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.
Aaah
The information is laughing at us
The ticker tape feeds the night
Looking for a lost transmission
A heaven that we left behind
When the information comes
We'll know what we're made from
And the skyline rising
High rise eyes see through you
Say hello to a mannequin
The ghost of an automaton
The witching hour is summoning up
Armies where they don't belong
When the information comes
We'll know what we're made from
And the skyline rising
High rise eyes see through you
She's the sister of avarice
The wife of a poisonous tide
She's the eye of a battle of storms
That sees where the atoms collide
When the information comes
We'll know what we're made from
And the skyline rising
Highrise eyes see through you
The information is laughing at us
The ticker tape feeds the night
Looking for a lost transmission
A heaven that we left behind
When the information comes
We'll know what we're made from
And the skyline rising
High rise eyes see through you
Say hello to a mannequin
The ghost of an automaton
The witching hour is summoning up
Armies where they don't belong
When the information comes
We'll know what we're made from
And the skyline rising
High rise eyes see through you
She's the sister of avarice
The wife of a poisonous tide
She's the eye of a battle of storms
That sees where the atoms collide
When the information comes
We'll know what we're made from
And the skyline rising
Highrise eyes see through you
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The information is laughing at us The ticker tape feeds the mind Looking for a lost transmission A heaven that we left behind When the information comes We'll know what we're made from And the skyline rising Highrise eyes see through you
Say hello to a mannequin The ghost of an automaton The witching hour summoned Armies in a desert sun
When the information comes We'll know what we're made from The skyline rising Highrise eyes see through you
She's the sister of avarice A wife of a poisonous tide She's the eye of a battle of storms She sees where the atoms collide When the information comes We'll know what we're made from The skyline rising Highrise eyes see through you