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 lie here paralytic
Inside this soul
Screaming for you till
My throat is numb
I wanna break out
I need a way out
I don't believe that it's gonna be this way
The worst is
The waiting
In this world I'm suffocating
Feel Your presence
Filling up my lungs with oxygen
I take You in
I've died
Rebirthing now
I wanna live forever
Wanna live for You and me
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
Rebirithing now
I wanna live my life
Wanna give You everything
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
Right now
Right now
I lie here lifeless
In this cocoon
Shedding the skin 'cause
I'm ready to
I wanna break out
I found a way out
I don't believe that it's gonna be this way
The worst is
The waiting
In this world I'm suffocating
Feel Your presence
Filling up my lungs with oxygen
I take You in
I've died
Rebirthing now
I wanna live forever
Wanna live for You and me
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
Rebirithing now
I wanna live my life
Wanna give You everything
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
(I came alive somehow)
Tell me when I'm gonna live again
Tell me when I'm gonna breathe you in
Tell me when I'm gonna feel inside
Tell me when I'm gonna feel alive
Tell me when I'm gonna live again
Tell me when this fear will end
Tell me when I'm gonna feel inside
Tell me when I'll feel alive
Rebirthing now
I wanna live forever
Wanna live for You and me
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
Rebirithing now
I wanna live my life
Wanna give You everything
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
(I came alive somehow) right now!
(I came alive somehow) right now!
(I came alive somehow)
Inside this soul
Screaming for you till
My throat is numb
I wanna break out
I need a way out
I don't believe that it's gonna be this way
The worst is
The waiting
In this world I'm suffocating
Feel Your presence
Filling up my lungs with oxygen
I take You in
I've died
Rebirthing now
I wanna live forever
Wanna live for You and me
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
Rebirithing now
I wanna live my life
Wanna give You everything
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
Right now
Right now
I lie here lifeless
In this cocoon
Shedding the skin 'cause
I'm ready to
I wanna break out
I found a way out
I don't believe that it's gonna be this way
The worst is
The waiting
In this world I'm suffocating
Feel Your presence
Filling up my lungs with oxygen
I take You in
I've died
Rebirthing now
I wanna live forever
Wanna live for You and me
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
Rebirithing now
I wanna live my life
Wanna give You everything
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
(I came alive somehow)
Tell me when I'm gonna live again
Tell me when I'm gonna breathe you in
Tell me when I'm gonna feel inside
Tell me when I'm gonna feel alive
Tell me when I'm gonna live again
Tell me when this fear will end
Tell me when I'm gonna feel inside
Tell me when I'll feel alive
Rebirthing now
I wanna live forever
Wanna live for You and me
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
Rebirithing now
I wanna live my life
Wanna give You everything
(Breathe for the first time now
I came alive somehow)
(I came alive somehow) right now!
(I came alive somehow) right now!
(I came alive somehow)
Lyrics submitted by Mischief_3lf
Rebirthing Lyrics as written by Brian Howes John Cooper
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network, Capitol CMG Publishing, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Same ideas expressed in Fitter, Happier are expressed in this song. We're told to strive for some sort of ideal life, which includes getting a good job, being kind to everyone, finding a partner, getting married, having a couple kids, living in a quiet neighborhood in a nice big house, etc. But in Fitter, Happier the narrator(?) realizes that it's incredibly robotic to live this life. People are being used by those in power "like a pig in a cage on antibiotics"--being pacified with things like new phones and cool gadgets and houses while being sucked dry. On No Surprises, the narrator is realizing how this life is killing him slowly. In the video, his helmet is slowly filling up with water, drowning him. But he's so complacent with it. This is a good summary of the song. This boring, "perfect" life foisted upon us by some higher powers (not spiritual, but political, economic, etc. politicians and businessmen, perhaps) is not the way to live. But there is seemingly no way out but death. He'd rather die peacefully right now than live in this cage. While our lives are often shielded, we're in our own protective bubbles, or protective helmets like the one Thom wears, if we look a little harder we can see all the corruption, lies, manipulation, etc. that is going on in the world, often run by huge yet nearly invisible organizations, corporations, and 'leaders'. It's a very hopeless song because it reflects real life.
Amazing
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Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
Eh, I'm not into the whole Christian theme of this song, not being religious at all, and being raised by two parents who aren't religious either, one being Roman Catholic, the other being Jewish, I think if I were to become religious, I'd choose Judaism. But anyway, that doesn't matter... this song is amazing as far as the way the guitar kicks in during the beginning. My friend figured out how to time it perfectly and play it during the opening cinematic of GRAW 2, and that was the first experience I have hearing this song, because I hadn't heard of Skillet before hanging out with him. It's amazing during the combat scene, and as soon as CPT Mitchell is knocked off his feet from an explosion, the first verse kicks in and he says "I lie here, paralytic" and his squad member drags him away and he gets back up to his feet. All I have to say is it's pretty awesome to hear during the opening cinematic of GRAW 2. And for those of you who don't play games, it's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2. It's a near-future special forces typed game.