (oh)
Check it out, goin' out on the late night
Lookin' tight, feeling nice, it's a cock fight
I can tell, I just know that it's going down
Tonight
At the door, we don't wait 'cause we know them
At the bar, six shots just beginnin'
That's when dickhead put his hands on me
But you see
I'm not here for your entertainment
You don't really wanna mess with me tonight
Just stop and take a second
I was fine before you walked into my life
'Cause you know it's over
Before it began
Keep your drink, just give me the money
It's just you and your hand tonight
Uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh (oh)
Uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh (oh)
Midnight, I'm drunk, I don't give a fuck
Wanna dance by myself, guess you're out of luck
Don't touch, back up, I'm not the one
Bye-bye
Listen up, it's just not happenin'
You can say what you want to your boyfriends
Just let me have my fun tonight
Aight?
I'm not here for your entertainment
You don't really wanna mess with me tonight
Just stop and take a second
I was fine before you walked into my life
'Cause you know it's over
Before it began
Keep your drink, just give me the money
It's just you and your hand tonight
Uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh (oh)
Uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh (oh) (break, break, break, break, break it down)
You're in the corner with your boys, you bet 'em five bucks
You'd get the girl that just walked in, but she thinks you suck
We didn't get all dressed up just for you to see
So quit spilling your drinks on me
You know who you are
High fivin', talkin' shit
But you're goin' home alone, aren't ya?
'Cause I'm not here for your entertainment (no)
You don't really wanna mess with me tonight
Just stop and take a second (just stop and take a second)
I was fine before you walked into my life
'Cause you know it's over (know it's over)
Before it began
Keep your drink, just give me the money
It's just you and your hand tonight (it's just you and your hand)
I'm not here for your entertainment (no, no, no)
You don't really wanna mess with me tonight
Just stop and take a second (just take a second)
I was fine before you walked into my life
'Cause you know it's over
Before it began
Keep your drink, just give me the money
It's just you and your hand tonight (yeah, no)
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
More Featured Meanings
Step
Ministry
Ministry
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
Silent Planet
I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Blue
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Blue” is a song about a love that is persisting in the discomfort of the person experiencing the emotion. Ed Sheeran reflects on love lost, and although he wishes his former partner find happiness, he cannot but admit his feelings are still very much there. He expresses the realization that he might never find another on this stringed instrumental by Aaron Dessner.
Funny as all hell. It's going on my "Tooth Decay" summer mix, somewhere between Kelly Clarkson and Shiny Toy Guns.
Seems like some of the guys commenting here might want to lighten up. If your point is simply, "Chicks have been known to hurt my feelings at bars by trying to avoid me"...well, could be them, but could be you as well, right? And let's not forget that the storyline in this song started with Inappropriate Touching, not just "following round."
It's a fun song with a simple message for us guys: Don't Be an Asshole and You'll Be Fine and Probably Even Stand a Better Chance of Getting Laid.
As for kyleisgreat's comment: "All you women may feel empowered after listening to this song and feel that pink is figthing for your rights but really she is just doing it for the dollar and you bought it(both literally and figuratively)":
That's a cynical enough view. I respect cynicism and thought briefly about abandoning pop music on that basis, but I've mostly concluded that life's just too short. I leave you to your enjoyment of artists for whom money is not an issue.