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.
Embrace reaction
We ain't God
But here he comes
Destiny is real and she comes with a smile
Passing by your grave
Reach the plague
Black plague
In this city that never speaks and wakes up swinging
We will paint the rivers red, it's fate
Because they sing the same songs, and they just keep singing
But up above every storm is the day
(shake hands with fate, and with fate shake hands)
(enter Sacred Harp Singers)
How happy is every child of grace
Who feels his sins forgiven
This world, he cries, is not my place
I seek a place in heaven
A country far from mortal sight
Yet, oh, by faith, I see
The land of rest, the saint's delight
A heaven prepared for me
Oh, what a blessed hope is ours
While here on earth we stay
We more than taste the heavenly powers
And antedate that day
We feel the resurrection near
Our life in Christ concealed
And with his glorious presence here
Our earthen vessels filled
We ain't God
But here he comes
Destiny is real and she comes with a smile
Passing by your grave
Reach the plague
Black plague
In this city that never speaks and wakes up swinging
We will paint the rivers red, it's fate
Because they sing the same songs, and they just keep singing
But up above every storm is the day
(shake hands with fate, and with fate shake hands)
(enter Sacred Harp Singers)
How happy is every child of grace
Who feels his sins forgiven
This world, he cries, is not my place
I seek a place in heaven
A country far from mortal sight
Yet, oh, by faith, I see
The land of rest, the saint's delight
A heaven prepared for me
Oh, what a blessed hope is ours
While here on earth we stay
We more than taste the heavenly powers
And antedate that day
We feel the resurrection near
Our life in Christ concealed
And with his glorious presence here
Our earthen vessels filled
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