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.
Courtesan has sung
And Nadia says the crowd’s too young
And Amber says she hates guitar
The Courtesan has sung
And Nadia says the crowd’s too young
And Amber says she hates guitar
Think of the scene where a washed-up actor
Wipes the makeup off his wife
And says
Morticians must’ve took you for a whore
The Courtesan has sung
And Nadia says the crowd’s too young
And Amber says she hates guitar
The stranger finds you in your home
Says, “Brother, your work’s got no soul”
You say, “Brother, bite your tongue,”
“It is my soul that you have won”
The Courtesan has sung
And Nadia says the crowd’s too young
And Amber says she hates guitar
And when she showed him all her paintings
He said let’s do something racy
Took the bottle from his pocket
It was vodka
Again
The Courtesan has sung
And Nadia says the crowd’s too young
And Amber says she hates guitar
Five actors have arrived
They are good-looking but they’re hungry
They start looking with the trash found on the
Safety
Of the stage
And you see a crowd is forming
But the winged things are swarming
Yelling, “Stop, it's fucking poison!”
But the deaf, they hear no warnings
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
Think of the scene where a washed-up actor
Wipes the make-up off his wife
And says
Morticians must’ve took you for a whore
Oh, morticians must’ve took you for a whore
Oh, look, I’m sorry that they took you for a whore
And I am sorry if you took me for a whore
Oh, I am sorry if you took me for a whore
But if you're sorry that you took me for a whore
Well then I'm sorry that I took you for morticians…
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
And Nadia says the crowd’s too young
And Amber says she hates guitar
The Courtesan has sung
And Nadia says the crowd’s too young
And Amber says she hates guitar
Think of the scene where a washed-up actor
Wipes the makeup off his wife
And says
Morticians must’ve took you for a whore
The Courtesan has sung
And Nadia says the crowd’s too young
And Amber says she hates guitar
The stranger finds you in your home
Says, “Brother, your work’s got no soul”
You say, “Brother, bite your tongue,”
“It is my soul that you have won”
The Courtesan has sung
And Nadia says the crowd’s too young
And Amber says she hates guitar
And when she showed him all her paintings
He said let’s do something racy
Took the bottle from his pocket
It was vodka
Again
The Courtesan has sung
And Nadia says the crowd’s too young
And Amber says she hates guitar
Five actors have arrived
They are good-looking but they’re hungry
They start looking with the trash found on the
Safety
Of the stage
And you see a crowd is forming
But the winged things are swarming
Yelling, “Stop, it's fucking poison!”
But the deaf, they hear no warnings
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
Think of the scene where a washed-up actor
Wipes the make-up off his wife
And says
Morticians must’ve took you for a whore
Oh, morticians must’ve took you for a whore
Oh, look, I’m sorry that they took you for a whore
And I am sorry if you took me for a whore
Oh, I am sorry if you took me for a whore
But if you're sorry that you took me for a whore
Well then I'm sorry that I took you for morticians…
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Lyrics submitted by soundship, edited by smileyoureontv
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"And when she showed him all her paintings He said let’s do something racy Took the bottle from his pocket It was vodka Again"
When i heard this song i nearly cried because it resonates so closely to what I went through the past 2 years. Well all their songs do but this one was definately intense. I met my ex when he was sober and I mistakenly accepted that as his identity. As time passed, and as I painted more & wanted to do more things related to art & exploring, his true self became apparent that all he wanted to do in life was to chemically induce his happiness with alcohol.
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i love the echo effect he does
"Think of the scene where a washed-up actor Wipes the makeup off his wife And says Morticians must’ve took you for a whore"
Hilarious and dark.
9/10 times I have no clue what the hell Spencer Krug is singing about. Does anyone know what this song's about? Is it supposed to be taken literally?
The only thing I can think of is that the courtesan is something like the opposite of the "fat lady" who sings at the end...
The verse about the "stranger" to me represents that a musician bears his or her soul to the world via their music, and in this case, is told that it lacks soul. Same thing with the "paintings," where an artist is displaying her life's work and whoever she's showing it too just wants to do something "racy." The fact that the racy thing turns out to be vodka (again) could mean that often rock bands that become so called "self indulgent" a la drugs are just going the predictable route.
I often interpret these songs to be about musicians, which probably isn't the case. I don't know. The theme of actors that runs through the entire album just represents the most exhibitionist form of artist...
as for the morticians must have took you for a whore part, well, the only thing i can think of is that's just his way of telling her she looks lifeless and cheap. i guess. let's just ask spencer krug.
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whoa man.... if spencer read that he'd be like "damn...i gotta start making my lyrics even more obtuse..."
a very well thought out interpretation though.
These are the lyrics in the song booklet:
The courtesan has sung And Nadia says the crowd's too young And Amber says she hates guitar
Think of the scene where a washed up actor Wipes the make-up off his wife and says "Morticians must've took you for a whore"
The courtesan...
A stranger finds you in your home Says "Brother, your work's got no soul" You say "Brother, bite your tongue, it is my soul That you have won"
The courtesan...
And when she showed him all her paintings he said "Let's do something racy" Took the bottle from his pocket, it was vodka again
The courtesan...
Five actors have arrived They are good looking but they're hungry They start cooking with the trash found on the safety of the stage And you see a crowd is forming But the winged things are swarming Yelling "Stop! It's fucking poison!" But the deaf They hear no warnings
Think of the scene where a washed up actor Wipes the make-up off his wife and says "Morticians must've took you for a whore Oh morticians must've took you for a whore Oh love I'm sorry that they took you for a whore" And I am sorry if you took me for a whore But if you're sorry that you took me for a whore Then I'm sorry that I took you for morticians
*album booklet, I mean