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.
All at once it seemed so easy
The way to make this right
Just to let myself feel these things
And say what's on my mind
So I let my guard down
And it seems not for the best
I guess i do the right things
At all the wrong times
And stand to pay the price
'Cause I waited much too long
Or just said something wrong
And I miss you
But you're not giving in
I missed it
And better luck is on my wish list
Maybe that's why i'm alive
I'm not giving up on this yet
Another time it might be different
If anything that's why i'm alive
If I'd just said something sooner
Then maybe this could start
But at the time i couldn't see this coming
Or how it'd fall apart
You can slow it down
And you can buy more time
But it comes around
And then you change your mind too late
But you're not giving in
I missed it
And better luck is on my wish list
And maybe that's why i'm alive
I'm not giving up on this yet
Another time it might be different
If anything that's why i'm alive
There's nothing left to say about it now.
But you're not giving in
I missed it
And better luck is on my wish list
And maybe that's why i'm alive
I'm not giving up on this yet
Another time it might be different
If anything that's why i'm alive
The way to make this right
Just to let myself feel these things
And say what's on my mind
So I let my guard down
And it seems not for the best
I guess i do the right things
At all the wrong times
And stand to pay the price
'Cause I waited much too long
Or just said something wrong
And I miss you
But you're not giving in
I missed it
And better luck is on my wish list
Maybe that's why i'm alive
I'm not giving up on this yet
Another time it might be different
If anything that's why i'm alive
If I'd just said something sooner
Then maybe this could start
But at the time i couldn't see this coming
Or how it'd fall apart
You can slow it down
And you can buy more time
But it comes around
And then you change your mind too late
But you're not giving in
I missed it
And better luck is on my wish list
And maybe that's why i'm alive
I'm not giving up on this yet
Another time it might be different
If anything that's why i'm alive
There's nothing left to say about it now.
But you're not giving in
I missed it
And better luck is on my wish list
And maybe that's why i'm alive
I'm not giving up on this yet
Another time it might be different
If anything that's why i'm alive
Lyrics submitted by hplssrmantcxox
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I think it's about a girl and a guy who keep missing eachother when they like each other. Like she likes him, but he doesn't like her at the time, and now he likes her, and she doesn't want him. I think this is like the final straw where she won't give in anymore and she isn't going to like him again.
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You know I'll always love you.