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.
I'm sure if you wanted to stop love
You could just untie your end and let it go
But, my God, you don't, you don't
Yeah, I think I love you for it
Yeah, I think I love you for it
You're still sending cells to their rightful places
When forming more likely to escape such a narrow way to life
What's it look like from your side?
From here I can't see why it's worth, why it's worth
One more coming, coming out cursed
Say it, say it
Say what this is all for
Say it, say it
Say what this is all for
Say, it's redemption
'Cause our world is grey, world is grey
We're just swaying from side to side
And our world is grey, world is grey
We are thieves and saints alike
But you don't let go, don't let go
We keep swaying and swaying
And you don't let go, you don't
Yeah, I think I love you for it
He's shooting God up his arm through a needle
And she's putting cuts on her legs to bleed out the devil
Surely you will not die
Eat and you shall be like God, what have we done?
Say it, say it
Say that this is all for redemption
'Cause our world is grey, world is grey
We're just swaying from side to side
Our world is grey, world is grey
We are thieves and saints alike
But you don't let go, don't let go
We keep swaying and swaying
We all just sway, we all just sway
But you don't let go, you don't, you don't
I'm sure if you wanted to stop love
You could just untie your end, let it go
My God, you don't
You could just untie your end and let it go
But, my God, you don't, you don't
Yeah, I think I love you for it
Yeah, I think I love you for it
You're still sending cells to their rightful places
When forming more likely to escape such a narrow way to life
What's it look like from your side?
From here I can't see why it's worth, why it's worth
One more coming, coming out cursed
Say it, say it
Say what this is all for
Say it, say it
Say what this is all for
Say, it's redemption
'Cause our world is grey, world is grey
We're just swaying from side to side
And our world is grey, world is grey
We are thieves and saints alike
But you don't let go, don't let go
We keep swaying and swaying
And you don't let go, you don't
Yeah, I think I love you for it
He's shooting God up his arm through a needle
And she's putting cuts on her legs to bleed out the devil
Surely you will not die
Eat and you shall be like God, what have we done?
Say it, say it
Say that this is all for redemption
'Cause our world is grey, world is grey
We're just swaying from side to side
Our world is grey, world is grey
We are thieves and saints alike
But you don't let go, don't let go
We keep swaying and swaying
We all just sway, we all just sway
But you don't let go, you don't, you don't
I'm sure if you wanted to stop love
You could just untie your end, let it go
My God, you don't
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i remember when someone i loved a lot tried to kill themselves....i was driving around the next few days listening to this and it just made me cry, especially the "and you don't let go, you don't. yeah, I think I love you for it" part. it was really hard and this song helped me as acb always does. loveloveloveeee