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 were nothing but an obstacle
In my pathway tripping me with my own trust
Without your hood of falsification
Your beauty is found to be nothing
But true revulsion and that's the only true thing about you
(The moon and stars still retain these eyes)
You're falling now as I move forward
Fueled by hope you couldn't take from me
And scarred by knowledge of painful winters
Christ still stands perfect in my mind
Christ still stands perfect in my heart
Jesus is the beautiful structure of love
Repent me to hope and love
Beware nihilists
You shall fall by the sword
Oh, God, brighten the Day of Judgment
You shall fall by the sword
In my pathway tripping me with my own trust
Without your hood of falsification
Your beauty is found to be nothing
But true revulsion and that's the only true thing about you
(The moon and stars still retain these eyes)
You're falling now as I move forward
Fueled by hope you couldn't take from me
And scarred by knowledge of painful winters
Christ still stands perfect in my mind
Christ still stands perfect in my heart
Jesus is the beautiful structure of love
Repent me to hope and love
Beware nihilists
You shall fall by the sword
Oh, God, brighten the Day of Judgment
You shall fall by the sword
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He is saying that he is into the lord and he is never going to leave no matter what it takes and no matter what obsticle gets in his way. love it.
this is my favourite song i love it. it always just moves me so much i almost always start crying when it says my favourtie part: christ still stands perfect in my mind christ still stands perfect in my heart
i think it's talking about someone who is finally realizing how he has been wronged or how he had been leading a bad life, sin was taking him in the wrong direction he is explaining how through everything bad he has been through God has always been there, flawless and perfect, amazing and awesome, God showed him the way
by xbeautifulxdiscordx on 11-19-2007 @ 04:03:47 AM
this is my favourite song i love it. it always just moves me so much i almost always start crying when it says my favourtie part: christ still stands perfect in my mind christ still stands perfect in my heart
^^^ same here :)
i think it is about your faith being compromised by an outer beauty of something else that is really fake. but he knows what is behind the beauty and fights it with hope. "(The moon and stars still retain these eyes.)" the moon and stars are the heavens and he will keep them in mind above everything. he also says that people who follow the false beauty will no pass at the day of judgement because they have betrayed God. those are my thoughts.
i dont think all their songs are about god because then they would all be the same and they are to good of a band to write songs all about the same thing. not dissing on god but im just saying. bands that have songs all leaning towards the same thing arent always very good.
Apparently we are on the minority of TDWP listeners that are not very christians (I'm not christian at all), but I don't see the religious in their lyrics, I see pure awesomeness
yeah. not all of them are. but they all have good meanings behind them.
yeah. not all of them are. but they all have good meanings behind them.
One of my favorite songs: to me it's about how a specific person wronged him and played him for a fool, until he realized the false pretense of it all and turned it around. I can sense the anger in the opening lyrics but there's not any hatred within them; they're just an affirmation.
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"You were nothing but an obstacle in my pathway tripping me with my own trust."
The person (most likely a girl) that he trusted betrayed him.
"Without your hood of falsification, your beauty is found to be nothing but true revulsion and that's the only true thing about you."
Now hes saying that since he has been lied to so much and she broke his heart she means nothing to him, and now he is repulsed by her constant lying.
"You're falling now as I move forward; fueled by hope you couldn't take from me and scarred by knowledge of painful winters."
Although he is hurt by past events, he is not going to be dragged down by her down falls because he is strong in Jesus. Also has hope that Christ has bestowed within him that cannot be taken by anyone.
"Christ still stands perfect in my mind. Christ still stands perfect in my heart. Jesus is the beautiful structure of love."
Pretty self-explanatory, he’s a strong believer in Christ.
"Beware nihilists. You shall fall by the sword. Oh god, bringeth the day of judgment. You shall fall by the sword."
Nihilist- A person that believes everything (including himself) does not exsist, they have a sense that everything is unreal
Hes saying God will bring judgement upon those who hurt the children of God and nihilists alike.
In conclusion its just a great song overall, probably my favorite. This is just my opinion of the lyrics so dont get upset with me if you think im wrong.