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.
Come on, come out
The weather is warm
Come on, come out
Said come on, come on
A spot in the shade
Where oranges fall
A spot in the shade
Away from it all
Watching the sky
Watching a painting coming to life
Shifting and shaping
Staying inside
It all goes it all goes by
A blanket unfolds
A blanket tonight
The pieces of gold
They light up your eyes
Now we're alone
Now we're alive
Watching the sky
Watching the painting come to life
Shifting and shaping
Staying inside
It all goes it all goes it all goes by
Stopping the time
Rushing, waiting
Leave it behind
Shifting and shaping
Keep it inside
It all goes it all goes it all goes by
It all goes passing by
It all goes passing by
The weather is warm
Come on, come out
Said come on, come on
A spot in the shade
Where oranges fall
A spot in the shade
Away from it all
Watching the sky
Watching a painting coming to life
Shifting and shaping
Staying inside
It all goes it all goes by
A blanket unfolds
A blanket tonight
The pieces of gold
They light up your eyes
Now we're alone
Now we're alive
Watching the sky
Watching the painting come to life
Shifting and shaping
Staying inside
It all goes it all goes it all goes by
Stopping the time
Rushing, waiting
Leave it behind
Shifting and shaping
Keep it inside
It all goes it all goes it all goes by
It all goes passing by
It all goes passing by
Lyrics submitted by fedorov1fan
Come on, Come Out Lyrics as written by Alison Sudol Lukas Burton
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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only read over the lyrics once, but i thought about them alot more times than that...
i think it could be about a certain feeling someone might be trying to get out so they could be happy.
we all know everyones got certain feelings that they hide. but if you hide them too long, they can tend to eat away at you. in saying "come on, come out" this person might be having almost a battle with themselves, trying to get this feeling out, knowing that there may be consequences for doing so.
most of the song seems to focus on how happy the person will be once this emotion is out in the open. kind of a hopefulness that things will be okay.
however, "keep it inside, it all goes by" could also be a hopefulness - take care of the emotional issue yourself, i mean, it IS yours to deal with... and in doing so, people dont worry about you and they move on.
its a catch 22 - keeping the emotion to yourself, you could really miss out on alot of things in life. in letting it out there is a fear of loss. possibly of yourself.
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a blanket to lie] ----------------laying on a blanket
[the pieces of gold they light up your eyes]--------stars reflecting in eyes
[and now we're alone and now we're alive]----------alone with the one you love outside watching the stars... how could you feel more alive?
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