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.
Mama, when she'd ride that horse
Buried out in Wilson fields
Mama'd tell me all she thought
Mama'd tell me all how riding feels
And I thought
Not yet
Then when mama got too old
No one ever rode that horse
Until one night I stole her key
And I did ride it all night 'till dawn
When I thought
Not yet
It looks an ugly world out there
Of girl-guides and disease and war
I love my little velvet bed
I never want to leave it anymore
At least
Not yet
Charlie was the first I caught
And Charlie was the first I begged
To lay an anchor in my heart
He was running his fingers down the inside of my legs
When I thought
Not yet
All my fears will come to me in dreams
Maybe the end ain't as far as it seems
Not yet revived but not yet mourned
Not quite denied just not yet born
Buried out in Wilson fields
Mama'd tell me all she thought
Mama'd tell me all how riding feels
And I thought
Not yet
Then when mama got too old
No one ever rode that horse
Until one night I stole her key
And I did ride it all night 'till dawn
When I thought
Not yet
It looks an ugly world out there
Of girl-guides and disease and war
I love my little velvet bed
I never want to leave it anymore
At least
Not yet
Charlie was the first I caught
And Charlie was the first I begged
To lay an anchor in my heart
He was running his fingers down the inside of my legs
When I thought
Not yet
All my fears will come to me in dreams
Maybe the end ain't as far as it seems
Not yet revived but not yet mourned
Not quite denied just not yet born
Lyrics submitted by SinkingHearts
Not Yet Lyrics as written by Finn Andrews
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I think it's a bit more complicated than just growing up.
First Verse: A young boy exposed to sex, even if just by word of mouth, too soon, by his own mother.
It corrupts him, makes him a bit of a deviant.
Second Verse: His mother getting old is a way of saying that he got older and, like the apple does fall from the tree, he too had sex and way too young. Probably because he was exposed to it too soon.
Third Verse: The outside world is an ugly world, but not his "velvet" (a luxurious, over-the-top material, think self-indulgent) bed. Bed a place to lay. He just has sex all the time instead of facing the world. But all of this lacks love. "Girl-guides" I think is another way of saying prostitutes.
Fourth Verse: He realizes his homosexuality. He wants love. He wants it from this "Charlie" who just wants sex. Which he doesn't want right now, "Not yet" he wants love.
Fifth Verse: Now it comes towards the end of his life. He's not afraid. Death is coming, it's not here, but it's coming.
I think it's a bit more complicated than just growing up.
First Verse: A young boy exposed to sex, even if just by word of mouth, too soon, by his own mother.
It corrupts him, makes him a bit of a deviant.
Second Verse: His mother getting old is a way of saying that he got older and, like the apple does fall from the tree, he too had sex and way too young. Probably because he was exposed to it too soon.
Third Verse: The outside world is an ugly world, but not his "velvet" (a luxurious, over-the-top material, think self-indulgent) bed. Bed a place to lay. He just has sex all the time instead of facing the world. But all of this lacks love. "Girl-guides" I think is another way of saying prostitutes.
Fourth Verse: He realizes his homosexuality. He wants love. He wants it from this "Charlie" who just wants sex. Which he doesn't want right now, "Not yet" he wants love.
Fifth Verse: Now it comes towards the end of his life. He's not afraid. Death is coming, it's not here, but it's coming.
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