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 found it difficult
To be a storytelling failure
For all those years
Living was a challenge
That caught me so off-balance
And passed me by
Repeatedly, I stared my future in the face
She walks away
Her silhouette confirming my worst predictions
She walks away
Hope is just four disconnected letters
Combined and put together
By a disconnected man who missed the point
My life was just a promise
That I uttered, then I broke it
And admitted as we all went up in flames
So I made a resolution that I'd pay back planet earth
I would send out this faded portrait
Maybe we would all live on
We'd soar on
I waited for a miracle
On a planet based on push and pull
And nothing changed
And one day, someone spoke inside of me
"Young man, rise and make your mark"
So today I will be free
With no one there to see
With no one there to see
So I made a resolution that I'd pay back planet earth
I would send out this faded portrait
Maybe we would all live on
We'd soar on
So I strapped it to a rocket and I sent it into space
Praying someday you would find it
Maybe we would all live on
We'd soar on (x3)
To be a storytelling failure
For all those years
Living was a challenge
That caught me so off-balance
And passed me by
Repeatedly, I stared my future in the face
She walks away
Her silhouette confirming my worst predictions
She walks away
Hope is just four disconnected letters
Combined and put together
By a disconnected man who missed the point
My life was just a promise
That I uttered, then I broke it
And admitted as we all went up in flames
So I made a resolution that I'd pay back planet earth
I would send out this faded portrait
Maybe we would all live on
We'd soar on
I waited for a miracle
On a planet based on push and pull
And nothing changed
And one day, someone spoke inside of me
"Young man, rise and make your mark"
So today I will be free
With no one there to see
With no one there to see
So I made a resolution that I'd pay back planet earth
I would send out this faded portrait
Maybe we would all live on
We'd soar on
So I strapped it to a rocket and I sent it into space
Praying someday you would find it
Maybe we would all live on
We'd soar on (x3)
Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11
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