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.
Lone wolf winter
Alone again
Lookin' sideways
Paranoid again
Gotta get out
Out of here
Cannot breathe
With the stench of fear!
Black days and blacker nights
Gets the gift of the second sight
Don't believe that I belong,
Don't feel right but I don't feel wrong
I think I'm a wolf, then I'm crazy,
I think what I need is a bitch, don't you?
How is it that I have become the hunter and the hunted
And thought has become my enemy?
Memory falls away behind me, leaving me in despair
I run but I cannot hide, the terror is inside
I awake but the nightmare is still here
Alone again
Lookin' sideways
Paranoid again
Gotta get out
Out of here
Cannot breathe
With the stench of fear!
Black days and blacker nights
Gets the gift of the second sight
Don't believe that I belong,
Don't feel right but I don't feel wrong
I think I'm a wolf, then I'm crazy,
I think what I need is a bitch, don't you?
How is it that I have become the hunter and the hunted
And thought has become my enemy?
Memory falls away behind me, leaving me in despair
I run but I cannot hide, the terror is inside
I awake but the nightmare is still here
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"Lone Wolf Winter..." "Alone again" Probably refering to a period in life when you´re hunting for something you can´t get, its cold and its lonely.
"Lookin' sideways" "Paranoid again" When you think that everyone is out to get you, no one is your friend, everyone whant to hurt you and is your enemy. Its you vs the world.
"Gotta get out" "Out of here" When you are so presured you whant to escape the body of yours and run away to some other place far far away.
"Cannot breathe" "With the Stench of Fear!" When you are so afraid of everything that your airways feels swollen etc.
"Black days and blacker Nights" Its about what a hell it is to be awaken but what a worse hell the nightmares and the lack of sleep can be, lying awake when your thoughts are terrorising you.
"Gets the Gift of the Second Sight" When you are alone and the days and nights feeling dark you get the opetunity to think about things and may come up with better solutions etc.
"Don't believe that I belong," "Don't feel right but I don't feel wrong" When it feels like everyone else has a perfect life, but you wheren´t meant to be in this world, and even do you don´t really can localize the problem, you don´t feel happy.
"I think I'm a Wolf, then I'm Crazy," Wolf may refer to a freak, a hunter, a hermit or something like that.
"I think what I need is a Bitch, don't you?" This is the thing suggesting its about love or some girl putting him down. He probably whould be happy, and that this hell whould disappear if he had a girl that loved him for who he is.
"How is it that I have become the Hunter and the Hunted" How has it become that he is hunting for something he whants, but it ends up by himself feeling hunted by everyone in his surroundings.
"and thought has become my enemy?" "Memory falls away behind me, leaving me in Despair" "I run but I cannot hide, the Terror is inside" "I awake but the Nightmare is still here" The worst enemy is still the one within, not other people, the real problem is in his head and cannot be cured by running away from others.