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.
This is not natural
A bunch of holes where the dead used to be underground
Forget supernatural
'Cause all those resting in peace are out walking the streets
Yeah, with no heartbeat
Across the sky they can hear you on the other side
A scream that's loud enough to wake the dead
And all alone you bought tickets for the nightmare as you wake the dead
Oh, this is not possible
An empty hole in your chest where your heart used to beat
Does this mean what I think it means?
How could both you and me be about as dead as we could be?
Yeah, with no heartbeat
Across the sky they can hear you on the other side
A scream that's loud enough to wake the dead
And all alone you bought tickets for the nightmare as you wake the dead
Take a walk with me
Walk with the dead
'Cause you knew that we'd have to die sometime
Well, darling, tonight could be...
Let your voice shred miles (of diamond skies)
Just to walk as they wake in the darkness (yeah)
Well, darling, tonight could be a beautiful night to die
(A beautiful night to die, yeah)
Wake the dead
Fuck it, you're dead
Wake the dead
Fuck it, you're dead
Wake the dead
Wake the dead
Across the sky they can hear you
A scream that's loud enough to wake the dead
And all alone you bought tickets for the nightmare as you wake the dead
Wake the dead
Across the sky they can hear you on the other side
A scream that's loud enough to wake the dead
And all alone you bought tickets for the nightmare as you wake the dead
Wake the dead
Wake the dead
Wake the dead
Wake the dead
Wake the dead
A bunch of holes where the dead used to be underground
Forget supernatural
'Cause all those resting in peace are out walking the streets
Yeah, with no heartbeat
Across the sky they can hear you on the other side
A scream that's loud enough to wake the dead
And all alone you bought tickets for the nightmare as you wake the dead
Oh, this is not possible
An empty hole in your chest where your heart used to beat
Does this mean what I think it means?
How could both you and me be about as dead as we could be?
Yeah, with no heartbeat
Across the sky they can hear you on the other side
A scream that's loud enough to wake the dead
And all alone you bought tickets for the nightmare as you wake the dead
Take a walk with me
Walk with the dead
'Cause you knew that we'd have to die sometime
Well, darling, tonight could be...
Let your voice shred miles (of diamond skies)
Just to walk as they wake in the darkness (yeah)
Well, darling, tonight could be a beautiful night to die
(A beautiful night to die, yeah)
Wake the dead
Fuck it, you're dead
Wake the dead
Fuck it, you're dead
Wake the dead
Wake the dead
Across the sky they can hear you
A scream that's loud enough to wake the dead
And all alone you bought tickets for the nightmare as you wake the dead
Wake the dead
Across the sky they can hear you on the other side
A scream that's loud enough to wake the dead
And all alone you bought tickets for the nightmare as you wake the dead
Wake the dead
Wake the dead
Wake the dead
Wake the dead
Wake the dead
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Wake the Dead Lyrics as written by Quinn Allman Jeph Howard
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man i fricken love this song. right now itr probably my favourite on the album. though that keeps changing. but i love it cause its kinda different from the rest of the songs. both lyrically and musically. i really like that ahhh ahhh part. i think it really adds to the atmosphere of the song. man i love the used.